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Corinth, a diverse, cosmopolitan city sitting at a strategic center of commerce for both Greece and the wider Roman Empire, was known for its decadence and wealth. In his commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians, Chuck Swindoll explores how Paul took the Corinthian church to task for taking on the character of the city instead of the character of Christ. As Chuck shows, the message of Paul to the...

understanding as pagans with the light of the Spirit they have experienced as believers in Christ (12:2–3). Before they were saved, they were without the Spirit, who is the solution to our ignorance and the source of true knowledge. In their former lost condition, they served dumb, powerless idols out of ignorance—the depraved spiritual capacity of all men and women who lack the eye-opening grace of the Holy Spirit’s regenerating power. But now, as believers who have been enabled by the indwelling
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