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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...

• The illumination about the practice. “I have received of the Lord” (I Corinthians 11:23). What Paul speaks about the Lord’s Supper is a Divine revelation to him. Thus what he says is authoritative and correct. • The initiating of the practice. “The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed” (I Corinthians 11:23). Jesus Christ initiated the Lord’s Supper. It was not an invention of mankind. First, the time of the initiating. “The same night in which he was betrayed.” Christ initiated the
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