“Matchmaker”

2 Corinthians 11: 2: “For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.” St. Paul was passionate about pure doctrine, and protecting his flock from the speculations (10: 5) and deviations to the faith that were, even at that early date, endangering the Church. He not only knew what the faith was, he knew what it wasn’t, and he was ever ready to confront those “savage wolves” which he foresaw attacking the Church at Ephesus (Acts 20: 29), and were now rising up in Corinth. All this was to ensure that on that day when he presented his flock to Christ, they would be what every bridegroom expects: without spot or wrinkle (Ephesians 5: 27).