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Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom - 2 Cor 3:17
The apostle Paul wrote to the Christians of the city of Corinth, who were especially dear to him. He had lived among them for almost two years, between the years 50 and 52, sowing the word of God and laying the foundations of the Christian community to the point of generating it like a father (see 1 Cor 3:6-10; 4:15).
A few years later, when he went back to visit them, some members of the community publicly challenged his authority as an apostle (see 2 Cor 2:5-11; 7:12), and this became a moment to reaffirm the greatness of his ministry. It was not on his own initiative that he was announcing the Gospel, but because he was moved to do so by God. The word of God for him was no longer veiled, for the Holy Spirit had enabled him to understand it in the light of what had taken place in Christ Jesus. This is why he could live it and proclaim it with complete freedom. It enabled him to enter into communion with the Lord, to be transformed into him to the point of being guided by the Lord’s own Spirit of freedom.
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The apostle Paul wrote to the Christians of the city of Corinth, who were especially dear to him. He had lived among them for almost two years, between the years 50 and 52, sowing the word of God and laying the foundations of the Christian community to the point of generating it like a father (see 1 Cor 3:6-10; 4:15).
A few years later, when he went back to visit them, some members of the community publicly challenged his authority as an apostle (see 2 Cor 2:5-11; 7:12), and this became a moment to reaffirm the greatness of his ministry. It was not on his own initiative that he was announcing the Gospel, but because he was moved to do so by God. The word of God for him was no longer veiled, for the Holy Spirit had enabled him to understand it in the light of what had taken place in Christ Jesus. This is why he could live it and proclaim it with complete freedom. It enabled him to enter into communion with the Lord, to be transformed into him to the point of being guided by the Lord’s own Spirit of freedom.
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