--- title: "2 Corinthians: Summary & All 13 Chapters · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/ description: "The Second Letter to the Corinthians, a letter to a community in 13 chapters. Bp. Challoner’s summary of all 13 chapters, and the full text free." --- New Testament # The Second Letter to the Corinthians The Second Letter to the Corinthians is the eighth of the 27 books of the New Testament: 13 chapters and 255 verses. [Start reading: 2 Corinthians 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/1/) Chapters 1–13: [1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/1/) … [13](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/13/) ## About 2 Corinthians About 2 Corinthians · Letter to a community Second Corinthians is Paul's most personal letter, written after a painful breach with the Corinthian church and a fragile reconciliation, while rival teachers questioned his credentials. In it he defends his apostleship by inverting every boast: his sufferings, his weakness, the thorn in his flesh, treasure carried in earthen vessels. It was written to finish the reconciliation, to gather a collection for the poor of Jerusalem, and to teach that God's power is made perfect in weakness — the letter closest to Paul's own heart. *2 Corinthians in Bless* | | | |---|---| | Testament | New Testament — book 8 of 27, 54 of 73 in the Bible | | Canon | Protocanonical (in every Christian canon) | | Chapters | 13 | | Verses | 255, as Bless numbers them | | Latin | Clementine Vulgate, 12 of 13 chapters | | Bp. Challoner | Summaries of all 13 chapters · 12 notes | | Catechism | 69 paragraphs cite it | Chapter by chapter ## All 13 chapters, *in brief.* Bishop Richard Challoner’s summary of each chapter, from his revision of the Douay-Rheims (1749–52). Open a chapter for the full text. 1. ### [2 Corinthians 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/1/) 24 verses He speaks of his troubles in Asia. His not coming to them was not out of levity. The constancy and sincerity of his doctrine. 2. ### [2 Corinthians 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/2/) 17 verses He grants a pardon to the incestuous man upon his doing penance. 3. ### [2 Corinthians 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/3/) 18 verses He needs no commendatory letters. The glory of the ministry of the New Testament. 4. ### [2 Corinthians 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/4/) 18 verses The sincerity of his preaching. His comfort in his afflictions. 5. ### [2 Corinthians 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/5/) 21 verses He is willing to leave his earthly mansion to be with the Lord. His charity to the Corinthians. 6. ### [2 Corinthians 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/6/) 18 verses He exhorts them to a correspondence with God's grace and not to associate with unbelievers. 7. ### [2 Corinthians 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/7/) 16 verses The apostle's affection for the Corinthians. His comfort and joy on their account. 8. ### [2 Corinthians 8](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/8/) 24 verses He exhorts them to contribute bountifully to relieve the poor of Jerusalem. 9. ### [2 Corinthians 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/9/) 15 verses A further exhortation to almsgiving. The fruits of it. 10. ### [2 Corinthians 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/10/) 18 verses To stop the calumny and boasting of false apostles, he set forth the power of his apostleship. 11. ### [2 Corinthians 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/11/) 33 verses He is forced to commend himself and his labours, lest the Corinthians should be imposed upon by the false apostles. 12. ### [2 Corinthians 12](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/12/) 21 verses His raptures and revelations, His being buffeted by Satan. His fear for the Corinthians. 13. ### [2 Corinthians 13](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/13/) 13 verses He threatens the impenitent, to provoke them to penance. Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summaries In the comments ## What the saints *said.* 3 quotations from 3 saints linked to passages of 2 Corinthians in Bless. Each names the work it comes from. [St. Clare of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clare-of-assisi/) · on [2 Corinthians 3:18](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/3/#v18) On this theme > Place your mind before the mirror of eternity; place your soul in the brilliance of glory; place your heart in the figure of the divine substance, and transform your whole being into the image of the Godhead itself through contemplation. Letter to Agnes of Prague, 3, 1238 [St. John Vianney](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-vianney/) · on [2 Corinthians 4:5](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/4/#v5) On this theme > The priest is not a priest for himself; he is a priest for you. Catechism on the Priesthood, c. 1850 [St. Athanasius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-athanasius/) · on [2 Corinthians 8:9](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/8/#v9) On this theme > He took what is ours to give us what is His. On the Incarnation, 8, c. 318 Coming up ## Read at *Mass.* From October 29, 2026 to October 28, 2027, 2 Corinthians is read at the principal Mass on 27 days in the US calendar. The next 8 readings: | Date | Celebration | Reading | Citation | |---|---|---|---| | [Sat, Nov 7, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/07/) | Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time | Alleluia | [2 Corinthians 8:9](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/8/) | | [Fri, Jan 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/01/22/) | Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children | Alleluia | [2 Corinthians 5:19](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/5/) | | [Wed, Feb 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/10/) | Ash Wednesday | Second Reading | [2 Corinthians 5:20—6:2](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/5/) | | [Mon, Feb 15, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/15/) | Monday of the First Week of Lent | Verse before the Gospel | [2 Corinthians 6:2b](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/6/) | | [Sat, Feb 20, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/02/20/) | Saturday of the First Week of Lent | Verse before the Gospel | [2 Corinthians 6:2b](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/6/) | | [Mon, May 24, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/24/) | Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time | Alleluia | [2 Corinthians 8:9](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/8/) | | [Sun, Jun 6, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/06/) computed | Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Second Reading | [2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/4/) | | [Mon, Jun 7, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/06/07/) computed | Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [2 Corinthians 1:1-7](https://blessbible.app/bible/2-corinthians/1/) | Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [Previous book The First Letter to the Corinthians](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-corinthians/) [Next book The Letter to the Galatians](https://blessbible.app/bible/galatians/)