Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

Volume 7

General Editor: Leon Morris

1 Corinthians

An Introduction and Commentary

Leon Morris

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© Leon Morris 1985

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First edition 1958

Second edition 1985

Reprinted in this format 2008

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

UK ISBN 978-1-84474-273-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Morris, Leon, 1914–2006.

1 Corinthians: an introduction and commentary / Leon Morris.

p. cm.—(Tyndale New Testament commentaries; v. 7)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8028-2257-6 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Bible. N.T. Corinthians, 1st—Commentaries. I. Title.

BS2675.3.M67 1983

227/.207—dc19

85004587

US ISBN: 978-0-8308-4237-7

CONTENTS

General preface

Author’s preface to the first edition

Author’s preface to the second edition

Chief abbreviations

Introduction

Background

Paul at Corinth

Paul’s subsequent relations with the church at Corinth

The occasion and purpose of 1 Corinthians

The authenticity of the Epistle

The date and place of origin

Analysis

Commentary

Fig. 1 The Asclepion at Corinth

Fig. 2 The dining rooms of the Asclepion

Fig. 3 A typical villa at Anaploga, in Corinth

GENERAL PREFACE

The original Tyndale Commentaries aimed at providing help for the general reader of the Bible. They concentrated on the meaning of the text without going into scholarly technicalities. They sought to avoid ‘the extremes of being unduly technical or unhelpfully brief’. Most who have used the books agree that there has been a fair ...