The People's Bible Commentary (PBC) is designed for all those who want to study the scriptures in a way that will warm the heart as well as instruct the mind. Paul's second letter to the young church at Corinth is forged in difficult circumstances. False teachers were challenging his authority and he also had to defend the practice of church discipline for those who had strayed. Despite the believers' failings - their criticism of Paul's ministry in particular- his love and concern for them shines throughout this letter. Above all, he yearns for them to hold to the truth revealed to them: 'This extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us...