The Message of 1 Corinthians

The ancient city of Corinth was well-known for its prosperity, diversity-and debauchery. Any church planted there was bound to have problems. Indeed, snobbishness, divisiveness, insensitivity, doctrinal looseness, and overexuberance were all too common in the Corinthian church. When the apostle Paul heard about these difficulties, he was grieved because he had founded the church and felt closely tied to it. He wrote them an intense and pointed letter.

In this revised Bible Speaks Today volum...