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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...

the Corinthians for this behavior in no uncertain terms. Yet in doing so, Paul also addresses the meaning of the Lord’s Supper, as well as informing us why the Supper occupies such an important role in Christian worship. In 1 Corinthians 11:17–34, we have the earliest account of the Lord’s Supper in the New Testament. First Corinthians was probably written about AD 54, before any of the canonical gospels had been written. The Corinthian letter, therefore, gives us very important insight into the
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