IVP New Testament Commentary Series - 2 Corinthians

A commentator from the earlier part of this century, Alfred Plummer, referred to 2 Corinthians as a 'trackless forest'. Certainly it is one of the most difficult of Paul's letters for the modern readers, not least of the difficulties being the structure. Belleville gives a good deal of attention to this, and to the other technical problems - language, date, style, the identity of the intruders in the Corinthian church, the nature of the disagreements between the apostle and the church, the content and identity of the 'severe letter' and so on.

Paul Cavill