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Hodge begins his commentary on 1 Corinthians with an introduction to the geographic and political significance of the city of Corinth. In particular, he shows how the history of Corinth, its relationship to the city to Athens, and the political climate of the Roman Empire contribute to the pastoral and theological controversies which Paul aims to address. Hodge also attends to the theological...

The Lord’s freeman is one whom the Lord has redeemed from Satan, and made his own; and the Lord’s slave is also one whom Christ has purchased for himself. So that master and slave stand on the same level before Christ. Comp. Eph. 6:9. 23. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Ye (i. e. all Christians, bond and free,) were bought with a price. That is, purchased by Christ with his most precious blood, 1 Pet. 1:18, 19. Ye belong to him; ye are his slaves, and should therefore act
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