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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]
A first, or "zeroth", epistle to Corinth, also called A Prior Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, [16] or Paul's previous Corinthian letter, [17] possibly referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9. [ 18 ] A third epistle to Corinth, written in between 1 and 2 Corinthians, also called the Severe Letter , referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 [ 19 ] and 2 ...
The Pauline epistles are the thirteen books in the New Testament traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.. There is strong consensus in modern New Testament scholarship on a core group of authentic Pauline epistles whose authorship is rarely contested: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon.
There are two Epistles to the Corinthians in the New Testament: First Epistle to the Corinthians; Second Epistle to the Corinthians; A Third Epistle to the Corinthians, once considered canonical by the Armenian Apostolic Church, now almost universally believed to be pseudepigraphical
For Christians, Corinth is well known from the two letters from Paul the Apostle in the New Testament, the First Epistle to the Corinthians and the Second Epistle to the Corinthians. Corinth is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as part of Paul the Apostle 's missionary travels.
The first Epistle to Corinth [17] referenced at 1 Corinthians 5:9; The third Epistle to Corinth called Severe Letter referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 and 2 Corinthians 7:8–9; The Corinthian letter to Paul referenced at 1 Corinthians 7:1; The Earlier Epistle to the Ephesians referenced at Ephesians 3:3–4
Seven of the 13 letters that bear Paul's name, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians and Philemon, are almost universally accepted as being entirely authentic and dictated by Paul himself. [8] [248] [249] [250] They are considered the best source of information on Paul's life and especially his thought. [8]
Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians (AD 55) mentions Apollos as an important figure at Corinth. Paul describes Apollos' role at Corinth: I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. [8] Paul's Epistle refers to a schism between four parties in the Corinthian church, of which two attached themselves to Paul and Apollos respectively ...