The Letters to the Corinthians

Conflict and Community in the Corinthian Church Scriptural Theme (the New Creation). Paul, His Writings and Tradition. Corinth at the Time of Paul's Arrival. Corinthian Communities (House Churches). Corinthian Conflicts. Group Discussion, Quizzes and Activities. Reference Materials Paul's Relationship with the Corinthian Christians Courtesy of Prof. Felix Just, S.J. The Problems at Corinth Part of James Tabor 's "Jewish-Roman World of Jesus" web site Epistles to the Corinthians Cornelius Aherne, The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908 The Corinthian Correspondence Most scholars consider the Corinthian Correspondence (known to us as 1and 2 Corinthians), to be a packet or collection of as many as a half-dozen letters. The following major sections appear to cohere, and are indicated in different colors to facilitate reading them together. Part of James Tabor 's "Jewish-Roman World of Jesus" web site The Second Thoughts of a Captive Intellect: Pastoral Reflections on Paul's Letters to the Corinthians By Jerry K. Robbins in Word & World, Fall 1996 No Noose Is Good News: Leadership as a Theological Problem in the Corinthian Correspondence By David E. Fredrickson in Word & World, Fall 1996 Conflict as Context for Defining Identity: A Study of Apostleship in the Galatian and Corinthian Letters By N.H. Taylor, Department of New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria, in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2003      Satan Talk in Corinth: The Rhetoric of Conflict By Lee A. Johnson in Biblical Theology Bulletin, Winter, 1999 Funerals and Baptisms, Ordinary and Otherwise: Ritual Criticism and Corinthian Rites By Richard E. DeMaris in Biblical Theology Bulletin, Spring, 1999 Introduction to the First Letter to the Corinthians From the New American Bible Commentary by Saint Thomas Aquinas on the First Epistle to the Corinthians Translated by Fabian Larcher, O. P. 1 Corinthians: Introduction, Argument, and Outline By Daniel B. Wallace, professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians By Mary Ann Getty in Scripture from Scratch Ecclesiology And Ethics In 1 Corinthians By Richard B. Hays in Ex Auditu, 1994 The First Letter to the Corinthians By Barry D. Smith of Atlantic Baptist Unniversity The Significance of Recent Research on 1 Corinthians for Hermeneutical Appropriation of This Epistle Today By Anthony C. Thiselton, University of Nottingham/ University of Chester, in Neotestamentica, Volume 40 [2006], Issue 2 Imitation of Paul and the church's missionary role in 1 Corinthians By Robert L Plummer, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Jun 2001 Apocalyptic Transformation in Paul's Discourse on the Cross By Alexandra R. Brown in Word & World, Fall 1996 God's Yes (2 Corinthians 1:20) By Roy A. Harrisville in Word & World, 1991 God the Other Who Acts Otherwise: An Exegetical Essay on 1 Cor 1:26-31 By Leander E. Keck in Word & World, 1996 Metaphor and Morality: Examples of Paul's Moral Thinking in 1 Corinthians 1-5 By Charles A. Wanamaker, in Neotestamentica, 2005 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 3:1-11 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 3:12-18 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 3:18-4:2 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 4:3-5 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 4:6-10 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 4:10-16 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) What Is Paul Actually Inviting the Corinthians to Do? By Pauline Guthrie in Theology@McAuley, 2003, on 1 Cor. 4:16; 11.1 1 Corinthians 4:17-21 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) A Case of Mistaken Identity: The Harlot and the Church (1 Corinthians 5-6) By Tom Holland. Scroll down to page 56 1 Corinthians 5:1-8 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 5:9-6:11 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Why Won't Paul Just Say No? Purity and Sex in 1 Corinthians 6 By Mark Gravrock in Word & World, 1996 Will Idolaters, Sodomizers, or the Greedy Inherit the Kingdom of God? A Pastoral Exposition of 1 Cor 6:9-10 By David L. Tiede, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, in Word & World, 1990 1 Corinthians 6:12-14 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Laying to Rest the Midrash: Paul's Message on Meat Sacrificed to Idols in Light of the Deuteronomic Tradition By B.J. Oropeza in Biblica, 1998. Discusses 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1 One God, One Lord, One People: Incarnational Christology for a Church in a Pagan Environment By N. T. Wright, Ex Auditu, 1991. Article on 1 Corinthians 8-10 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Of Muzzles and Oxen: Deuteronomy 25:4 and 1 Corinthians 9:9 By Jan L Verbruggen, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dec 2006 1 Corinthians 9:1-12 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 9:13-23 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Paul and Asceticism in 1 Corinthians 9:27a By Kent L. Yinger, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Journal of Religion and Society, 2008 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:12 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 10:13-24 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 10:25-11:1 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Promise and Warning: The Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians By Craig R. Koester in Word & World, 1997 The Divine Plan of Creation: 1 Cor 11:7 and Gen 2:18-24 By Thomas L. Thompson, from Women Priests, Arlene Swidler & Leonard Swidler (eds.), Paulist Press 1977, pp 209-211 Unveiling Paul: Gendering Ethos in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Todd Penner & Caroline Vander Stichele, lectio difficilior, 2004 The Authority of the Voice: A Theological Reading of 1 Cor. 11.2-16 By Francis Watson, New Testament Studies, 2000 1 Corinthians 11:17-27 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 11:28-34 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Showing the Body: Reflections on 1 Corinthians 12-13 for Epiphany By Dennis Ormseth in Word & World, 1986 "Spiritual gifts" or "spiritual persons"? 1 Corinthians 12:1a revisited By John D Ekem, Bible Society of Ghana, in Neotestamentica, 2004 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 12:21-26 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:3 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Burn or Boast? Keeping the 1 Corinthians 13,3 Debate in Balance By Andrew S. Malone in Biblica, 2009 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 14:1-19 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 14:20-33 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Is Silence Golden? Paul and Women’s Speech in Corinth By Caroline Vander Stichele, Louvain Studies, 1995 The 'Command of the Lord' in 1 Cor 14,37 – a Saying of Jesus? By Christian Stettler, Biblica, 2006 Editorial Dilemma: The Interpolation of 1 Cor 14:34-35 in the Western Manuscripts of D, G and 88 By D.W. Odell-Scott in Biblical Theology Bulletin, Summer, 2000 1 Corinthians 14:34-40 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Transformation & Victory: The Resurrection Message of 1 Corinthians 15 By Stephen J. Bedard, pastor of Woodford Baptist Church and First Baptist Church, Meaford 1 Corinthians 15:3b-6a, 7 and the Bodily Resurrection of Jesus By Kirk R MacGregor, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, June 2006 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 15:11-28 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Firstfruits and Death's Defeat: Metaphor in Paul's Rhetorical Strategy in 1 Cor 15:20-28 By Andy Johnson in Word & World, 1996 God, Christ, and All Things in 1 Corinthians 15:28 By Eberhard Jüngel in Word & World, 1998 1 Corinthians 15:29-34 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) The Body in Resurrection: Science and Scripture on the “Spiritual Body” (1 Cor 15:35-58) By Alan G. Padgett in Word & World, 2002 1 Corinthians 15:35-46 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Paul Confronts Paganism in the Church: A Case Study of First Corinthians 15:45 By Peter Jones, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dec 2006 1 Corinthians 15:47-58 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 16:1-9 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 16:10-24 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 -------- 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 ------------- 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 1 Corinthians 1.22-25 ----- 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 ----------- 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8 ----- 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 ----- 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 ----- 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 ----- 1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12 1 Corinthians 10:31-11.1 ----- 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ----- 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 ----- 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 ----- 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 ----- 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 ----- 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 Reflections on Sunday's Second Readings by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati Introduction to the Second Letter to the Corinthians From the New American Bible 2 Corinthians: Introduction, Argument, and Outline Article by Daniel B. Wallace, professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary Commentary by Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians Translated by Fabian Larcher, O. P. The Second Letter to the Corinthians By Barry D. Smith of Atlantic Baptist Unniversity 2 Corinthians 1:1-5 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 1:6-11 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 1:12-22 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 1:23-2:11 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 'Lifting the Veil': The Challenges Posed by 2 Corinthians 3 By Thomas D. Stegman S.J., Boston College, in Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, 2009 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 4; 5:14-21 Anglican consultation in Bangalore, 2003 2 Corinthians 4:1-7 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 4:8-18 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 6:11-7:1 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 7:2-7 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 7:8-13 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 7:13-8:6 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 8:16-24 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 9:1-9 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 9:10-15 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Witchcraft Accusations in 2 Cor 10—13: Paul in Social Science Perspective By Jerome H. Neyrey, S.J. in Listening, 1986 2 Corinthians 10:7-18 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 11:1-12 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 11:13-21 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 11:22: Historical Context, Rhetoric, and Ethnicity By Dennis Duling, Department of Religious Studies and Theology, Canisius College, in HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008 2 Corinthians 11:21-33 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 12:11-15 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 12:16-21 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 13:1-9 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) 2 Corinthians 13:10-14 Homily by St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Pentecost: Paul the Pastor in 2 Corinthians By David Fredrickson in Word & World, 1998 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 ----- 2 Corinthians 3:1b-6 ------------- 2 Corinthians 4.6-11 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 ----- 2 Corinthians 8:7,9,13-15 ------ 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Reflections on Sunday's Second Readings by Archbishop Daniel E. 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