Were the people Paul wrote 2 Corinthians to Jews or Gentiles?
Paul wrote 2 Corinthians to Gentile believers, not Jews. The context identifies the Corinthians as Gentiles, and Paul is described as the apostle of the Gentiles. So the recipients were a Gentile congregation, consistent with his apostolic mission to the Gentile world.
Les explains that Paul came on the scene as the apostle of the Gentiles, while Peter and the eleven were apostles of the Jew. He notes that when Paul writes to the Corinthians, he is writing to Gentiles. This fits Paul's role as the apostle to the Gentiles, and the passage he quotes from 2 Corinthians 5:14 addresses Gentile believers.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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Who were the Corinthians Paul wrote 2 Corinthians to?
Paul was writing 2 Corinthians to the Corinthians, and the Corinthians were Gentiles.