1:1 - 1:2 Greeting
1:3 - 1:11 Thanksgiving For God's Comfort
1:3 - 1:7 Principles of affliction and comfort
1:8 - 11 Specifics of affliction and comfort
1:12 - 2:13 Paul's Skipped Visit
1:12 - 2:4 Explanation For Paul's Skipped Visit
1:12 - 1:14 Paul affirms his innocence
1:1 5- 1:18 Paul defends the solidity of his intentions
1:19 - 1:22 Paul defends the solidity of the gospel
1:23 - 2:4 Why Paul changed his plans (to spare a painful visit)
2:5 - 2:11 Encouragement To Restore The Disciplined Brother
2:12,13 Paul's Distress Prior To Titus' Return
2:14 - 7:4 Paul's Ministry Defended / Explained
2:14 - 3:18 Christianity as the ministry of the Spirit
2:14-3:6 Adequacy in Christ through the Spirit
3:7-3:18 Old covenant vs new covenant
4:1 - 5:21 The Ministry of the Gospel
4:1 - 4:6 Ministry is the revelation of the "Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ"
4:7 - 4:15 Jars of clay (the impact of the Gospel through God)
4:16 - 5:5 Eternal perspective
5:6-5:21
7:5 - 7:16 Paul's Comfort At Titus' Return