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Corinthians 9-11 Context Essay

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Literary context
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 is part of a larger literary unit that deals with unholy conduct. It begins in 5:1 and ends at 6:20 and is discernible by an antithetical inclusio: 5:1-13 sexual immorality and 6:12-20 glorifying God in your body. 6:1-11 is the mid-section, a sub unit that deals with lawsuits between believers. In 6:9-11 Paul weaves in the wrongdoing and rightful judgement of it from Chapter 5. This is evident in the repetition of all of the items of 5:11 in the catalogue of 6:9-10. This list builds upon the listed items in 5:11 which builds upon 5:10. 6:11 acts as a lead in to the opposite end of the inclusio of 6:12-20 - being washed, sanctified and justified in the name of Jesus is what makes the body the temple of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, Paul exhorts the Corinthians to at the …show more content…

Comment on - καὶ ταῦτά τινες ἦτε – τινες “suggests nuance and realism. Paul does not intend to accuse the entire community” the NRSV and NET Bible recognise this in “some of you” while The Message uses “a number of you.” The imperfect indicative ἦτε envisions the past and is treated as such with “used to be” and “once lived” and “you were.” The demonstrative pronoun ταῦτά: this links the listed actions to the Corinthians. The NRSV’s beginning the sentence with “And this” captures Paul’s emphasis as opposed to the NET Bible’s ending with it.
Comment on ἐν τῷ πνεύματι – The NRSV translation treats the dative case of the Spirit as locative or in the realm of – indicated by translating ἐν as “in” whereas The Message and Net Bible translations treats the dative case Spirit as instrumental - indicated by translating ἐν as “by” in this instance. This makes the Spirit the initiator of the passive verbs (and possibly middle verb) that precede it: washed, sanctified and

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