The conduct of church meetings now received attention. 16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 19Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death. Related: Tangence; tangency. From the beginnings of the Pauline corpus and the NT canon its place within the canon has been secure, not only in the Catholic church but also in such heretical bodies as the Valentinians and Marcionites. 24, 25). 16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. Part of a series of articles on: Paul in the Bible; Pauline literature. 1 Corinthians 5:8. 4When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesusa and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus, 20Where is the wise man? 2On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed. All of these must be done to build up the church. 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. citizen. Any other aspirants for Christian leadership would do well to learn from these two to repudiate ambitious emulation (the phrase rendered “to live according to scripture” in 4:6 may be an abbreviated proverb whose precise force now escapes us). And although its parts are many, they all form one body. Let Christians seek God’s glory and the blessing of others, not their own advantage—as Paul himself did, following the example of Christ (10:4-11:1). 29so that no one may boast in His presence. Hist. Was there another "first epistle" written by the above? Better that the pagan partner should be willing to remain; in that case both the pagan partner and the children of the marriage would be “consecrated” through association with the believer, on the principle that “whatever touches the altar [or anything that is itself holy] shall become holy” (Exod 29:37). And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? The mention of leaven reminded Paul of the festival of unleavened bread, which followed the Passover; this served as an illustration of the moral purification which should be carried out in those for whom Christ had died as the true passover Lamb (5:1-8). Show your appreciation, therefore, to such men. Some of the Corinthian believers had once lived wicked lives, but they had been cleansed by Christ. Women should refrain from interrupting with their questions; this did not happen in other churches and should not happen in Corinth (14:33b-36). 9So it is with you. 1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. 27Are you committed to a wife? 1 Corinthians 1. 2The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. 5And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved. What can I say to you? But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.f The challenge to his authority came chiefly from a group of people in the church who set much store by “wisdom” (sophia) and “knowledge” (gnōsis), in the sense which these terms had among the Hel. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus,a which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church. The cultivation of such gifts as glossolalia at Corinth does not appear to have constituted a problem in the other churches addressed by Paul; and 1 Corinthians cannot be used as a directory of public worship by churches in general. The leaders of the Jewish community brought Paul before him on the charge of propagating an illegal religion—one which, unlike Judaism, did not enjoy the sanction of Rom. 27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against thed body and blood of the Lord. ko-rin'-thi-anz: $ I. AUTHENTICITY OF THE TWO EPISTLES$ 1. 28He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, from the fall of a.d. 50 to the spring of a.d. 52. 5and that He appeared to Cephasa and then to the Twelve. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? 12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. 20And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”d. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith. Paul planned to remain at Ephesus until the following Pentecost, making use of the wideopen Gospel opportunities at present presenting themselves; then he would pass through Macedonia and visit Corinth. For the rest, he was not at liberty to decide whether he would carry out his apostolic task or not: “necessity is laid upon me. God has called youb to live in peace. During his stay in Corinth, in spite of sustained opposition, Paul laid the foundation of a large and gifted church, including both Jewish and Gentile converts. Paul claimed that he had given no one any encouragement to name him as party leader; apart from his first half dozen converts in Corinth he had not even baptized any of them, in order to emphasize that believers are baptized into Christ, regardless of who baptizes them. Publisher: Eerdmans, 2014. 9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. When he himself would come, he would discover what substance there is in those who boast so loudly of their attainments and belittle his authority. Apparently they celebrated the Eucharist at the end of their love feasts, but their conduct during those feasts and their condition at the end of them meant that they were in no fit state to take the Holy Supper whose significance they were denying in practice. Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? The Corinthians then responded with questions. 20Brothers, stop thinking like children. When Paul was in Ephesus, he received newsabout troubles in the church at Corinth. They are not without the Spirit; thus Paul seems to be acknowledging the possibility of “unspiritual” Christians (p. 132). 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 5 as Paul dealt with the reports just received from Stephanas and his companions. Tweet. Send "Corinthians" redirects here. One chronological pointer is provided by the inscriptional evidence for Gallio’s arrival as proconsul of Achaia (Acts 18:12) in July a.d. 51 or just possibly, but less prob., twelve months later (cf. In the Marcionite order of the epistles 1 and 2 Corinthians together came second after Galatians (Galatians coming first for programmatic reasons); in the Muratorian list, 1 and 2 Corinthians together come first in the sequence of Pauline letters—perhaps because if these two are counted as one (as they were in certain quarters in the 2nd cent.) they form by far the longest document in the Pauline corpus. The letter which was almost finished is resumed in ch. 1 Corinthians 5:10. Why not rather be wronged? 46The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. The moral atmosphere of the city accounts for some of the temptations against which the Corinthian Christians esp. 12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 14The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. The First Epistle to the Corinthians views the assembly of God in its privileges and responsibilities on earth, and presents God's appointed order for carrying out these responsibilities locally. With Romans, 2 Corinthians and Galatians, it belongs to the four “capital” epistles which provide the foundation of Pauline theology. He should not become uncircumcised. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” (9:16). For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 17You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other one is not edified. 38So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better. 33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”d 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. Should they eat such meat, or would they be infected with idol worship by doing so? To the “unspiritual” man—the man who, unenlightened by the Spirit of God, is left to the doubtful guidance of his own soul (whence he is called psychikos)—this higher wisdom is meaningless, if not foolishness; he lacks the spiritual capacity to understand it. You will just be speaking into the air. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. 18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God. 13Be on the alert. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings. And now I will show you the most excellent way. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. But the question, “Is Christ divided?” (v. 13), suggests that some were using His name as a party slogan. But the resurrection of Christ was too well established to be overthrown, and it carried with it the resurrection of His people, just as the firstfruits presented to God on the first day of the week following Passover (Lev 23:9-11) guaranteed the coming harvest. 5Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. by the gift of tongues. In the thanksgiving which follows the initial salutation mention is made of the Corinthian Christians’ proficiency in eloquence and knowledge and their endowment with every variety of spiritual gift. 12We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 50Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying. 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 39Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another. 13Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? The grave disorders that existed in this assembly were the immediate occasion for the Epistle being written; it is therefore a corrective epistle. One of the sources of the troubles in the Corinthian church was the lack of recognized leaders; Paul indicated certain people who should be accorded such recognition (16:15-18). Do all speak in tongues? In such a case the marriage relationship may be allowed to lapse. There are a number of individual places which present features of special textual interest, like the phrase freely tr. Accordingly, instead of dispatching the letter which he had just dictated (chs. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control. Posts about First Epistle to the Corinthians written by R K Bingham Bob's boy's Christianity blog For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9) 7But not everyone has this knowledge. 11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you? 25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. Whatever the Corinthian Christians thought of their attainments, they were not sufficiently mature to be taught this higher wisdom; that they were still in spiritual infancy, requiring the “milk” of elementary teaching, was evident in the prevalence of party spirit among them. Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? Are you free of commitment? 1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 27For “God has put everything under His feet.”b Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him. Be men of courage. 16Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. Signature and Final Greetings(Colossians 4:15–18; 2 Thessalonians 3:16–18). With such a man do not even eat. 4Have we no right to food and to drink? His commission was to proclaim Christ as Savior and Lord of all His people, not of this or that section of them (1:10-17). 43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. 11So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. Never! 58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. 27If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret. 14:37). 10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 16:8). 29If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? This divine wisdom, inaccessible apart from divine revelation (as is indicated by the poetical fragment of unknown origin quoted in 2:9), can be grasped only by spiritual men, since it concerns spiritual truth. 34and his interests are divided. imitatores mei estote sicut et ego Christi: 11: 2: Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you. There was no fault to be found with the foundation: Christ is the one true foundation. The authority with which the writer addresses his readers is that of the apostle of Christ whose spiritual children they were, the authority of one who claimed to have the mind of Christ and the Spirit of God (2:16; 7:40). This letter is either lost or it may be in 2 Corinthians6:14–7:1. The Gospel as summarized in 1 Corinthians 15:2ff., with its list of resurrection appearances, is clearly stated to be common ground for Paul and for such other preachers as the Twelve and James (15:11)—a statement which could have been readily refuted if it were questionable. 15The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 20you were bought at a price. 6Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. Let them take their ordinary meals at home, and come to the Lord’s Supper in a proper state of spiritual preparation (11:17-34). Gallio quickly decided that what Paul preached was simply a particular version of Judaism to which his prosecutors objected, and declared that it was none of his business to arbitrate between rival interpretations of the Jewish law (Acts 18:15). 8Do I say this from a human perspective? 28But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God. 7. One occasion when Paul could have received the tradition is indicated in Galatians 1:18ff. Since you already solved the question His first epistle to the Corinthians says If meat make my brother to offend I will eat no flesh which had the answer PAUL, you can simply go back at the main post to check the other answers. Overview. That the “previous letter” was not as effective as could have been desired is evident from such passages as 1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 6:9-20. In the Marcionite order of the epistles 1 and 2 Corinthians together came second after Galatians (Galatians coming first for programmatic reasons); in the Muratorian list, 1 and 2 Corinthians together come first in the sequence of Pauline letters—perhaps because if these two are counted as one (as they were in certain quarters in the 2nd cent.) Man’s present condition, in comparison with the perfection which he shall one day attain, is as childhood in comparison with the years of maturity. 1. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2014: ISBN: 0802871364, 9780802871367: Length: 982 pages: Subjects 31Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; 6, 7). Immorality Rebuked(Leviticus 20:10–21; Proverbs 5:1–23). Paul’s readers must consider that, as a community of believers in Christ they are God’s sanctuary, in which His Spirit dwells. Chapter 1. 11Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. 20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. Faith, hope and love form a heavenly triad of graces which endure for ever, but love is the greatest of the three. God will deal appropriately with anyone who harms His sanctuary. By a revelation previously uncommunicated Paul declared that the resurrection will take place when the last trumpet sounds, and in that moment believers still alive will be transformed from mortal beings into immortal ones. 7Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. 8Love never fails. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. 10I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. You are not your own; I Corinthians. 6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. Unity in the Church(Psalm 133:1–3; Ephesians 4:1–16), 10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction. Paul spoke ironically, not to make them feel ashamed, but to show them the best path to follow. 9 ratings. 1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.a It is important to mark the care with which Paul distinguishes the Lord’s unambiguous ruling (v. 10) from his own judgment (vv. 27No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. Paul set himself to deal in writing with this news, and had practically finished what he had to say when fresh news arrived. Thus the epistle cannot have been written before the last decades of the 1st century. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. 23So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds? Mark 10:6-12); there must be no divorce on either side. 5What then is Apollos? 3for you are still worldly. If conduct of this kind were tolerated in the church, it would corrupt the whole fellowship as surely as a little leaven ferments the whole batch of dough. Already you have become rich. 4Love is patient, love is kind. 11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. Be strong. 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. 12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. The resurrection harvest will be followed by the eternal day of God, when God has brought all hostile forces in the universe into subjection beneath the feet of the risen and exalted Christ (15:20-28). Would the teaching given by later visitors do the same? 23The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. At the other extreme from the libertines addressed in the preceding paragraph were those who thought it best “for a man not to touch a woman” (7:1). Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife? His ministry in Ephesus, however, was marked not only by troubles in that city but by troublesome news which kept coming to him from Corinth. 22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? congenial to their intellectual taste, the Christ party prob. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? 6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. 1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. But the Corinthian Christians in their own eyes had “arrived”; they lived as though they had already entered fully into the coming glory. Save $13.01 (20%) Qty: Add to cart. DATE OF THE EPISTLE$ Greetings from Paul and Sosthenes. When at last the time came for him to cross the Aegean and embark on his Ephesian ministry, he left a numerous community of Christians behind him in Corinth. Thus one may place the composition of 1 Clement between A.D. 80 and 140. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. the meaning; but the words in themselves could equally well be “make use of your present condition instead.”. He would soon visit them in person; for the present, he would send Timothy to see them. law, then it could be propagated freely, unless it occasioned public disorder. 24My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. 15but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? 53For the perishable must be clothedf with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 9Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. Let those servants of Christ be accepted for what they really are: those whom Christ has commissioned to dispense His revelation to His people. 2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. (Whether his father was still alive or not is uncertain, but it does not affect the issue materially.) 3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, citizens.). 4And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me. This is the oldest written account of the institution, not more than twenty-five years after the event; it is perhaps the only account which reported that Jesus said, “Do this...in remembrance of me” (vv. 18For they refreshed my spirit and yours as well. Consent of Criticism 4. 18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. It would, however, be better still to follow their Lord’s example and endure injustice uncomplainingly. 29b, 30, should be taken as an objection to Paul’s argument, but even this is awkward.) 12What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Paul associates one Sosthenes with himself in the superscription of the letter. 8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. Although ch. 21Therefore, stop boasting in men. 37But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin,e he will do well. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 28But if you do marry, you have not sinned. 4Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head. 19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. Meanwhile they were to expect a visit from Timothy (16:5-14). 7:6, 10, 12, 25) adds the greater weight to places where he unambiguously calls for the obedience due to the Lord’s commandment (e.g. Reverting to the subject of idolatrous associations, he reminded his readers how the Israelites’ redemption from Egypt, their passage through the Red Sea and participation in supernatural food and drink in the wilderness did not protect them against divine judgment when they fell into idolatry and immorality (10:1-13). So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”. 21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 11In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. The preaching, like the ethical teaching (cf. He should not be circumcised. Bornemann) have thought to have originated as a scribal note. 40There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. We are weak, but you are strong. The workman’s personal salvation, since it depended on divine grace and not on his own workmanship, would not be imperiled, but he would forfeit the reward which might have been his (3:5-15). 6Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body,a but have not love, I gain nothing. 13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love. He was the only one among their teachers who had a father’s affection for them; they were his children in Christ. 14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. The text of 1 Corinthians raises no major problems. “to live according to scripture” (4:6), which some (e.g. Format: Digital $ 51.99. 1 After the salutation, 10 which in effect is an exhortation. 7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 16:24 The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus. 1Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? Most of the textual phenomena of 1 Corinthians receive detailed study in G. Zuntz, The Text of the Epistles (1953). Similarly, it was best that widows should remain unmarried, but if they decided to remarry they were free to do so, “only in the Lord.” In matters where he had received no commandment from the Lord, Paul would only express his own mind and leave his readers to decide for themselves, but he regarded his judgment as sound judgment, “and I think,” he added, “that I have the Spirit of God” (7:39f.). First, in 1 Corinthians 3:1, the Corinthians are called σαρκίνοις, which suggests they are living like the world and not “spiritual” as they themselves claimed (pp. At the outset of his labours there he met with great opposition from the Jews, but was especially encouraged by the Lord, who spake unto him at night in a vision, promising protection for his person, and assuring him of success in that city. The Pauline authorship of 1 Corinthians is uncontested, if one excepts such eccentric schools of thought as that represented by W. C. van Manen (cf. Then you will not take pride in one man over another. 32The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. 25In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this? 25-38). There was, however, a situation not provided for in the Lord’s ruling: if a husband or wife became a Christian and the other partner to the marriage would no longer continue the relationship what then? I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 15 comes between two answers to Corinthian questions, that introduced by “Now concerning spiritual gifts...” (12:1) and that introduced by “Now concerning the contribution...” (16:1), it is not clear that the treatment of the doctrine of resurrection which it contains forms an answer to a specific question in the letter received by Paul. So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. The Rights of an Apostle(Deuteronomy 18:1–8). How much more the things of this life! The addressees are specified as clearly as could be desired: they are the members of “the church of God which is at Corinth”—a church of Paul’s own planting—but with them are associated “all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours” (1 Cor 1:2). 1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm. Contents. needed to be warned by Paul. On the former, Paul speaks as one who himself possesses the gift of tongues in an exceptional degree (no one would have guessed this had he not had occasion to mention it incidentally in 14:18), and deprecated the attaching of undue importance to it. Paul did not stay to argue that this state of affairs was intolerable; he ordered them to expel the offender from their fellowship at once. (Verse 29 is so difficult to construe in the context that it has been regarded as an intrusive gloss, but there is no textual evidence for this. 13And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 28, 36). 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