C. This section could be an early church manual designed to help churches organize and direct their activities (cf. 3:14–15). D. The most difficult part of this passage to interpret is 2:9–15. It is not difficult to understand, but it is difficult to know how to apply it to our cultural situation. It is so easy to make the parts of the NT we do not agree with “cultural” and, therefore, not relevant to us. I am very uncomfortable labeling a clear inspired text as cultural for several reasons 1. Who