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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...

from the ancient world, ranging from people selling themselves into slavery so as to keep their families from starving (Thiselton 2000:1045) to dying in battle, fighting so as to defend home and country. Paul saw his own body as wasting away in sacrificial service to the gospel (2 Cor 4:7–12; 11:21–33). As in the other instances, he added something to recognize the ultimate nature of the person’s embodiment of this gift. In this case, he notes that self-sacrifice is so great that one might justifiably
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