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For Paul, Corinth is a test case: if the gospel of Christ can change lives there, it can do so anywhere. He sees in the Corinthian believers rich resources for Christian ministry and mission, and encourages them as a body to express the total lordship of Christ.

nothing. ‘The Corinthians clearly thought that the possessors of certain gifts were extremely important persons.… Not only are they unimportant, they are actually nothing.’9 Paul now mentions two acts of self-sacrifice which most closely approximate to practical love of the purest and most unselfish kind. What if he were ‘in one grand sweeping gesture’ (Morris) to give away everything? What if he were to hand over his body to be burned?10 Are not such actions
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