The Severe Letter or Letter of Tears was a letter written to the

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. It is mentioned in 2 Corinthians 2:3-4 and again in 2 Corinthians 7:8: The description does not match First Corinthians, so there are two main theories on the Severe Letter: #The first theory is that the Severe Letter is lost. #The second theory is that the "Severe Letter" is preserved in 2 Corinthians 10–13.New Testament Letter Structure
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by Felix Just, S.J. For more discussion on reconstructing Paul's correspondence with the Corinthians, see Second Epistle to the Corinthians.

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