Let all that ye do be done in love.

Lovelessness was one of the radical faults of this congregation.

'all' -'all things would include the quarrels in the name of leaders in chaps. 1-3, their attitude toward him in chaps.. and 9, the lawsuits in 1 Corinthians 6:1-11, husband-wife relationships in chap. 7, the abuse of the weak by those with "knowledge" in 1 Corinthians 8:1-10, the abuse of the "have-nots" at the Lord's Supper, and the failure to edify the church in worship in chaps. 12-14. If they were to "do all things in love", then these other things would not be happening. It is therefore no surprise that this is the final expression of parenesis in the letter.' (Fee p. 828) (See Colossians 3:14)

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