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First Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical and Pastoral Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Anthony Thiselton’s lengthy New International Greek Testament Commentary volume The First Epistle to the Corinthians has become a standard work on 1 Corinthians. In this “shorter” commentary, Thiselton draws on his excellent exegesis from that volume but combines it afresh with keen practical and pastoral application for readers at all levels. Thiselton delves deeply into the context and text of...

The content of our epistle makes it clear that Christians in Corinth still carried over into their Christian existence many of the cultural traits that characterized their pre-Christian culture. This is almost always the case in a diversity of cultures. No doubt when he thanks God quite genuinely for their gifts of “speech,” which could sometimes but not always be wise speech and includes
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