1 Corinthians 9 - Introduction

1 Corinthians 8:1 to 1 Corinthians 9:1. MEATS OFFERED TO IDOLS. This also seems to have been one of the inquiries addressed to Paul, with the views of the church expounded to him in a self-complacent spirit. For a discussion of the whole question, see pp. 650 f. 1 CORINTHIANS 8. LET THOSE WHO HAVE... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

1 CORINTHIANS 9. This chapter is not a digression, and is not primarily concerned with a vindication of Paul's apostolic status and rights. He enforces his plea that the enlightened should not ride roughshod over scruples they despised, by his own refusal to insist on his apostolic rights. He too wa... [ Continue Reading ]

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