CORINTHIANS (FIRST)
What Is the Book of First Corinthians?
Paul wrote this epistle to a church he had established on his second missionary campaign (Acts 18:1-11). It deals with problems within that local congregation, such as division (1:10ff), carnality (3:1ff), immorality (5:1ff), and litigation (6:1ff).
It also responds to a series of questions sent to Paul reflecting the concerns of the Corinthian saints (7:1ff). There were questions about:
It also responds to a series of questions sent to Paul reflecting the concerns of the Corinthian saints (7:1ff). There were questions about:
- marriage (7:1ff)
- eating meats sacrificed to idols (8:1ff)
- financially supporting gospel preachers (9:1ff)
- conduct in worship (11:1ff)
- spiritual gifts (12-14)
- and the bodily resurrection (15)
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