Understanding
the book
 It
is very forceful. >Paul writes "as
a fool" 1123. He boasts often
to the church at Corinth because he wanted them to turn from false
teachers 1116. They would have identified
him and his teaching as a standard of Christianity.
His
letters seem to be more pastoral than for establishing doctrine. >He
is dealing with specific problems. The people were being taught that they
were spirit and flesh and that since the spirit was immortal, what they
did in the flesh didn't matter 0510.
Their behavior is seen in 1co05
and 6. |
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