{"id":61695,"date":"2025-12-01T01:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61695"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:38:17","slug":"best-commentaries-on-2-corinthians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-2-corinthians\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on 2 Corinthians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Jeremy Kimble<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremy Kimble is Assistant Professor of Theology at Cedarville University and the author of &#8217;40 Questions About Church Membership and Discipline&#8217; (Kregel, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>D. A. Carson, A Call to Spiritual Maturity: An Exposition of 2 Corinthians 10-13 (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007). 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