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The book of First Corinthians offers readers a window to the life of the early church in Corinth. Through Paul’s corrective letter, readers catch a glimpse of a faith community struggling with questions of identity, relationship, belief, and practice. Modern interpreters are presented only the issues that Paul wished to highlight and only in the ways he wished to address them. First Corinthians...

support themselves, as apostles they have the same right to financial support as the others. [Working for a Living] Working for a Living Paul seems to have adopted the practice of largely supporting himself as a bivocational minister by performing manual labor. While the opportunities for making a living at this trade may have been greater in Corinth than in some other places, given the ongoing need for leather products such as sails for the many ships passing that way and the tents needed by vendors
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