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I Corinthians: A New Translation, Introduction with a Study of the Life of Paul, Notes, and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

St. Paul’s 1 Corinthians stands as one of the Bible’s greatest masterpieces and certainly one of the greatest contributions to Christian theology. The epistle “to the church which is in Corinth…” addresses itself to the basic tenets of Christian faith as well as down-to-earth matters of moral conduct and standards of Christian living, including such topics as speaking in tongues, the...

reasoning in this matter: this passage indicates Paul’s expectation of an imminent end of the age; Paul expected an imminent end of the age; this passage should be interpreted in the light of Paul’s expectation of the imminent end of the age. 7 39 A wife has been bound for as long a time as her husband lives; but if the husband dies, she is free to be married to whomever she wishes—except that it should be in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she remains as she is,
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