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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...

indictment concerns injuring the body of Christ by breaking up the unity of the partnership (cf. 10:16–17); and the specific instance is the insult against the poor (11:21–22), which is in fact directed against the church. The erring persons do not accept the new covenant (vs. 25), which was brought about by the death (blood) of Christ; and thus the guilt is against the church and the Christ who died. Accordingly, self-examination is enjoined in order to avert judgment that may be incurred by eating
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