We are almost at the end of our series on 2 Corinthians, “More Grace for the Journey.” As we saw last week, the grace of God is Paul’s sufficiency, even to the point where he is able to boast about his weaknesses. They highlight his absolute dependence on Christ, and not on self. Not so for the “super-apostles,” who find their identity and value in how they appear (smoke and mirrors!). Paul recognizes the superficiality of their approach, how it runs counter to the Gospel, and in this week’s passage he makes it clear that his chief concern is to see their faith strengthened for the long haul.