Upwardly mobile Christians facing radically diverse ethnic, religious, economic and social conditions. The church divided over issues of leadership and authority, sexual morality, gender and worship, marriage and divorce. Sound familiar? First-century Corinth and its challenges were not so different from our own. Yet in the midst of this detailed, practical letter to a church in crisis is found one of the greatest paeans to love ever written. And, of course, love is just what is needed to address complex human issues--whether in the first century or the twenty-first. Alan F. Johnson's deft analysis of 1 Corinthians features an introduction that explores the social, cultural and historical background of the city and its people. Rounding out the introduction, Johnson discusses the letter's occasion and date, authorship and purpose, and major theologicall themes. His passage-by-passage commentary follows, seeking to explain what the letter of 1 Corinthians means for the church today as well as what it meant for its original hearers. Students, pastors, Bible teachers and everyone who wants to understand Paul's message for the church will benefit from this excellent resource.
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I had to write an exegesis paper on a passage in 1 Cor. for a college class. I used four different commentaries, of which this was one. This commentary was very simular to two of the other three in terms of the way the material was presented and the level of detail. That said, be aware that the level of detail is not extraordinarily high. The author comments on major sections rather than on each verse and his discussions are adequate without being very deep. Keep in mind that this is the same with most other commentaries (the one by Gordon Fee being a notable exception) so really this book compares rather favorably to most others.
The most valuable section of this book was on the social background of Corinth. There was some information there regarding Corinthian society that was not to be found in the other three commentaries. Bottom Line: Valuable resource for academic papers as well as for preaching.
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Have you ever tried to find the perfect church that has everything you want and does everything just the way you like? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
known idol food, pagan homes, sacrificed food, sacrificial food, tongues speech, prophetic speech, eating food sacrificed, social shame, future resurrection, revealed wisdom Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Lord's Supper, Old Testament, Corinthian Christians, God the Father, John Chrysostom, Spirit of God, Finally Paul, Jewish Passover, Jonathan Edwards, Ben Witherington, Bruce Winter, Cyril of Alexandria, First Corinthians, Gordon Fee, Holy Trinity, While Paul, Charles Talbert, God's Spirit, Leon Morris, Perhaps Paul, Richard Hays, Roman Corinth New!
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- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: Or Brief Faithful Relation Exceeding Mercy God Christ his Poor Servant John (Penguin Classics) by John Bunyan on page 317, and Back Matter
- The Holy Spirit (Biblical Truth Simply Explained) by Bob Gordon on page 67, and Back Matter
- New Testament by T. Moore on page 166, and Back Matter
- The Holy Spirit by Gordon H. Clark in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- New Testament by Gerd Theissen on page 48, and Back Matter
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