Corinthians

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One and Two
<ref>https://www.npr.org/2016/01/18/463528847/citing-two-corinthians-trump-struggles-to-make-the-sale-to-evangelicals</ref> First and Second Corinthians''' are epistles from [[Paul of Tarsus]] to the Greek church of Corinth. Unlike some of the epistles attributed to Paul, the consensus is that he really did write both, even though the second one may be edited out of more than one original letter or document.<ref>{{wpa|First Epistle to the Corinthians}}</ref><ref>{{wpa|Second Epistle to the Corinthians}}</ref> One exception to this is the famous 1 Corinthians 13 which is in a notably different literary register, and William O. Walker proposed that it might been written by a different author, although others point to typically Pauline features in vocabulary and theology in support of authorship by Paul.<ref>"The Pauline Authorship of 1 Corinthians 13", Jeremy Corley, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Vol. 66, No. 2 (April 2004), pp. 256-274, via [http://www.jstor.org.nls.idm.oclc.org/stable/43725205 JSTOR]</ref>

==First Corinthians==
First Corinthians was likely written some 20 years after the [[death]] of [[Jesus]], when Paul was in Ephesus.  This would date the letter between 53 and 57 [[CE]].{{efn|Yes, [[Andrew Schlafly|Andy]], I do use the proper citation of "CE" on Biblical citations.  Blow it out your ear.}} Like most of the epistles, Corinthians 1 was written to address what Paul saw as [[theology|theological]] problems in the Church of Corinth, focusing on divisions of the leaders of the church.  He asks them to seek church unity and to step away from the divisive [[Pagan]] ideas that threaten the Church with [[God]]'s punishment.

===Feminism===
The epistle is a breakthrough for the [[Feminism|rights of women]]. For the first time, St. Paul relented and allowed women to learn how to avoid [[eternal damnation]] too.  Just as long as they asked their questions the ''hell'' away from him.<!-- ''1Cor.14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.'' -->

''<bible book="1 Corinthians" chapter=14 verse1=35/>''

===Five hundred===
This is the source of the frequent [[apologist]] statement that there were five hundred witnesses to the [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrected Christ]].

<!-- 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. -->
''<bible book="1 Corinthians" chapter=15 verse1=3 verse2=6/>''

===Famous Quotes===
<!-- 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 New International Version Bible
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''<bible book="1 Corinthians" chapter=13 verse1=4 verse2=7/>''

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If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
I Corinthians 13: 1-2 -->
''<bible book="1 Corinthians" chapter=13 verse1=1 verse2=2/>''

<!-- When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13: 11-13 -->
''<bible book="1 Corinthians" chapter=13 verse1=11 verse2=13/>''
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''When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.<br>For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.<br>And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.''

==Second Corinthians==
This is also an authentic letter of Paul's, written after the 1<sup>st</sup> letter (and a missing letter, called the "letter of tears") failed to have effect on the Church.  There is discussion that the epistle included in the canon is actually 2 letters joined, and that the harsh rebukes are separate from the letter that asks to visit.

===Famous quotes===
<!-- Every man according to his own heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
II Corinthians 9:7 -->
''<bible book="2 Corinthians" chapter=9 verse1=7/>''

==See also==
*[[RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/1 Corinthians]]
*[[RationalWiki:Annotated Bible/2 Corinthians]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Pauline Epistles]]

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