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Based on the internal evidence of 2 Corinthians, there seem to have been at least three epistles written by Paul to the Corinthians, and some scholars believe that 2 Corinthiansactually comprises at least two of these epistles, having been amalgamated subsequently by the early Church. An even earlier letter of Paul's to the Corinthians is also mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5:9.

One reason for Paul's letters seems to be that there were challenges to his authority, with other preachers visiting the Corinthian Christians and demanding that they be circumcised. Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) describes Paul as indulging in gutter crudity by wishing that in the circumcision advocated by the preachers, the knife might slip and lop off the penis of anyone who listens. The Corinthians, as Greeks, had also found Paul's Jewish notion of the resurrection of the dead as rather disgusting and for this reason were expressing doubts about his message; an issue he needed to address urgently.

In the first letter to the Corinthians, Paul mentioned a a collection he was arranging. In the second, and probably the subsequent letters, Paul now felt comfortable in urging that the Corinthians contribute for the "poor saints in Jerusalem". The reason for this collection is not explained, but the most plausible reason is that he was writing during the Great Famine of 44-48 CE.

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