“SEE WHAT LARGE LETTERS . . .”
Paul comments on the large size of the letters he is making,
as he himself takes up the pen to write.
It seems for Paul that writing was no easy undertaking.
Was that because of problems with his sight?
Apparently it was due to some physical condition.
Was it the “thorn” about which he related?
In any case, now he himself, according to tradition,
adds his few lines to what he had dictated.
That Paul was using someone here as his amanuensis
has always been and is today the scholarly consensus.
A PURPOSEFUL INSERT
I love the way Paul calls his handwriting to our attention.
It intimately links him to each reader.
I wonder if that could have been precisely Paul’s intention,
befitting one who was a mentor/leader.
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