Paul wrote this letter in about 54 CE to the congregation ... In the following excerpts, Paul admonishes the Corinthians for their behavior, addresses their questions about marriage and celibacy ...

In First Corinthians 5:9, he states: “I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.” First Corinthians was, therefore, the second letter Paul wrote to this church.

First Corinthians addresses issues in the Corinthian church. The letter speaks to ... to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’” Paul’s thesis on the ...