Historical Context 2 Corinthians 5: 1-10
Paul is the author of 2 Corinthians with evidence of writing approach and content and self-declaration. Acts 18: 9-10 also describes that God appointed Paul to be an apostle who teaches His word, and Paul stayed longer preaching to the Corinthians. The author in 2Cor 5: 1-4 authoritatively admits that God fashioned him for the role of preaching the word as the book of Corinthians functions. However, more direct evidence is Paul’s introduction in 2 Corinthians 1:1 that this is a letter he writes to Corinthians.
Paul wrote the book at a time when the Corinthians had demonstrated good behaviors in matters with Christianity and a relationship with Paul. The author notes in 2 Cor 2:3-4 that some of the Corinthians had made him unhappy during the first visit, but now he hears that they have changed to better Christians without conflicts or doubt about his ministry. At that time Paul was at Macedonia preparing to pass by on his journey back (2 Cor 9:4-5.)
The author wrote 2 Cor from Macedonia and delivered it through the help of other persons. Paul, in 2 Cor2:3-4, expresses that he was not happy with the conduct of many Corinthians due to insults once he visited them but now expresses happiness that they have repented. The author in 2Cor 9:3-5, on the other hand, says that he was to send his brothers to prepare his way as he comes from Macedonia with his friends. The happiness is due to repentance,which he refers in 2 Cor2:3-4, revealing that he wrote the book while in Macedonia.
Paul addressed the book to the Christians at Corinthians as evident 2Cor 1:1. Another evidence that the book reference was Corinthians is the Paul declaration that God appointed him to preach the word to the audience (2Cor 5:5). God had appointed Paul to preach to the Corinthians despite the persecution, as stated in Acts 18:9-11. Acts 18:9-11 shows that Paul would face challenges of doubt about his apostolic ministry, a situation which reveals in 2 Cor5:5, where Paul tries to re-establish his role. Corinthians were facing issues with false teachers, and it was Paul’s role to make them have faith in God. In 2 Cor 5:5, he tells the audience that God “has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come” and evidence of addressing people who have issues with false teachers.
The purpose of 2 Cor and was to prepare the audience, Corinthians, for Paul’s coming. In 2Cor 9:3-5. Paul openly states that he was “…sending the brothers so that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow” (2Cor 9:3). He wanted the Corinthians to perfect their Christianity through respect and acceptance to his apostolic ministry so that when he comes with some people form Macedonia, he may not be ashamed (2Cor 9:4-5). Another purpose was to express his joy with the Corinthians since they hand changed by stopping inflict and accepting his apostolic teachings alongside the role (2Cor 9:4; 2Cor 1:3-4).
The text is not a forgery since it documents issues predicted and planed, as seen from other books before Corinthians. Acts 18: 9-10 indicates that God had appointed Paul to preach to the Corinthians. The text furthermore outlines that Paul would face challenges in the region. In the text under study, there is evidence of the prediction and plan, for example, in 2Cor 5:5,Paul confesses that God appointed him for the role.