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In the time of Paul, Corinth was a very diverse place. There were a large amount of people drawn to Corinth with the hope of creating better lives for themselves. The Corinthian marketplace was constantly growing because of the people who were migrating to the city. This influx of people caused the town to grow to 100,000 inhabitants in less than 100 years. When Paul wrote Corinthians, the church...

likely added by a scribe to harmonize the phrase as a third item in the series that begins the verse. In context the phrase stands best in apposition to “things despised by the world,” without the kai, as א* and P46 have it. 1:29 no one. Gr., mē pasa sarx [TG4561, ZG4922]. Lit., “not all flesh.” “All flesh” is a Semitism, common in the LXX, referring to all humanity. boast. An important word for Paul in 2 Corinthians (20 times), this is the first of six uses of it in 1 Corinthians (three times
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