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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...

speaking of an immediate revelation. Here the correlation with delivered in vs. 3 points to a chain of tradition: Paul received the facts that he is relating from Christians who preceded him, and in turn he delivered them to the people of his churches. The good news (=“gospel”) is the means by which people are being saved and on which they have taken their stand. The salvation depends upon holding fast to this gospel and believing it in a fruitful and productive manner. Apparently he is afraid that
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