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Definition of the noun 1 Corinthians

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[biblical] The first book of Corinthians in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of Corinth attributed to Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes.

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Fortress Introduction to the New Testament

by Gerd Theissen

Whereas 1 Corinthians is a letter expanded liturgically, 2 Corinthians, like Galatians, is a letter expanded rhetorically. Attempts have even been made to find the traditions of the Socratic apology in chs 10 - 13. Both letters aim at leading and ...

Preaching the New Testament as Rhetoric (2014)

The Promise of Rhetorical Criticism for Expository Preaching by Tim MacBride

For example, 1 Corinthians is a deliberative speech, but with forensic elements in chapter 9 and epideictic in chapter 13. Both of these are clearly digressions in the flow of argument.26 Therefore, while using Aristotle's classification as a guide, ...

Encyclopedia of Biblical Literature (1862)

by Kitto, John

and were disturbed by the confused and disorderly manner in which the persons possessing spiritual gifts chose to exercise them (1 Corinthians 12-14); and in fine the 'love feasts,' which were designed to be scenes of love and ...

The Bible Dictionary (2015)

by Rand, William W.

labors at Corinth, and Aquila and Sosthenes were also among its early minister, Acts 18:1 1 Corinthians 1:1 16:19. Its sited is now unhealthy and almost deserted, with few vestiges of its former greatness.

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2011)

by Susan Ratcliffe

Corinthians ch. 13, v. 1 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up... Beareth all things, believeth all things , hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth. 1 Corinthians ch.