Paul's Letter To Corinth

I. Introduction

For my essay I have chosen to focus on Paul’s concerns of christian freedoms in his letter to Corinth. Paul seemed to be very concerned with this issue and he used two different chapters to discuss it. To examine these issues i will use the New International Version, King James Version, and New Living Translation. Throughout my essay I hope Paul answers the following three questions; 1. Was idol worship a major concern in the church? 2. How did Paul suggest the people deal with this issue? 3. How can these texts be applied in christian life today?

II. Background/ Culture

The ancient city of Corinth was located in Greece 50 miles southwest of Athens on an isthmus. in the 6th century BC Periander paved a road on an isthmus connecting to both sides of water, called the diolkos, which helped establish the city as a major trade centre. In 146 BC

Application

In todays life we often try to argue that the things we do that aren’t anything to us because we know those things are wrong. We use our “logic” to do things that are against God’s commandments and say we are too wise to fall into bigger temptations. Even though those things might not affect us spiritually they might cause the others around us to stumble. They might look at the wiser christians and see them doing those things so they do them too, this might cause them to sin. These sort of things happen a lot in life today.

In my life I look a lot to other christians that seem to have it all figured out. Often if i see them doing things that don’t seem completely right I still might do them because I think that if they do it, it must be right. In the long run this might cause me to sin while the other christian would remain completely faithful. So reading the passages Paul wrote would help the wiser christians refrain from doing things that might cause others to stumble. It would also make the more established christians more aware of the image they are putting out.

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