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1 & 2 Corinthians: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

Corinth was a big city with a long history by the time Paul arrived there in the first century. Disunity was the central problem, and the fundamental solution was love. Of all the books in the Bible, the letters to the church in Corinth read like a catalogue of issues the church faces today. Human sexuality, divorce, tongues, disputable matters, church unity—these issues are as pressing today as...

worldly rich. God is not to be found in the worldly eloquent or worldly powerful. God shows His strength the most by taking the weak and making them strong (1 Cor. 1:26–31). GREAT THEMES God shows His strength the most by taking the weak and making them strong. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me (12:9). The super-apostles and their deceived followers in Corinth could only glory in themselves and in their limited abilities. Such
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