1 Corinthians (Believers Church Bible Commentary | BCBC)
Overview
Christians in the bustling, diverse city of Corinth in 50 BCE quarreled about how to be faithful to Jesus. In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he calls the small band of new believers to unity and cautions against factionalism, themes that pastor Dan Nighswander unpacks for contemporary readers in this thirty-second volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary series. Any Christians who experience division over loyalty to different leaders, who find it hard to agree on sexual ethics (or to live up to them), and who feel tension between their theological convictions and social context will find common ground with believers in Corinth. Home of the exalted “love chapter,” which roots all Christian action in the greatest gift, 1 Corinthians equips those who follow Jesus to craft true community with other believers, differences notwithstanding. With keen theological, biblical, and pastoral insight, Nighswander illuminates for readers the apostle Paul’s challenge to the Corinthian church and calls Christians today to unity through the reconciling work of Christ.
Top Highlights
“it is the attitude with which all spirituality must be exercised” (Page 285)
“When Paul lists activities that are without value apart from love, he intends that the Corinthians should continue to practice these things, but to do them with an attitude of love that will reshape how these activities are done.” (Page 285)
“The great error of those whom Paul is addressing is their lack of consideration for some members of the spiritual family, their brothers and sisters (vv. 11–13 AT).” (Page 200)
“Knowledge puffs up, he writes dismissively, but love builds up (8:1).” (Page 196)
“Knowledge was highly valued in the Corinthian community.” (Page 195)
- Title: 1 Corinthians
- Author: Dan Nighswander
- Series: Believers Church Bible Commentary
- Publisher: Herald Press
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 400
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. 1 Corinthians › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781513802442, 1513802445
- Resource ID: LLS:BCBC67C01
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-08T22:06:54Z