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Donald Trump has been getting flack for saying \u201cTwo Corinthians\u201d<\/a> when referring to the work that is known as \u201cSecond Corinthians.\u201d That is short for \u201cPaul\u2019s Second Letter to the Corinthians.\u201d And to be honest, I would take someone who says \u201cTwo Corinthians\u201d over an ignoramus who calls it the \u201cSecond Book<\/em> of Corinthians\u201d any day.<\/p>\n

Have you ever referred to the \u201cBook of Romans\u201d or \u201cTwo Thessalonians\u201d? If so, how did you learn to refer to the letters as letters, and multiple letters to the same destination by ordinal rather than cardinal numbers?<\/p>\n

$\"Two$ <\/p>\n

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