The Corinthian believers needed a deeper experience in the things of God. They did not know fully what it meant to behold His glory and to be changed from character 308 to character. They had seen but the first rays of the early dawn of that glory. Paul's desire for them was that they might be filled with all the fullness of God, following on to know Him whose going forth is prepared as the morning, and continuing to learn of Him until they should come into the full noontide of a perfect gospel faith.

De kristne i Korint trængte til dybere erfaring om, hvad der hører Guds rige til! De forstod ikke fuldt ud, hvad det vil sige at se hans herlighed og forvandles i sit sind. De havde kun set de første stråler af denne herligheds morgenrøde. Paulus første ønske for dem gjaldt, at de måtte fyldes med al Guds fylde ved at følge ham, hvis vej er beredt ligesom morgenen og vedblive at lære af ham, indtil de nåede ind i det fulde middagslys ved en fuldkommen tro på evangeliet.