The confidence expressed in the preceding chapter is justified by showing that the apostle was assured of a habitation in heaven, even if his earthly tabernacle should be destroyed, vs. 1-10. His object in what he had said of himself was not sclf-cominendation. lie laboured only for the good of the church, impelled by the love of Christ, whose ambassador he was, in exhorting men to be reconciled to God, vs. 11-21.
Tlie state of believers after death. Vs. 1-10.
Paul did not faint in the midst of his sufferings, because he knew that even if his earthly house should be destroyed, he