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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction to Corinth and 1 Corinthians | |
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| Proposed Backgrounds | |
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| Ancient Letters | |
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| Corinth | |
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| The Particular Situation and Paul's Response in 1 Corinthians | |
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| Suggested Reading for Corinth and 1 Corinthians | |
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| Paul and Philosophy | |
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| Rhetoric and 1 Corinthians | |
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| Politics and 1 Corinthians | |
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| Social Setting of 1 Corinthians | |
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| Primary Sources for Corinth | |
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| Studies of the Local Situation in Corinth or Its Church | |
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| Ancient Letters | |
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| Paul and Jewish Tradition | |
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| Theology | |
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| Commentaries | |
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| Sample Articles and Monographs | |
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| Commentary on 1 Corinthians | |
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| 1:1-3: Paul's Greeting | |
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| 1:4-9: Paul Thanks God for the Corinthian Christians | |
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| 1:10-12: Demand for Unity | |
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| 1:13-17: Not a Gospel about Preachers | |
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| 1:18-25: God's Foolishness and Human Wisdom | |
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| A Closer Look: Paul's Use of Rhetoric | |
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| 1:26-31: Boast in Christ, Not in Status | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 2:1-5: Converted by "Weak" Speech | |
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| A Closer Look: Paul's Critique of Rhetoric | |
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| 2:6-13: Human Wisdom versus Wisdom from the Spirit | |
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| 2:14-3:4: Spirit-People versus Mortals | |
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| 3:5-4:5: Eschatological Evaluation | |
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| 4:6-21: Personal Appeal to Humble Themselves | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 5:1-13: Disciplining the Sexual Offender | |
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| 6:1-8: Christian versus Secular Courts | |
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| 6:9-11: Leaving the Former Life | |
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| A Closer Look: Arsenokoites and malakos | |
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| 6:12-21: The Sanctity of the Body, or, Why Christians Should Not Sleep with Prostitutes | |
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| A Closer Look: Sex in the Cities | |
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| Bridging Horizons | |
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| 7:1-9: Sex within Marriage | |
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| A Closer Look: Marriage, Celibacy, and Paul | |
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| 7:10-16: Staying Married | |
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| 7:17-24: Remaining Content with One's Situation | |
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| 7:25-35: Unmarried Life Simpler | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 7:36-40: Betrothed Virgins and Widows | |
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| 8:1-13: Knowledge and Idol Food | |
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| A Closer Look: Idol Food | |
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| 9:1-27: Paul Relinquishes the Right of Support | |
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| A Closer Look: Teachers' Support | |
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| 10:1-22: Eating Idol Food Supports Idolatry | |
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| 10:23-11:1: Concluding Summary and Arguments on Idol Food | |
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| 11:2-16: Sexual Modesty in Church | |
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| A Closer Look: The Need for Head Coverings | |
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| 11:17-34: Abusing a Sacred Fellowship Meal | |
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| A Closer Look: Symposia and the Lord's Supper | |
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| 12:1-11: Gifts from the Spirit | |
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| 12:12-30: One Body, Many Members | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 12:31-13:13: The Criterion for Employing Gifts | |
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| 14:1-25: Prophecy More Useful than Tongues | |
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| 14:26-40: Instructions for Order in Worship | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 15:1-11: Jesus Rose | |
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| A Closer Look: Ancient Views on Resurrection | |
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| 15:12-34: Eschatological Resurrection of Believers | |
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| 15:35-58: Nature of the Resurrection | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 16:1-12: Plans and Instructions | |
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| A Closer Look: Paul's Collection | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 16:13-24: Conclusion | |
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| Introduction to 2 Corinthians | |
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| Genre | |
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| The Situation in 2 Corinthians | |
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| Opponents | |
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| Unity? | |
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| Suggested Reading for 2 Corinthians | |
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| Situation | |
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| Theology | |
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| Other Questions | |
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| Commentaries | |
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| Articles and Monographs | |
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| Commentary on 2 Corinthians | |
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| 1:1-11: Epistolary Introduction | |
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| 1:12-22: Paul's Reliability | |
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| A Closer Look: Fickleness | |
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| 1:23-2:11: Discipline and Forgiveness | |
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| 2:12-13: Paul's Concern for Titus | |
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| 2:14-17: God Sent Paul | |
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| 3:1-18: Revealing the Greater Covenant's Glory | |
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| A Closer Look: Letters of Recommendation | |
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| A Closer Look: Divine Transformation through an Image | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 4:1-15: God's Glory in Weak Vessels | |
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| 4:16-5:10: The Inner Person's Future Hope | |
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| A Closer Look: Souls and Heavens | |
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| 5:11-6:10: Persevering Ambassadors of Reconciliation | |
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| 6:11-7:4: Plea to Join God's and His Ambassadors' Side | |
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| A Closer Look: An Interpolation in 6:14-7:1? | |
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| A Closer Look: Belial | |
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| 7:5-16: Repentant Response to Paul's Letter | |
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| 8:1-15: Examples of Sacrificial Giving | |
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| A Closer Look: Equality | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 8:16-9:5: The Delegations | |
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| A Closer Look: Chapter 9 a Separate Letter? | |
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| 9:6-15: Sowing God's Gifts, Reaping God's Praise | |
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| 10:1-18: The Meek Letter-Writer versus His Challengers | |
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| A Closer Look: Rhetorical Expectations | |
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| A Closer Look: Self-Boasting | |
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| 11:1-21a: Forced to Folly | |
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| A Closer Look: Corrupting Eve (11:2-3) | |
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| Bridging the Horizons | |
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| 11:21b-33: The Fool's Boast in Sufferings | |
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| 12:1-10: The Fool's Boast in Visions | |
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| A Closer Look: Paradise and the Third Heaven | |
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| 12:11-18: Concluding Appeal and Summary | |
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| 12:19-13:10: Paul's Visit | |
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| 13:11-13: Closing Greetings | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Scripture and Apocrypha Index | |
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| Index of Extrabiblical Jewish and Christian Sources | |
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| Other Greco-Roman Sources | |