Reading Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary on 1 & 2 Corinthians (Biblia.com)

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Paul’s letters to the Christians in Corinth portray a young church struggling to live out the demands of the gospel amid the life of a thoroughly urban setting. Biblical scholar, Charles Talbert helps his reader to grasp what was at stake in the conversations between Paul and the Corinthians. What we find there is not only a word for the struggling faithful in Corinth, but an always truthful word...

It would appear … that Alexander not only received from his master his ethical and political doctrines, but also participated in those secret and more profound teachings which philosophers designate by the special terms “acroamatic” and “epoptic” and do not impart to many. (“Alexander” 7.3) The Corinthians apparently regarded Paul’s preaching of the cross as his exoteric doctrine and wanted to know why the apostle had not taught them the esoteric matters of the faith. By not imparting this wisdom,

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