Skip to main content

Letter to Corinthians


The apostle Paul addresses early day Christians

Most scholars date Paul’s writing to the believers in Corinth to 54-55 AD. He wrote this letter from Ephesus. He addressed his letter to the believers in Christ who were living in Corinth. Corinth was a thriving, cosmopolitan city of the province then known as; Achaia which was part of the Roman Empire. Corinth was not far from Athens, Greece. Ephesus was just across the Aegean Sea, also not far from Athens and Corinth. I am giving these facts as a way of giving us a present day perspective of the place and time of the apostle’s authorship of this interesting book of the New Testament.

The Corinthians were living in a culture not unlike that of our modern day cities. It was a place of much diversity, culture, commerce, paganism, immorality and great wealth. The apostle Paul was very concerned with the spiritual health of the people of Corinth. Today, aren’t we concerned about the same virtue of our nation, our cities and our people? I am.

The major themes of First Corinthians were the concerns of what Paul found disturbing about Corinth and its people. These themes included; Divisions: Corinthian society was riddled with competitive individualism which crept over into the church. Christian Conduct: Correct living is rooted in correct thinking. Sexual immorality, disrespect for one another and worshipping money, job or anything other than God brings a people to ruin. Worship: Paul addressed practices in worship, the character of the Lord’s Supper, and the nature and use of spiritual gifts. Resurrection: The people of Corinth were disputing the Jewish and Christian doctrine of bodily resurrection in favor of a Greek form of belief that limited the afterlife to disembodied immorality of the soul.

Are you like me, seeing a stark similarity of our present world to ancient Corinth? Just as Paul was very concerned in his time for the people of Corinth, so we should now, in our time be even more concerned for it is not just Corinth or Houston, or any small town, but it is the whole world that I believe is moving away from God. Individually, we must draw closer to God, so that as a church, a town, a state, a nation we become a world of God.

In God we trust that as it is written; “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9).






Popular posts from this blog

Apostates Predicted

Sensual persons who cause divisions   I quote from the Book of Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, who was addressing those who were called , sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. In verses 16 through 19, Jude warned of apostates who would come around and make themselves known. He described them as grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts , to use Jude’s own words. He went on to describe them as those who would be mouthing swelling words, flattering to gain advantage . Jude continued saying, “But you beloved, remember the words which were spoken before the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. Fast-forward now to today; to our present time, the year 2012. How is this book (Jude) of very few words; the little book which precedes the last book of the Bible; Revelation relevant to our (contemporary...
Read more

Two Kinds of Wisdom

That which is earthly, and that which is heavenly The Bible speaks of us being exposed to two kinds of wisdom; one that subjects us to bitterness, envy and selfish ambition, e.g. earthly wisdom , and that which comes from heaven which is first of all pure; peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. In (James 3:13) this servant of God, asked , “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.” Which form of wisdom will you profess; that which is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil or that which is of heaven? At the time of Jesus’ birth, three wise men from the east came to Jerusalem seeking the one who was now born King of the Jews . King Herod called upon these three to “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” he said in; (Matthew 2:8) -- the three wise men were told by He...
Post a Comment
Read more

A Promise is a Promise

When you were a child did your parents ever promise to take you somewhere special for your birthday? Maybe they promised you could stay up late with them the night of your birthday? You never doubted their promises did you? I mean, a promise is a promise. If they told you they were going to do something you just knew it was going to happen! I remember how excited I was when my parents promised me something and they gave it to me!  I’ll never forget how I trusted them. Neither can I forget the promises God has made and kept for me in my lifetime. He has always been faithful to deliver what He has promised to me. Sometimes the evil one tries to convince me God hasn’t delivered though. He tries to convince me God changes His mind. Its times like this that I will to remain strong. I read what God says and declare how great my God is! Just because we don’t see His fulfillment according to our understanding at that particular time does not mean He hasn’t done it or isn’t going to do ...
Post a Comment
Read more