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The epistles to the Corinthians were written to the young church in Corinth as it wrestled with the immoral environment surrounding it—and with that environment’s clash with the moral standards of Christianity. Divisions in the church became a problem, so Paul wrote 1 Corinthians as a response to the discord. In his letter, Paul addresses a wide range of issues faced by the Corinthian church,...

others as it loves itself, it is as pleased to see goodness in them as if it were indeed something to its own personal advantage” (Moralia, 10, 7–8, 10). 13:7. The repetition of the word “all” reinforces the absolute, essential, value of charity. This is not hyperbole, much less a depiction of utopia: it is recognition of the fact, as the Word of God confirms, that love lies at the very source of all Christian virtue. “Since we are all children of God,” the founder of Opus Dei reminds us, “our fraternity
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