marriage or in one’s station in life is typical among those who are filled with a desire to advance in society (7:1–40). Paul reminds the Corinthians of eschatology (7:29–31); the way believers relate to everything in the world has changed now that Jesus Christ has come, for the end of the ages has come (10:11). We see the same worldly spirit in the desire to eat food offered to idols (8:1–11:1), which was universally condemned by Christians and Jews in the ancient world since it was considered to
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