The First Epistle to the Corinthians

, by Thiselton, Anthony C.

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This superb volume in the New International Greek Testament Commentary series provides the most detailed, definitive, and distinctive commentary on 1 Corinthians available in English to date.

Foreword

Preface

xvi

Abbreviations

Bibliography

xxv

INTRODUCTION

Roman Corinth in the Time of Paul: Geography, Archaeology, Socioeconomic Status, Prosperity, and Culture of Pragmatic Pluralism

(16)

Geography, Commercial Prosperity, and Roman Foundation

(5)

Archaeological Evidence of Extensive Trade and Cosmopolitan Pluralism

(6)

Status Inconsistency, Self-Promotion, Recognition, and a Postmodern Ethos

(5)

The Christian Community in Corinth: Beginnings, Nature, and Relations with Paul

(12)

The Strategic Importance of Corinth for Paul and the Gospel and Paul's Strategy of Proclamation

(6)

Debates about the Socioeconomic Status of Paul and His Converts: Paul as a Tentmaker

(6)

The Occasion of the Epistle: Dates, Reports, Letters, and Integrity

(12)

Dates of Paul's Ministry in Corinth and of the Writing of 1 Corinthians

(3)

Oral Reports and Letter from Corinth: Sources and Issues

(4)

Controversy about the Integrity of the Epistle: Unifying Themes

(5)

Argument and Rhetoric: Does Paul the Letter Writer, Theologian, and Pastor Use Rhetorical Forms and Structures?

(14)

The Need for a Balanced Assessment: Types and Levels of Appeal, Rhetoric, and Epistolography

(5)

The Decline and Rebirth of Rhetorical Approaches: The Basis of Transformative Speech-Acts in a Theology of the Cross

(9)

COMMENTARY

Address, Greeting, and Thanksgiving (1:1-9)

(52)

Address and Greeting (1:1-3)

(29)

Sender(s) (1:1)

(10)

Addressees (1:2)

(9)

Greeting (1:3)

(3)

Thanksgiving (1:4-9)

(23)

Paul's Expression of Thanks for the Readers' Gills (1:4-6)

(8)

Paul's Thanksgiving: The Eschatological Focus (1:7-9)

(12)

Causes and Cures of Splits within the Community; Loyalty-Groupings or Status-Groupings in Conflict with the Nature of the Cross, the Spirit, and the Ministry (1:10-4:21)

107

(274)

Report of the Situation and Its Implications (1:10-17)

108

(39)

The Nature of Paul's Parakalo Request (1:10)

111

(9)

The Report and the Slogans (1:11-12)

120

(1)

The Four So-called Groups (1:12)

120

(14)

Further Explanations: The Splits Are Incompatible with Christology and the Centrality of the Cross (1:13-17)

134

(13)

The Contrast between Human Wisdom and the Transformative Power of the Cross as Gods Wisdom (1:18-25)

147

(77)

The Limits of Human Wisdom in the Light of the Cross (1:18-25)

150

(25)

The Contrast between Divine and Human Wisdom Further Demonstrated in Terms of the Corinthians Own Human History and Social Status (1:26-31)

175

(21)

The Posthistory, Influence (Wirkungsgeschichte) and Reception of Chapter 1

196

(8)

The Issue Demonstrated in Paul's Own Experience of Evangelism in Corinth (2:1-5)

204

(20)

A Redefinition of ``Wisdom,'' ``Maturity,'' and ``Spirituality'' in the Light of God. Christ, and the Holy Spirit (2:6-3:4)

224

(71)

The Need for ``Wisdom,'' Duly Redefined (2:6-16)

224

(2)

Exposition of the True Wisdom (2:6-9)

226

(6)

Paul's Use of the Term τ&epsis;λ&epsis;ιoς

232

(1)

The Meaning of ``the Rulers of This World Order''

233

(6)

The Integrity of the Text of 2:6-16

239

(13)

The Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealer: But of What? (2:10-16)

252

(24)

The Posthistory, Influence, and Reception of 2:6-16

276

(10)

The Inapplicability of the Term ``Spiritual'' in the Face of Infantile Status-Seeking (3:1-4)

286

(9)

The Application of These Issues to the Church, Ministers, and Ministry (3:5-4:21)

295

(86)

Three Explanatory' Images: God's Field, God's Building, and God's Holy Shrine (3:5-17)

295

(6)

The Image of the Field and the Fellow Laborer (3:6-9b)

301

(6)

The Image of the Building and the Testing of the Builders' Work (3:9c-15)

307

(8)

The Temple and the Indwelling Spirit of God (3:16-17)

315

(3)

The Limitations of Merely Human Assessments of Ministry and of Manipulative Attitudes (3:18-4:5)

318

(12)

The Posthistory, Reception, and Influence of Chapter 3, especially 3:5-17

330

(14)

The Cross as Critique of Triumphalism and of Premature Eschatological Glorying (4:6-21)

344

(21)

Paul's ``Catalogue of Afflictions'' and Its Rhetoric (4:8-13)

365

(6)

Mimesis and Alleged Paternal Authoritarianism (4:15-16)

371

(10)

Moral Issues Which Demand a Clear-Cut Verdict (5:1-6:20)

381

(102)

A Case for Moral Discipline (5:1-13)

382

(36)

The Problem of the Incestuous Relationship (5:1-8)

384

(24)

Further Reflection on the Holiness of the Congregation and Allusion to the Previous Letter (5:9-13)

408

(10)

A Second Example of Ethical Failure Linked with Social Status and Division (6:1-20)

418

(65)

Legal Action by the Socially Influential as an Abuse of Power (6:1-11)

418

(22)

Vice Lists, Catechesis, and the Homosexuality Debate (6:9-10)

440

(15)

Justification by Grace in 6:11 and in the Epistle

455

(3)

Union with Christ and the Theology of the Body (6:12-20)

458

(21)

Major Themes from the Posthistory, Influence, and Reception of Chapters 5 and 6

479

(4)

Response to Inquiries about Marriage and Related Issues and about Associations with Idols (7:1-11:1)

483

(316)

Domestic Issues: Marriage, Status, Celibacy, and Widows (7:1-40)

484

(123)

Marriage and Marital Intimacy (7:1-7)

497

(17)

Marriage for the Unmarried? (7:8-9)

514

(5)

A Case for Separation'? Its Consequences (7:10-11)

519

(2)

Preliminary Note on Divorce in Relation to 7:10-11

521

(4)

Christians Already Married to Unbelievers (7:12-16)

525

(6)

The Posthistory and Reception of 7:14

531

(9)

Controversy about Divorce and Remarriage for Christians

540

(4)

Divine Calling or Improved Status? (7:17-24)

544

(18)

Slavery in the Graeco-Roman World of the First Century

562

(3)

Issues for Those Not Yet Married, Especially Unmarried Women (7:25-38)

565

(15)

The Language of ``Eschatological Imminence'' (7:29-30)

580

(14)

``Parthenos'' and ``Hyperakmos''

594

(1)

The Meaning of υπ&epsis;ρακμoς

594

(8)

Widows and Remarriage (7:39-40)

602

(5)

Questions about Meat Associated with Idols and the Priority of Love over ``Rights'' (8:1-11:1)

607

(192)

Knowledge, Love, and Freedom: Meat. Associated with Idols (8:1-13)

612

(4)

Free to Indulge ``Rights'' on the Basis of Knowledge? (8:1-6)

616

(1)

&epsis;ιδωλo&thetas;υτα and the Scope of the Corinthian Catchphrases

617

(22)

Freedom, ``Rights,'' Self-Awareness (Conscience) and Love (8:7-13)

639

(1)

συν&epsis;ιδησις Conscience or Self-Awareness?

640

(18)

Two Themes in the Posthistory and Reception of Chapter 8

658

(3)

Second Part of Paul's Response: A Personal Example of Subordinating ``Rights'' for the Good of the Whole (9:1-27)

661

(2)

A Personal Example: Paul's Apostleship (9:1-3)

663

(6)

Some Misleading Factors in the History of Interpretation of ``Apostle''

669

(7)

On Rights and Freedoms: Everything for Christ and the Gospel, or ``Standing on My Rights'''? (9:4-18)

676

(9)

Paul's Use of the Old Testament in 9:8-9

685

(13)

``Everything for the Gospel'': Paul's Own Strategy and Example in Sharper Focus (9:19-23)

698

(10)

A Corroborative Example from Graeco-Roman Competitive Pursuits: The Need for Self-Control (9:24-27)

708

(9)

Third Part of Paul's Response to Questions about Meat Associated with Idols (10:1-11:1)

717

(2)

Warnings and Models from Scripture: ``Craving'' and Idolatry (10:1-13)

719

(3)

Warning Models: All Shared, Many Fell (10:1-6)

722

(5)

Paul's Allusion to ``the Rock Which Went with Them''

727

(6)

Four Specific Formative Models, by Way of Warning, from Scripture (10:7-13)

733

(17)

Exclusive Loyalty to God: Covenantal Allegiance in Sharing in the Lord's Supper (10:14-22)

750

(6)

The Cup of Blessing (10:16)

756

(12)

The Semantics of ``One Bread One Body'' (10:17)

768

(11)

Freedom and Love: Residual Issues and Recapitulation (10:23-11:1)

779

(20)

Freedom, Status, Reciprocity, and Respect for the Other in the Ordering of Public Worship and in Attitudes toward ``Spiritual Gifts'' (11:2-14:40)

799

(370)

Mutuality and Respect, Men and Women at Worship in Public, and Rich and Poor at the Lord's Supper (11:2-34)

800

(100)

Mutuality and Reciprocity: Self-Respect, Respect for the Other, and Gender Identity in Public Worship (11:2-16)

800

(12)

κ&epsis;&phis;αλη and Its Multiple Meanings

812

(11)

Translation of κατα κ&epsis;&phis;αλης &epsis;χων: Covered Head or Long Hair? (11:4)

823

(5)

Head Covering (Hoods), Gender Identity, and Shame or Respect (11:5-6)

828

(6)

Image of God, Glory, and Gender Differentiation (11:7-9)

834

(4)

&epsis;ζoυσια: Power? Authority? Control? Over What? (11:10)

838

(6)

&phis;υσις: Nature? Custom? Ordering of How Things Are? (11:14)

844

(4)

Practices concerning ``Haves'' and ``Have Nots'' at the Lord's Supper Which Contradict Its Character as a Corporate, Self-Involving Proclamation of the Lord's Death (11:17-34)

848

(23)

Was the Last Supper a Passover Meal? Significance for Exegesis

871

(7)

``In Remembrance of Me''

878

(13)

μ&epsis; διακρινων τo σωμα and ``Examination for Genuineness'' (11:29)

891

(9)

The Gifts of the Spirit for Service in Love (12:1-14:40)

900

(269)

All Christians ``Spiritual'': The Christological Criterion (12:1-3)

907

(21)

Diversity Grounded in Unity: Varied Gifts from One Source (12:4-7)

928

(8)

The Gifts of the Spirit (12:8-11)

936

(2)

Articulate Utterances relating to ``Wisdom'' or to ``Knowledge'' (12:8)

938

(6)

Faith as a Special Gift and Gifts for Various Kinds of Healing (12:9)

944

(8)

Actively Effective Deeds of Power (12:10a)

952

(4)

``Prophecy'': A First Note in the Context of Chapter 12 (12:10)

956

(9)

Discerning What is of the Spirit (12:10b)

965

(5)

Species of Tongues and Their Intelligible Articulation (12: 10c)

970

(19)

The image of the Body of Christ and Its Dual Rhetorical Function (12:12-30,31)

989

(9)

``Spirit-Baptism'' in Relation to 12:13 in Pentecostal Theology

998

(28)

Love the Essential and Lasting Criterion (13:1-13)

1026

(6)

The Fruitlessness of All ``Gifts'' without Love (13:1-3)

1032

(14)

The Nature and Action of Love (13:4-7)

1046

(14)

The Eschatological Permanence of Love (13:8-13)

1060

(14)

Love for the Other and Ordered Differentiation in Evaluating Prophecy and ``Tongues'' (14:1-40)

1074

(7)

Intelligible Utterance to Build the Whole Community (14:1 -25)

1081

(1)

Self-Affirmation or Use of Gifts of Utterance for Others (14:1-5)

1082

(5)

Prophecy: A Second Note in the Context of Chapter 14

1087

(1)

Seven Distinctions Which Shape Interpretative Frames of Reference

1087

(1)

Building Up, Encouraging, and Bringing Comfort

1087

(3)

Creative Reinterpretation of Scripture?

1090

(1)

``Spontaneous'' or Also Involving Rational Reflection? Pastoral Preaching?

1091

(2)

Is Prophesying Limited to Addressing Fellow Believers or May It Also Entail a Wider Audience?

1093

(5)

The ``Interpretation'' or ``Articulation'' of Glossolalia?

1098

(2)

The Uselessness of Unintelligible Noise: Four Examples (14:6-12)

1100

(7)

Communicative Intelligibility and the Use of the Mind in the Context of Public Worship (14:13-19)

1107

(1)

``Tongues'' and Communicative Language

1108

(10)

Maturity as Love for the Other: Gospel and Home for Believers and Outsiders (14:20-25)

1118

(13)

Does the Spirit Create Order or Anarchy'? Controlled Speech and Building Up (14:26-40)

1131

(1)

General Principles and Their Practical Application to Various Cases (14:26-33a)

1132

(2)

Hermeneutical Method in These Verses

1134

(12)

A Particular Case (14:33h-36)

1146

(4)

Which Women? What Kind of Silence? What Kind of Interrogation? (14:33b-35)

1150

(1)

A Non-Pauline Interpolation?

1150

(1)

Does Paul Quote a Corinthian View Which He Rejects?

1151

(1)

Paul's Use of Contextual Terms: ``Speaking,'' ``Silence,'' ``Order,'' and ``Churches''

1152

(4)

Residual Issues: A Pre-Pauline Rule? Relation to 11:5? Jewish and Greek Backgrounds? A Scenario

1156

(2)

What Kind of Interrogation?

1158

(4)

A Particular Warning and a General Encouragement (14:37-40)

1162

(7)

The Resurrection of the Dead (15:1-58)

1169

(146)

The Reality of the Resurrection of Christ (15:1-11)

1182

(32)

``He Was Raised...He Appeared...'': Dawn of Faith or Also an Event in the Public Domain?

1197

(17)

The Dire Consequences of Denying the Resurrection First Refutation and Confirmatio (15:12-34)

1214

(43)

The Unacceptable and Disastrous Consequences of Denying the Currency of the Very Concept of Resurrection - First Refutatio (15:12-19)

1214

(8)

The Resurrection of Christ as the Foundation of Present Life and Eschatological Promise for Christian Believers - First Confirmatio (15:20-34)

1222

(20)

Multiple Interpretations of ``Baptism for the Dead'' and Our Conclusion

1242

(15)

How Can ``the Resurrection of the Body's Be Intelligible and Conceivable? A Second Refutatio and Confirmatio (15:35-58)

1257

(58)

The Nature of the Resurrection ``Body'' (15:44)

1276

(30)

The Posthistory, Impact, and Actualization of Chapter 15

1306

(9)

Further Matters of Concern (16:1-24)

1315

(40)

The Collection for God's People (16:1-4)

1316

(10)

Travel Plans (16:5-12)

1326

(7)

Concluding Exhortations and Greetings - Peroratio (16:13-24)

1333

(22)

Indexes

1355

(1)

Subjects

1355

(21)

Modern Authors

1376

(20)

Ancient Sources

1396

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The First Epistle to the Corinthians

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