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Despite the attributed title "1 Corinthians", this letter was not the first written by Paul to the church in Corinth, only the first canonical letter. 1 Corinthians is the second known letter of four from Paul to the church in Corinth, as evidenced by Paul's mention of his previous letter in 1 Corinthians 5:9. [26]
These gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to individuals, but their purpose is to build up the entire Church. [1] They are described in the New Testament, primarily in 1 Corinthians 12, [6] 13 and 14, Romans 12, [7] and Ephesians 4. [8] 1 Peter 4 [9] also touches on the spiritual gifts. [2]
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ (First Corinthians 12:12, ESV). The Pauline epistles depict Christ as the Head of His people the Church (Ephesians 1:15-23; Colossians 1:13-18).
1 Textual variants in 1 Corinthians 9 1 Corinthians 9:20 μη ων αυτος υπο νομον ( being not himself under the law ) – omitted by D 2 K (L) Ψ 81 88 326 330 424 451 460 614 629 c 1241 1518 1852 1881 1984 1985 2138 2464 2492 Byz Lect syr p eth geo slav Origen pt Nestorius Theodoret
Thorn in the flesh is a phrase of New Testament origin used to describe an annoyance, or trouble in one's life, drawn from Paul the Apostle's use of the phrase in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians 12:7–9: [1]
Stephanas (Greek: Στεφανᾶς, Stephanas, meaning "crowned", [1] from Greek: στεφανόω, stephanoó, "to crown") [2] was a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among the limited number of believers whom Paul the Apostle had baptized there [3] and whom Paul refers to as the “first-fruits of Achaia”.
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[9] In 1 Corinthians 9:24–26, [10] written to the city that hosted the Isthmian Games, [11] the metaphor is extended from running to other games, such as boxing, [12] to make the point that winning a prize requires discipline, self-control, and coordinated activity. [13] In 2 Timothy 2:5, [14] the same point is made. [15]