The Church-Community: An Outpost of the Future
In 1 Corinthians 6 Paul continues to address the specific problems within the Corinthian community (lawsuits and sexual immorality), but with an interesting twist. He frames their disunity in terms of eschatology. For Paul the future of the whole world (which just is the risen Christ) has already arrived ahead of time in the middle of time. Paul encourages the Corinthians to live into that future now in the midst of the present.
For Paul the Corinthians’ issues all boil down to disunity within the church-community. Whether it is sexual immorality, members taking other members to court, etc…
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