Paul begins this section with a reference to the fear of the LORD. Looking back, that ties in with the Judgment Seat of Christ, but there will be awe, reverence, wonder, and fear....not terror. Then he shifts to speak concerning those who oppose him, and their focus on "face."The New Covenant Ministry focuses on the heart. There were those who opposed Paul who thought he was crazy. Paul locks in his high doctrine of Christ with the statement "One died for all, therefore all died." And beyond that, old things have been dropped and left, and we are new creations in Christ.
