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Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians is unavailable, but you can change that!

Here Witherington brings traditional exegetical and historical methods to the study of 1 and 2 Corinthians, analyzing Paul’s two letters in terms of Greco-Roman rhetoric and ancient social conditions and customs. This approach reveals the context and content of Paul’s message in a new light and discloses Paul’s relationship with his Corinthian converts.

the result of prophecy done properly. V. 32 has been much controverted. What it likely means is that the human spirits of the prophets are controllable and thus that they can stop speaking whenever that is required. There is an element of urgency to speak, but it is not an uncontrollable urgency. Hypotassō means “be subject to” or “be subordinate to.” It is debated whether v. 33b goes with what precedes or what follows. If it goes with what precedes, the point is that worship should be undertaken
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