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The Corinthian letters are among the longest of Paul’s writings. These books focus on the manifestation of divine truth, Paul’s visits and relationship with the church, and problems of morality—and their deeper spiritual problems. John G. Butler’s commentary is an important reminder that the letters to the Corinthians are important for the church today. The verse-by-verse exposition in an...

of the conditions of acceptable communion” (Hodge). The word “unworthily” is an adverb amplifying conduct, not an adjective amplifying character. If worthiness was a qualification for partaking of the Lord’s supper, no one would be able to partake of it. Who is so arrogant as to think he is worthy? Second, the irreverence in the conduct. “Guilty of the body and blood of the Lord” (I Corinthians 11:27). This is another way of saying irreverence. To be guilty of the body and blood of Christ is to dishonor
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