The church in Corinth were dealing with some issues, some serious issues, from division, abusing their spiritual gifts, to questioning the resurrection. When the apostle Paul heard about the mess they were in, it must have broken his heart when he had to write them.
He had heard of the abuses and contentions that had arisen among them, first from Apollos, and then from a letter they had written him on the subject, and also from some of the ‘household of Chloe,’ and from Stephanas and his two friends who had visited him.
Paul, therefore, wrote this letter, for the purpose of checking the factious spirit and correcting the erroneous opinions that had sprung up among them, and fixing the many cases of abuse and disorderly practices that prevailed. If this church were in existence today, I’m not sure many would want to be associated with it!
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