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Download: Eschatology of 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 1:7-8; 3:12-13; 4:5; 5:5; 6:2-3, 9-10, 14; 11:26; 15:3-8, 12-14, 20-28, 35, 58; 16:22 Eschatology: belief about the last things or end times. 1 Cor 1:7-8 There is an end: the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor 3:12-13  The ...

Download: Love and Edification in the Corinthian Assembly 1 Corinthians 12:12-29; 13:1-13; 14:1-40 The Body Analogy 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 The Christians in Corinth should think of themselves as one unity body. Discord is like a festering disease in the body: “[I]f one were ...

Download: Speaking in Tongues in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 12:7, 10; 13:1, 8-12; 14:2, 4, 6, 11, 13-19, 27-28 Acts 2:1-11; 10:44-46; 11:15-17; 19:6-7 Greco-Roman Background for Speaking in Tongues We’ve looked at Corybantic male dancers, Bacchic female revelers, Sibyls, and ...

Download: Inspiration and Divine Speech in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; 13:1-2; 14:2-4, 27-33 Divine Speech in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 12:4-11  This list is a Christian perspective on how God’s spirit miraculously shows up (manifests) through those who are in Christ. ...

Download: Communion in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 Dining in the Ancient World 1 Corinthians 11:17-22 Paul criticized several behaviors, including divisiveness, unequal distribution of food and drink, and humiliating those who have nothing. Seneca the Younger: “All ...

Download: Women in 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 11:2-6, 10, 14-15; 14:34-36 Women in the City Women attended the theater, went to the forum, and watched the games. We have evidence from an inscription at Delphi mentioning three women who competed in 200 meter race in the ...

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 ...