Excerpt 1, 2 Corinthians (Preacher’s Commentary) …

I can just picture the chairman of one of our “peace at any price” committees trying to counsel the apostle Paul along these lines: “Paul, this is risky for you. You already have some people in that church who are critical of you, and this will just add fuel to the fire. You’ve been gone three years and don’t realize how much the church has changed. Sure, there are some problems, but this isn’t the way to deal with them. Your spelling out the issues will surface all sorts of destructive feelings and will end up adding to the problem rather than solving it. Besides, what the church really needs to unite it is a big project, like a major building campaign.” Sound familiar?

Chafin, K. L., & Ogilvie, L. J. (1985). 1, 2 Corinthians (Vol. 30, pp. 30–31). Thomas Nelson Inc.