Corinthians, for it too is an epistle written in a state of high emotions. D. IT IS PRACTICAL IN ITS NATURE—Almost everything in the epistle may be applied to our lives in a practical way. E. IT IS JOYFUL IN ITS TONE—A summary of the epistle is “I rejoice, rejoice ye” (Paul uses the words “joy” and “rejoice” seventeen times in this four-chapter epistle). Paul’s joy is the more striking when we consider his circumstances at the time of his writing this epistle (Christian joy is better than Christian