1 Corinthians: An Introduction and Commentary (TNTC)

by Leon Morris

Publisher:

IVP

, 1985

Overview

The cosmopolitan city of Corinth was the site of one of Paul's greatest evangelistic successes. Yet despite Paul's having founded the church there, it was full of contention and strife. Dissension ran the gamut from questions about leadership to incest. Some believers were taking fellow Christians to court. There were questions about marriage, celibacy, food offered to idols, public worship and spiritual gifts. In response Paul offered to them, and to us, some of his most profound thinking on the body of Christ, love, and the resurrection . Leon Morris, with his characteristic clarity and pastoral heart, sets the issues before us and offers perspectives on the letter's perennial relevance.

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Product Details

• Title: 1 Corinthians
• Author: Leon Morris
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press
• Series: Tyndale Commentaries
• Publication Date: 2008
• Pages: 238
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Topic: 1 Corinthians

About Leon Morris

The late Leon Morris was Principal of Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia. He contributed to the Pillar New Testament Commentary (8 vols.)with his volumes on The Gospel according to Matthew and The Epistle to the Romans.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The strenuous self-denial of the athlete as he sought a fleeting reward is a rebuke to half-hearted, flabby Christian service. The athlete denies himself many lawful pleasures and the Christian must similarly avoid not only definite sin, but anything that hinders spiritual progress.” (Page 138)

“Preaching the gospel is not delivering edifying discourses, beautifully put together. It is bearing witness to what God has done in Christ for our salvation.” (Page 56)

“Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it; it gives itself in kindness in the service of others.” (Page 177)

“If people profess to believe the gospel, but have not given due consideration to what that implies and what it demands, they do not really trust Christ. Their belief is groundless and empty. They lack saving faith.” (Page 198)

“The Corinthians, however, were taking Christian liberty to mean, not an unbounded opportunity to show the scope of love, but an incredible means of gratifying their own desires.” (Page 98)

Product Details

• Title: 1 Corinthians: An Introduction and Commentary
• Author: Leon Morris
• Series: Tyndale Commentaries
• Volume: 7
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 1985
• Logos Release Date: 2009
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. 1 Corinthians › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780830842377, 9781844742738, 0830842373, 1844742733
• Resource ID: LLS:TNTC67CO1US
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T01:00:28Z

About Leon Morris

Leon Morris (1914–2006) was a leading evangelical New Testament scholar. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in England. He was principal of Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, retiring in 1979. He then served as visiting professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.