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The scope of 1 Corinthians is breathtaking. Paul tackles a huge variety of subjects, and as he does so, he gives us a precious insight into what a local church is (or at least can be). As Andrew Wilson walks through this compelling, challenging epistle, you’ll see how grace looks in every Christian and how it can shape every church—even a church as flawed as the Corinthian one. This accessible...

You might be having a great time, but if nobody understands a word you’re saying, “you will just be speaking into the air” (v 9). So far I have translated glossa with a combination of “language” and “tongue”. Most of our English translations go for “tongues”, but that can sound either old-fashioned or a bit spooky, so I usually prefer “languages”; glossa is the normal word you would use for English, Mandarin, Swahili and so on. For Paul, in fact, the reality that the Corinthians are speaking a language
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