Corpus-Paul

[Richard Fellows <rfellows AT intergate.bc.ca>]

Partition and unity are not necessarily incompatible. 

Since Paul regretted having sent the tearful letter (2 Cor 7:8) he may well
have sent a message to Titus-Timothy (via one of the bearers of 1 Cor)
telling him not to hand the tearful letter to the church after reading it
to them.  The Corinthians may have thought this a bit sneaky (2 Cor 1:12?),
so when Paul wrote 2 Cor he appended a copy of the tearful letter to the
end of his letter to show that he had nothing to hide.  Thoughts, anyone?

Richard Fellows
Vancouver
rfellows AT intergate.bc.ca