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1 Corinthians 3
The Corinthians are still worldly, quarrelling over leaders. 'I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.' They are God's field and God's building, with Christ as the only foundation, and the church itself is God's temple, where his Spirit dwells.
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The letter: who wrote it, where and when
These questions are debated; the views are shown side by side with how sure each is, as in Paul's Roads.
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1 Corinthians written from Ephesus
'I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost' (16:8); Aquila and Priscilla and the churches of Asia send greetings (16:19).
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1 Corinthians was not Paul's first letter to Corinth.
1 Corinthians 5:9 refers to an earlier letter, now lost.