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Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth is full of practical relevance to the church of our day. How should people live in the light of a surrounding immoral culture? What should be the church’s response to blatant sin on the part of its members? How should the giving and stewardship of the church be administered? What happens after a person dies? How should spiritual gifts be exercised, and...

belonged to Christ alone (v. 12). Quarrelsomeness (v. 11) is identified in the New Testament as an act of the sinful nature in contrast to the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:19–21; cf. 1 Cor. 3:1–4). Divisions and quarrelling in the church hinder its effective proclamation and sharing of the gospel. Writing about the bad effects of division in the church in the seventeenth century, Richard Baxter, a godly pastor in Kidderminster, wrote, ‘The public takes notice of all this and not only derides us, but
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