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Download: Money and Benefaction in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 8:9-13; 9:1-27 Paul’s Example 1 Corinthians 8:9-13  Rather than eating idol food and bragging about it, the strong in the church should consider how their freedom affects the weak. 1 Corinthians 9:1-17 Paul turns ...

Download:Christology in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 3:22-23; 8:4-6; 11:3; 15:23-28 1 Corinthians has much to say about Christ Christ is the domain in which we exist (1:2, 4, 9; 6:11, 15, 17; 7:14; 12:12, 27). Christ’s death is the message of salvation (1:23-24; 2:2; 3:11; ...

Download: Food Sacrificed to Idols 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; 10:14-11:1 Elite Christians with “Knowledge” 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 contains a Corinthian slogan, “all of us possess knowledge,” to which Paul responds Paul Gardner: “We [the truly ‘spiritual people’ at Corinth] know that ...

Download: Divorce and Remarriage in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 1 Corinthians 7:1-2 v1 Paul had received a letter from the Corinthians. From 1 Cor 16:17, we learn the letter carriers were Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achiacus. Paul responded to their specific inquiries ...

Download: Lawsuits in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 1 Corinthians 6:1   The Corinthian Christians were taking each other to court in the city. Although chapter 5 had dealt with sexual immorality (incest) and the second half of chapter 6 also dealt with sexual immorality ...

Download: Homosexulaity and Singleness in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Greek and Roman Pederasty The Greeks had institutionalized consensual pedophilia between citizens of equal rank. An older man would enter a sexual relationship with a preadolescent boy that included ...

Download: Sexual Immorality in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 5:1-3; 6:12-20 Venus (Aphrodite) and Prostitution Venus, the Roman goddess driving physical attraction, romance, and fertility was a big deal in Corinth. She had a temple on the Acrocorinth. Strabo: “The sanctuary of ...

Download: Philosophy and Wisdom Most people encountering the Corinthian Christians would not have thought of Christianity as a religion. In the Roman world, religions were about collective duty to the gods, usually expressed in ritualized sacrifices and festivals carried out by trained ...

Download: Factions and Status at Corinth 1 Corinthians 1:1-3   Paul sent this letter to the Corinthians along with Sosthenes, the synagogue official (Acts 18:17). Paul calls them sanctified saints, emphasizing the idea of separation from the world. Lastly, he includes a statement that ...

Download: Paul Found the Church at Corinth Paul grew up in Tarsus, Cilicia as a zealous practitioner of Judaism. As an adult, he joined the Pharisees, a strict sect focused on living out the Torah meticulously. When Christianity started spreading, Paul did everything he could to stop ...

Download: Corinth as the Context Class Description 1 Corinthians is easily the most revealing letter Paul wrote to any of the churches. Reading it, we find a church riddled with strife, sinfulness, and doctrinal error. Rather than reading 1 Corinthians as if it were written today, we’ll ...