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This 6 page paper begins with a brief historical background to St. Paul's First letter to the Corinthians and the catalysts for him writing it. It also discusses the language and rhetoric Paul uses in the letter. The main part discusses Paul's discussion of the resurrection of the dead, beginning with the fact of Christ's Resurrection. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the end of Pauls three-year residency in Ephesus (NIV Study Bible, 1995). The city of Corinth was at the heart of commerce with a population of 250,000 free individuals
and as many as 400,000 slaves (NIV Study Bible, 1995). Because of its location, it was a crossroads for traders as well as travelers (NIV Study Bible, 1995), which brought
many foreigners through the city. The diversity of the demographics also made Corinth a bed or immorality with people worshiping gods like Aphrodite, who allegedly promoted prostitution (NIV Study Bible,
1995). At the other end of the scale, people worshiped Asclepius, who was the god of healing (NIV Study Bible, 1995). Paul received information about the immorality going on in
Corinth with people doubting his teachings and practicing immoral activities (NIV Study Bible, 1995). False prophets or false apostles were telling the people that Paul was the one who was
wrong in his preaching. It is unknown exactly who these people were although some scholars suggest at least some of them were Jewish Gnostics (Koester, 2007). Others suggest they were
Judaizers (McCant, 2000). Besides reports of the immorality going on in Corinth, Paul also received notes with questions from the people. His letters to the Corinthians serve at least three
primary purposes. First, he is declaring and reaffirming that he is, indeed, Christs Apostle and has spoken the truth. Second, he is chastising the people for not following the lessons
he taught them. Third, he responds to specific questions that have been asked. In brief, he wanted to restore the unity of the Corinthian Church with members following the lessons
he had taught them. Henry (1706) stated that in this Epistle, Paul "proves the resurrection of Christ from the dead [and] the resurrection of believers to eternal life." The tone
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