This letter (epistle), which we refer to as "Second Corinthians," is the Apostle Paul's second letter, which he wrote by revelation, to the holy-people in Corinth, and this time he also includes the holy-people throughout Achaia. Corinth was the capital city of the Roman province of Achaia which was in the southern part of modern-day Greece. The Apostle Paul wrote this letter (epistle) in accordance with the information that God and the Lord Jesus Christ revealed to him.
II Corinthians 1:1:
1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by means of (the) intention of God, and Timothy, the brother – to the church of God, the (church) being in Corinth, together with all the holy-people, the (holy-people) being in (the) whole of Achaia;
Paul begins by identifying himself by name, and then he states his working or service relationship ("apostle") with Christ Jesus. Paul's work/job function within the one spiritual body of Christ was an "apostle" – he was sent forth/away from the Lord Jesus Christ on a specific mission or assignment to someone else. He was an apostle of Christ Jesus who had sent him forth on a mission, and so while Paul was carrying-out this mission he was not doing and saying things on his own behalf but on behalf of Christ Jesus!
Christ Jesus is God's son whom God raised up from among the rest of the dead-people and he received his spiritual body.
The word "Christ" means the "anointed-one" or "Messiah." In the lands and during the time-period of the writing of the Bible, holy oil was poured on the high priest of God to begin his ministry for God, and it was also used to anoint kings. Many people and things were anointed with holy oil to signify their making holy (sanctified) for a specific purpose, etc, which can be read about in many scriptures in the Bible (refer to Exodus 30:22-33; Acts 2:36, and 4:27, and 10:38).
The word "Jesus" is explained in Matthew 1:21 by the Angel Gabriel when he spoke to Joseph:
Matthew 1:21:
.21She [Mary] will bring-forth a son and you [Joseph] will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
The word "Jesus" means "God saves / Jehovah (Yahweh) the Savior." The Lord Jesus Christ was given that name "Jesus" because he is the one who carried-out God's will to make it available for people to be saved, to be made-safe. It is by means of Jesus, the Christ, that people are able to be saved and thereby have a true and vital spiritual relationship with the only true God. Christ Jesus is now at God's right-hand side, second-in-command to God.
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