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Although Corinth was an ancient Greek city, it had been totally destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC, and the site lay unused for about a hundred years. It was then rebuilt by Julius Caesar as a Roman city and became the seat of government of the Roman province of Achaia. Like most major cities of the ancient world it contained a considerable number of Jews. It was among these that Paul, in...

in fellowship. In the Christian community we discover a multitude of new ties, new homes with new mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, possessions, lands, and eternal life (Mark 10:29–30). Paul would have spelled out that final item as meaning the wealth of a new relationship with God through Christ realized in freedom from sin, in victory over the evil cosmic powers, and in the continual presence of Christ. Paul does not spell it out here for he only wants to set before us the example of Christ,
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