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There are two letters or epistles from Paul to the Corinthians in the New Testament, and scholars are satisfied that both are genuine letters written by Paul, even if redacted by later editors.

In addition 2 Corinthians 2:4 talks of a 'sorrowful letter' that Paul had previously written, but which could not have been 1 Corinthians. Some scholars also see in 2 Corinthians references to yet another letter. Thus, there were certainly three and probably at least four letters from Paul to the Corinthian church.

A quite reasonable suggestion is that someone subsequently added the 'sorrowful letter' as the last four chapters of 2 Corinthians, although it would have been chronologically earlier. Some scholars think 2 Corinthians is actually composed of fragments of several epistles, which have been assembled to provide a fairly consistent single 'letter'.

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