14 - 1 Corinthians Flashcards
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greek corinth
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- destroyed in 146 bc
- refounded by romans in 44 bc
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strategic geographic location 4
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- on an isthmus (narrow piece of land) connecting achaia and macedonia with the peloponnesus
- commercial: shipping and manufacturing
- political: emperor claudius made it capital of the province of achaia
- cultural: it was for example the site of the Ishmian games (second to olympics)
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ethnic diversity 3
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- indigenous greek population with hellenistic history and continuing influence
- roman colonists (often veterin soldiers)
- significant jewish community
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religious options 4
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- greek dieties
- roman emperial cult
- egyptian cults
- jewish synagoge-based community
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jewish community 3
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- likeley among earliest colonists in 44bc
- enlarged with the expulsion of Jews from Rome under claudius
- philo cites corinth as having a jewish settlement
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corinth as a city overall
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remarkably cosmopolitan, with diverse socio-economic and religious-cultural composition would have had a great impact on Paul’s mission and ministry
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paul’s first visit to corinth 4
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- during 2nd missionary journey
- supported by many there
- there for 18 months
- after leaving, apollos arrives and becomes a sig fig in the church
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paul’s corinthian correspondence 4
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- an earlier letter
- 1st cor
- a tearful letter
- 2nd cor
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church socio-economic diversity 3
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- lowest strate, tradesmen, well-positioned (everything)
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division in the church 5
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- paul, apollos, peter
- gentile spiritual enthusiasts
- jewish christians
- zealous jewish-christians
- gnostics
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paul’s response to report from chloe’s people 2
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- these people possibly servents of a chloe who is a member of the corinthian church
- possibly sent to ephesus to report to paul ab the division in the church
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paul’s response to letter from corinthian church 2
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- responding to letter from corinthian chruch, perhaps delivered by those mentioned above
- possibly responding to issues raised in this letter such as marriage, food offered to idols, worship, resurrection, etc
13
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greeting 3
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- conventional, but stressing God’s call
- paul has been called as an apostle
- the believers in corinth have been called together and form part of the expanded church of God
14
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thanksgiving
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anticipates some of the issues he’ll take up later in the letter
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situation in cornith 3
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- division within corinth seems centred on certain factions claiming to patter themselves after certain leading figures, distorting the gospel in at least 2 key aspects:
- focus on who baptized them rather than Jesus who died for them
- they value eloquent wisdom rather than the straightforward presentation of the gospel
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greco-roman wisdom 3
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- closely related to philosophy and rhetoric
- at their best, focussed on human ideals such as self-sufficiency, reason, virtue, eloquence
- at their worst, selfishly and fatalistically focussed on living for 1self, here and now with little though for others nor eternity
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jewish wisdom
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- indebted in ot wisdom lit and intertestamental texts
- closely associated with the fear of the LORD
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paul’s response to wisdom 6
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- paul reminds the corinthians that formerly they were not wise or powerful by mere human standards
- God nevertheless called them and Christ became their wisdom
- power-in-weakness of God-in-Christ
- reminds them that in proclaiming gospel to them he was not eloquent, but rather relied in the Spirit
- contrasts the wisdom of the now revealed mystery of God-in-Christ
- only mature understand God’s wisdoms, that is those focussed on the cross, dependent on the Spirit, and motivated by love
