Reading 1 Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary

One of the apostle Paul's longest surviving letters, 1 Corinthians represents a prolonged argument for unity addressed to a church fraught-already-with internal struggles and sharp dissension just a few months after it was established.

Across the sixteen chapters of the letter, Paul addresses a range of troubling issues: obsession with worldly status, sexual immorality, Christian lawsuits, questionable dietary habits, immodest behavior during worship services, denial of the resurrection of t...