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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...

Numbers: Demographic Experiments for Roman Corinth” in Ancient Society 42 (2012), pages 127–158). Paul had founded the church on his second missionary journey, spending a year and a half there after hearing in a dream that God had many people in the city (Acts 18:1–11). This letter was written a few years later, in the spring of AD 54 or 55, in response to receiving a worrying letter (see 1 Corinthians 7:1) and some even more worrying news (1:11) from the members of the church. As with the city,
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