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This landmark commentary, originally published in 1987, has been lauded as the best study available of Paul’s theologically rich first letter to the Corinthians. Writing primarily for pastors, teachers, and students, Gordon Fee offers a readable exposition of 1 Corinthians that clearly describes the meaning of Paul’s ideas and their larger theological relevance. Fee’s revised edition is based on...

If our interpretation of their abuse of the Lord’s Table is correct (11:17–34), some of the tensions in the community were between some of the more well-to-do and the poor.11 Although there were some Jewish believers in the community, very little in the letter itself points to a Jewish background.12 At least three instances that speak of their former way of life explicitly indicate that they were former idolaters and therefore chiefly Gentiles (6:9–11; 8:7; 12:2). Other items imply the same: e.g.,
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