Abstract:
Despite his ministerial difficulties with regard to the church in Corinth, the apostle Paul dedicates two chapters of his second epistle to orientating the Corinthians to contribute to the poor in Jerusalem. He exalts the importance of this mission classifying it as paraklesis, assistance to the saints. This concern is the result of some theological concepts which he absorbed, contrasting with the concept of pagan prosperity which the Corinthians had and needed to deconstruct. Perceiving that this theology of the offering, as assistance to the saints, has been put to the side by the Brazilian Evangelical Christian church, the final chapters occupy themselves with a reflection on the seriousness with which we need to rethink our practice of gathering goods.
