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- Paul reminds his correspondents that the Gospel is not a philosophical theory to be discussed. He brings them personally into the presence of the dead and risen Christ who gathers together and transforms human beings in the Church—which is his Body—and calls them to a radical renewal of life.
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4 For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? 5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role. 6 I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- 38 But If Anyone Ignores This, He Himself Will Be Ignored
1 Corinthians 14. 1. Prophecy is commended, 2. and preferred...
- 3 They All Ate The Same Spiritual Food
1 Corinthians 10:3 NLT 1 Corinthians 10:3 ESV 1 Corinthians...
- 6 I Say This as a Concession, Not as a Command
Paul is acknowledging that what he is about to say is not a...
- 3 This is My Defense to Those Who Scrutinize Me
1 Corinthians 4:3-4 I care very little, however, if I am...
- 5 and That He Appeared to Cephas and Then to The Twelve
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening,...
- 5 There Are Different Ministries, But The Same Lord
2 Corinthians 3:6 And He has qualified us as ministers of a...
- 20 As IT Is, There Are Many Parts, But One Body
1 Corinthians 10:17 Because there is one loaf, we who are...
- 23 The Grace of The Lord Jesus Be With You
2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and...
- 38 But If Anyone Ignores This, He Himself Will Be Ignored
Salutation (1:1–3) Paul addresses the issue regarding challenges to his apostleship and defends the issue by claiming that it was given to him through a revelation from Christ. The salutation (the first section of the letter) reinforces the legitimacy of Paul's apostolic claim.
Feb 23, 2016 · Paul challenged his Corinthian brothers and sisters not just to step back from error, but to actively cultivate holy lives in emulation of Jesus Christ. What does it say? In his characteristic style, Paul opens his letter by getting straight to the heart of the Corinthians’ problem: misplaced priorities.
THE FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS. Paul’s first letter to the church of Corinth provides us with a fuller insight into the life of an early Christian community of the first generation than any other book of the New Testament.
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Letters of Paul to the Corinthians, either of two New Testament letters, or epistles, addressed by St. Paul the Apostle to the Christian community that he had founded at Corinth, Greece. The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians and the Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians are the seventh and eighth books of the New Testament canon.
The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, probably written about 53–54 ce at Ephesus, Asia Minor, deals with problems that arose in the early years after Paul’s initial missionary visit (c. 50–51) to Corinth and his establishment there of a Christian community. The letter is valuable for its illuminations both of Paul’s thoughts and of the probl...
The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians was written from Macedonia in about 55 ce. The letter, which may have been written after an actual visit by Paul to Corinth, refers to an upheaval among the Christians there, during the course of which Paul had been insulted and his apostolic authority challenged. Because of this incident, Paul resolved not to go to Corinth again in person. Instead, he evidently wrote an intervening letter (2:3–4; 7:8, 12), now lost, in which he told the Corinthians of his anguish and displeasure. Presumably, he sent a fellow worker, St. Titus, to deliver the letter to the community at Corinth. In the second letter, Paul expresses his joy at the news, just received from Titus, that the Corinthians had repented, that his (Paul’s) authority among them had been reaffirmed, and that the troublemaker had been punished. After expressing his happiness and relief, Paul urges the Corinthians to respond generously to his plea for contributions to assist the poor of Jerusalem.
The last four chapters of the letter, a sharp and vigorous defense of Paul’s apostolic authority, differ markedly in tone from the earlier chapters, suggesting that chapters 10–13 may have been written earlier, before Paul had received Titus’s message. Some scholars view these chapters as a misplaced part of another letter to the Corinthians, thus supporting the speculation about the loss of some intervening communication.
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The letter illustrates well the mind and character of Paul. Although he is impelled to insist on his office as founder of the community, he recognizes that he is only one servant of God among many and generously acknowledges the labors of Apollos ( 1 Cor 3:5–8 ).
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Christian tradition holds that the Apostle Paul wrote the book of 1 Corinthians. This is the first of two known letters that Paul wrote to the Corinthians.
