Apostle Paul's Initial Letter To The Corinthian Congregation

The letters Paul writes to the Church in Corinth are prompted by desire to save save their souls, because their actions are defying their claim to being God's children. He's clearly disappointed that they many members have continued practicing sinful behaviors - including, perhaps the most prevalent- sexual sin. Paul cautioned the church that continuing in these sins does not demonstrate that one has become a new creature in Christ Jesus, and that unrepentant, habitual sin will keep them out of heaven (1 Corinthians 6 vs 9-11). He questions how they can judge the church, as unrepentant sinners.

Putting pen to paper, Paul pleas with the Corinthians to better themselves through Christ Jesus. While in discourse with the Corinthians, the polemic language of Paul becomes, at times, difficult to digest. While pursuing a better relationship with the believers in Corinth, the apostle often used terms such as ‘we,’ ‘our,’ and ‘us.’ These pronouns can be understood in multiple ways; however, the manner in which they are comprehended sheds light on Paul’s agenda. In the analysis of 2 Corinthians 4: 8-18, the pronouns are best understood as being inclusive in terms of Paul, his followers, and the believers in Corinth.

In this passage of the second letter to the Corinthians, Paul addresses several concerns. He is addressing the situation of a man who has sinned not only against himself, but against the Corinthian Church as well. He explains why he wrote a letter rather than bringing sorrow upon them. Paul is sensitive to the Lord’s leading, and in love, writes to the church encouraging them to discipline this man in love for the purpose of restoring him. He urges the Corinthians to be obedient and love the man through forgiving and encouraging him. Paul shares with them his trust in the Lord for the outcome of this matter and how burdened he was for restoration to take place. He warns them of the need to not allow Satan a foothold through this

Paul’s letter to the Romans reminds believers that they are holy, not on their own accord, but because of God’s mercy (12:1, NIV) “by virtue of our union with Christ” (Chappell, 2011, p. 48). As well, Hebrews 10:9-10 speaks to our state of holiness: “and by the will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all” and verse 14, “For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” If one is already holy as Scripture points out, is it necessary to delve into spiritual disciplines? Is sanctification complete the moment our sins were washed away by Christ’s blood at the cross? This journal entry will examine the connection between the gospel message, specifically sanctification

Both Augustine and Paul opine the morality about sexual conducts. Inspired by the writings of Paul, Augustine agrees that lust is evil since it sets obstacles to devote oneself entirely to God; therefore, the flesh bonds the spirit. In other words, celibacy makes one holy. However, not everyone can resist the temptation, so they both offer marriage as the solution, but for different reasons: Augustine thinks that the sin of lust becomes forgivable because marriage turns evil into love for one another, and fulfills God’s wish for human to “be fruitful and multiply”, while Paul suggests that marriage is simply a way to avoid immorality such as fornication or adultery by having a stable relationship. Indeed, though both consent that marriage is not sin, they have different reasons. As far as I am concerned, Augustine’s explanation is better since the marriage he refers to fits the modern world while Paul’s idea is not practical for modern society in terms of procreation and offspring.

Paul was the author of the letter of Romans. Although there was a scribe who penned much of Paul’s words for him. Paul was staying in Greece when he wrote the letter to the Romans of the church of Corinth. While writing this letter he was also planning his trip to Jerusalem. Romans was written during Paul’s third missionary trip according to Acts 20:2-3, probably in the year AD 57 according to our text book.

While Paul was in Ephesus, around the year 54 AD, he wrote two letter to the church to Corinth. He wrote these letter to direct and to bring some correction to the church in Corinth. I am going to look at the first letter he wrote, 1 Corinthians. The people of Corinth had been polytheists, meaning they worshiped more than one god, and they we having a hard time wrapping their minds around the idea of Christianity. There area host of issues that Paul addresses in this letter such as: sexual immorality, women, the abuse of the Lords Supper, division in the church and the abuse of spiritual gifts. It is important to point out the way that Paul addresses these issues not from a condemning standpoint, but from the mindset of fatherly correction.

In chapters eight and nine of the second letter to the Corinthians, Paul wrote principles and instructions in giving that a Christian should live by and recognize. In this paper, a few will be studied and analyzed through the account of Paul’s involvement in the Jerusalem collection to get a better understanding of them, but most importantly to see how God wants Christians to apply these to their lives. “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7).

sexually loose from which a new term was spawned, “to Corinthianize”. Despite the case that most of Corinthian society was prosperous and enjoyed their moral depravity, there were a number of people that were living in constant fear of the unseen forces that lay claim to their destinies based on their superstitions . These were the ones that Paul was looking for and found when he decided to go to the city to seize the opportunity and spread the Gospel. He also knew that

First Corinthians was written while Paul was in Ephesus and Second Corinthians was written while Paul was in Macedonia. They were written to the church in Corinth during very difficult times. " Corinth became a synonyn of debauchery. It followed the course it did in these steps: (1) Commerce, (2) Wealth, (3) Luxury, and (4) Immorality. To follow an immoral course then became, in the language of the time, ‘to Corinthianize’ "

The Holy Bible (1 Corinthians) In the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, Paul tries to explain Gods divine power and authority and attempts to unify the people. In chapter 2, Paul explains why the rulers crucified Jesus, and he blames the rulers for not

There is an ongoing debate whether or not the letter to the Colossians was written by the Apostle Paul. This letter purports to be from Paul to the Colossians. It has been suggested by 1:1, that the authorship could be that of Timothy, written while Paul was in jail and that he gave it Paul’s name out of respect, prominence and importance. The letter is Pauline, but stated in Timothy’s own way…Conceivably. Paul did not find the church in Colasae. Possibly, it was Epaphras, as it is recorded, “who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,” (1:7). Paul had never been there, as it is recorded in this letter that you have “never seen my face.” The authorship is not important, the authority is. The fact that the letter to the Colossians is in the New Testament makes it authoritative.

The apostle Paul foresaw at the end of his life a great tsunami of attacks coming against the church of God. He responded with three letters. We call them the Pastoral Epistles: 1, 2 Timothy and Titus. After Paul’s first imprisonment, he visited different places including the Island of Crete, an Island only 160 miles long south of Greece and Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea. He wrote this letter to Titus around 62 A.D. from somewhere in Macedonia. Paul’s main objective is to encourage Titus and give instructions about Godly living as a young pastor. The churches in the Island of Crete needed leadership, correction and order thus Paul could not be everywhere. Paul at some time had visited the island of Crete for he says in Titus 1:5 “I left you

The church at Corinth clearly suffered from internal tensions. 1Cor 1-4 reflects the problem of factionalism, where Paul identifies separate parties that claim alternate allegiances to him, Apollos (a Jewish Christian preacher), Peter (one of Jesus’ disciples), or Christ (according to their own understanding, not Paul’s). These parties may represent splits within the church leadership. A particularly divisive issue was food offered to idols. Some believed that they had “liberty” to eat whatever and wherever they wanted, while others considered eating food that had been sacrificed to idols sinful and dangerous.

His evidence for making such a request flows from reports he has received from members of Chloe’s household (1 Corinthians 1:11, 5:1). Also, Paul seems to have received several questions from the church in Corinthian because of Paul’s reference to them (1 Corinthians 7:1, 7:25 8:1, 12:2, 16:1). However, Paul’s main issue with the Corinthian’s division comes down to a misunderstanding of the Gospel and claiming to have spiritual knowledge apart from Christ (Fee 49,