1 Corinthians 7 Analysis

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In 1 Corinthians 7 there are many things that are significant in every country at any time. In this assignment I will be talking about who this letter was written to, how it is relevant today and how this is relevant to me. 1 Corinthians 7 is all about marriage and I believe Paul was trying to say in this letter not to marry but if you have sexual desires you should marry so you don’t commit fornication. The intended audience for this letter is the people of Corinth in 55AD. When Paul was in Corinth, Corinth was a bad place in 55AD, this is why Corinth was the city he stayed in for the longest amount of time and the place he had the most trouble in. (zaatri). This is why Paul wrote to the people of Corinth to get them all to have the same

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