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YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE! Paul’s Letters to a Troubled Church: I and II Corinthians BOB UTLEY PROFESSOR OF HERMENEUTICS (BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION) STUDY GUIDE COMMENTARY SERIES NEW TESTAMENT, VOL. 6 BIBLE LESSONS INTERNATIONAL, MARSHALL, TEXAS 2002 (revised 2011)
a full commentary on the text of 1 Corinthians in Dutch. After my retirement in 2012, I decided to bundle a number of these articles in a single volume entitled Tradition and Rhetoric in Paul’s Correspondence with the Corinthians, whic.
I. Introduction 1:1-9 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together
summary In his opening remarks Paul expresses gratitude that the Corinthians had been enriched by God, came behind in no gift, and were eagerly waiting for the revelation of the Lord ( 1-9 ).
There must be a hunger (1) for Him, (2) to know Him, and (3) to serve Him. This process involves prayer, confession and the willingness for lifestyle change. The Spirit is crucial in the interpretive process, but why sincere, godly Christians understand the Bible differently is a mystery. The rational process is easier to describe.
David Guzik commentary on 2 Corinthians 1, where Paul praises the God of all comfort in times of distress, and then defends his ministry.
Paul’s letter matches the customary three-part form: introduction, (2) body, and (3) conclusion. THE STRUCTURE OF 1 CORINTHIANS. The two most common structures that exegetes propose for 1 Corinthians are that (a) the letter has two parts (§2.2) or (b) the letter has thematic groups (§2.3).
