2 Corinthians 10-13

[wolfpurplemoon]

Paul and his followers have powerful weapons to tear down arguments against God, and they take thoughts captive to make them obey Christ (no freethinking in Paul's church). People say that Paul is forceful in writing but weak in person.

Paul is worried that the newly-converted will be led astray by someone with a better offer, a legitimate concern as these people were already converted once they are probably open to anything.

Paul has suffered more for Jesus than most, he is therefore more of a servant of Christ than many others, he's been imprisoned more, beaten more, and faced death many times (he's not boasting though).

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[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

Well, remember that 2 Corinthians 4:11-13. Even in the present day and country, where Christianity is the majority religion, there's a church on every other corner, and public proclamations of belief are practically a prerequisite for elective office, some Christians still claim they're suffering terribly for Jesus.

[wolfpurplemoon]

Hi Bill, you've not been round these parts for a while!

The constant claim that Christians in the West are being persecuted is quite laughable, here in the UK we have an ongoing conflict between the fairly new equality law that requires businesses to provide services to everyone whatever their sexual orientation and various Christians who claim this infringes on their rights.

I was reading something the other day (can't find it right now!) that pointed out that many Christians in Egypt and the surrounding countries are actually being killed and fear for their lives right now, which sort of puts the so called suffering of US and UK Christians into stark perspective.