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The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament . 1 Corinthians is a letter, or a conflation of several letters, from Paul Of Tarsus and Sosthenes to the Christians of Corinth, Greece . It is one of the core group of Pauline Epistles whose authenticity has never seriously been questioned. TIME AND PLACE It was written from ia and then return to Corinth (probably AD 57). The news which had reached him, however, from Corinth frustrated his plan. The traditional subscription to the epistle, translated in the Authorized Version , states that this epistle was written at Philippi , perhaps arising from a misinterpretation of 16:5, "For I do pass through Macedonia," as meaning, "I am passing through Macedonia." In 16:8 Paul declares his intention of staying in Ephesus until Pentecost. OUTLINE The epistle may be divided into six parts.Outline from {Link without Title} . #Salutation (1:1-9) #Division in Corinth (1:10–4:21) ##Facts of division ##Causes of division ##Cure for division #Immorality in Corinth (5:1–6:20) ##Discipline an Immoral Brother ##Resolving personal disputes ##Sexual purity #Difficulties in Corinth (7:1–14:40) ##Marriage ##Christian liberty ##Worship #Doctrine of Resurrection (15:1-58) #Closing (16:1-24) CONTENT He had heard of the abuses and contentions that had arisen among them: first from 2:13; 8:6, 16–18). This epistle "shows the powerful self-control of the apostle in spite of his physical weakness, his distressed circumstances, his incessant troubles, and his emotional nature. It was written, he tells us, in bitter anguish, 'out of much affliction and pressure of heart . . . and with streaming eyes' (2 Cor 2:4); yet he restrained the expression of his feelings, and wrote with a dignity and holy calm which he thought most calculated to win back his erring children. It gives a vivid picture of the early church . . . It entirely dissipates the dream that the apostolic church was in an exceptional condition of holiness of life or purity of doctrine." The apostle in this epistle unfolds and applies great principles fitted to guide the church of all ages in dealing with the same and kindred evils in whatever form they may appear. NOTES SEE ALSO
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