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Mark Taylor’s commentary on 1 Corinthians looks at Paul’s missionary journey to Corinth where he planted a church and nurtured the new believers for approximately eighteen months. Taylor pays careful attention to the nuances of the English translation (NIV), the Greek text, and the units of meaning that are vital to interpreting this letter. He presents with clarity the range of scholarly opinion...

to stumble (8:9–10). Paul explicitly identified with the weak: “To the weak I became weak, to win the weak” (9:22). In chap. 11 the notion of shame and honor is a major motif in Paul’s discussion of the head covering (11:2–16) and the Lord’s Supper (11:17–22). All of this suggests that in 12:22–23 Paul’s analogies and word-choices concerning the body parts are carefully chosen. Third, and relatedly, God gives greater honor to the members that lack it according to his design (12:24b). God has combined,
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