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The city of ancient Corinth in its day was like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York all rolled into one. Sexual immorality, pagan idolatry, materialism, superficiality, and individualism marked the Corinthian culture and plagued the Corinthian church. Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to address these issues to teach Corinthian Christians how to live undefiled lives, in harmony with one another, in order...

Throughout 1 Corinthians 9, Paul asks a series of rhetorical questions, designed to prove the validity of the two main points just mentioned. In verse 1 of chapter 9, Paul asks, “Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?” As to the first question, Paul is free from the law (i.e., the Mosaic economy) because the Law of Moses belongs to this present evil age and has passed away with the coming of Christ (cf. Rom. 10:4). He is also free

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