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Perhaps more than any other Pauline letter, 1 Corinthians is known for affording insight into the nature and world of the earliest Christian communities. Whether it concerns Corinthian disputes over wisdom, debates over speaking in tongues, or questions about resurrection, 1 Corinthians shows us the early church—warts and all. And that is what makes it such exciting—and relevant—reading today!...

resist him (further evidence is given in Betz p. 40, note 10; for Paul’s use of ἄγειν cf. Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:18). Paul himself in this verse appears to think of demons as ravishing those who take part in heathen worship; compare 10:20. The idols themselves are lifeless—dumb, unable to give an answer to prayers addressed to them. The thought is in the Old Testament (e.g. 1 Kings 18:26–9; Ps. 115:4–8; Isa. 46:7), and was retained in Judaism. Possibly Paul means to contrast the silence of the idols
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