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II. CORINTHIANS, Chap. iii. Verses 2 & 3. _Ye are our Epistle written in our hearts_, _known and read of all men_. _For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministered by us_, _written_, _not with ink_, _but with the spirit of the Living God_,-_not in tables of stone_, _but in fleshy tables of the heart_.
THE Epistle out of which this Text is selected, was with the one proceeding it, written to the Church of Jesus at Corinth; many of the Lord's elect people were in this place, and the Apostle Paul was sent here to proclaim the glad tidings of salvation; the Lord was graciously with him, and gave testimony to the word of his grace, those who received the truth, being knit together in spirit, formed themselves into a body. Among them the Apostle abode two years and then departed. Soon after his departure he heard of their dissentions; defections in doctrines and ordinances, luxury, intemperance, uncleanness, and abuses of their religious liberties, litigious law suits and irregularities in their public assemblies, he writes this Epistle to correct them, to warn, instruct, and direct in all important subjects.