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	Corinth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Corinthian Sphinx 7th century BC The city was founded in the Neolithic Age, circa 6000 BC.
		This weakeness allowed for the subsequent invasion of the Macedonians of the north and the forging of the Corinthian League by Philip II of Macedon against the Persian Empire.
		During the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian I, a large stone wall was erected from the Saronic to the Corinthian gulf, protecting the city and the Peloponnesean peninsula from the barbarian invasions of the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corinth,_Greece (1565 words)

	Sport Club Corinthians Paulista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Corinthians was founded September 1, 1910, by a group of (chiefly Italian) labourers in the neighbourhood of Bom Retiro, under the lights of a oil lamp, in the Rua dos Imigrantes (Immigrants Street).
		Their idea was to found a football team in which anyone could display his abilities in the sport, since back then, in the beginning of the 20th century, football in Brazil was played mainly by British descendants and people who worked for British companies, like the São Paulo Railway.
		Corinthians' stadium is Estádio Parque São Jorge, built in 1928, with a maximum capacity of 18,386 people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sport_Club_Corinthians_Paulista (1534 words)

	Conflict and Community in the Corinthian Churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The two Corinthian commentaries are each divided into 5 chapters, treating such topics as divisions and reconciliation within the community, the importance of the body, and the role of affliction.
		The commentary seeks to understand 1 Corinthians in its context, that is, in terms of the community life of the Corinthian Christians, and emphasizes the way in which Paul encouraged the faith community in its life and mission.
		In his response to the Corinthian Christians' claim to be endowed with exceptional spiritual gifts, Paul develops his theology of the body and resurrection, love, prophecy, the kingdom, and the role of men and women in the church.
	gbgm-umc.org /umw/corinthians/biblio.stm (7071 words)

	An Introduction to First Corinthians
		Corinthians 1:1 reports Timothy as being with Paul in Macedonia E. The Writing of 1 Corinthians 1.
		Either Titus, or whoever delivered 1 Corinthians, probably told the Corinthians of Paul's intention to visit the Corinthians twice as is reported in 2 Corinthians 1:15--2:4 4.
		The Date of First Corinthians is AD 55 or 56:2 A. Paul says that he wrote from Ephesus (16:16:8,9,19) which correlates with his third missionary journey (see above; Acts 18:23; 19:1--20:1,31) B. Paul wrote the letter several years after his initial departure from Corinth in the fall of AD 51/52: 1.
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	Corinthians, Second Epistle To The (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		It had produced sorrow among them (2 Corinthians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 7:8-9), but it had brought their hearts back to him with the old allegiance, with great clearing of themselves, and fear and longing and zeal (2 Corinthians 7:11).
		The offender in 1 Corinthians 5:1-5 had been guilty of incest, and Paul was grieved that the church of Corinth did not regard with horror a crime which even the pagan world would not have tolerated.
		The first seven chapters in 2 Corinthians as a whole are taken up with a retrospect of the events that have recently transpired, joyful references to the fact that the clouds of grief in connection with them have been dispelled, and that the evangelical ministry as a Divine trust and power is clearly manifested.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/2325 (4391 words)

	Encyclopedia: First Epistle to the Corinthians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is a letter, or a conflation of several letters from Paul of Tarsus and Sosthenes to the Christians of Corinth, Greece, one of the core group of Pauline epistles whose authenticity has never seriously been questioned.
		Titus and a brother whose name is not given were probably the bearers of the letter (2 Corinthians 2:13; 8:6, 16-18).
		It was written, he tells us, in bitter anguish, 'out of much affliction and pressure of heart...and with streaming eyes' (2 Corinthians 2:4); yet he restrained the expression of his feelings, and wrote with a dignity and holy calm which he thought most calculated to win back his erring children.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/First-Epistle-to-the-Corinthians (1847 words)

	The X-Letter in 2 Corinthians (b)
		In R/1-9 (especially 2 Corinthians 7:6-15), we learn of a dramatic improvement in the congregation’s attitude toward Paul, attributable in part to the X-Letter; in part, to the good offices of Titus, the probable bearer of the letter; and in part, to the Corinthians’ coming to their senses.
		The Corinthians also took Paul’s side now, as they had not done before, in the affair of the offender, administering disciplinary action against the man who had caused Paul pain and aggravation (2 Corinthians 2:5-8 and 7:12).
		Thus Paul and the Corinthians were well on their way to reconciliation: the disobedient had returned to obedience; order had been restored where there was disorder; and the unrepentant ones had been brought to repentance (see 2 Corinthians 7:9-10).
	www.paulonpaul.org /annex/2cor_x_letter_b.htm (2367 words)

	Keith Hunt - Bible Story, NT - Chapter Sixty-four: Paul writes 2 Corinthians - Part one
		Thus 1 Corinthians appears to be the second letter Paul wrote to the Corinthians; and 2 Corinthians, the fourth.
		In chapters 8 and 9 Paul seeks to motivate the Corinthians to be generous in gifts to an offering that he is sponsoring for the needy Christians in Jerusalem.
		He had told them that in 1 Corinthians 15, when he told them that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, and that a change was needed, a change from moral to immortal, from corruption to incorruption.
	www.keithhunt.com /Ntacts18.html (2727 words)

	Notes on 2 Corinthians - New Testament Survey REL 103 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The letter known as the "Second" Epistle to the Corinthians, while obviously written after the First Epistle, may not have been written as one single letter, but it is possible that it is a combination of two or more letters which Paul wrote to the Christians in Corinth.
		For instance, 2 Corinthians 1:15 speaks of Paul thinking of visiting Corinth a second time, though in 2 Corinthians 2:1 he decides not to visit them while saddened by their behavior.
		In 2 Corinthians 13:1 Paul writes "This is the third time I am coming to you", and then refers to his second visit (2 Corinthians 13:2) as having been one when he had to deal with trouble-makers.
	www.drshirley.org /rel103/n08.html (314 words)

	Lesson 11
		Begin your study of 1 Corinthians 4 with a prayer asking the Lord to open your eyes to behold wonderful things in His Word and to help you understand, embrace, and retain those things which are applicable to your life now.
		By observing the one word and its affiliates often repeated in 1 Corinthians 4:3-5, we are made sharply aware of a cause of the strife in the Corinthians church.
		As you list the sufferings and deprivations of the apostles from 1 Corinthians 4;11, think of the things they endured to bring the gospel to the western world and the enormous benefits we have today because of their willingness to lay down their lives for Christ to evangelize the world.
	www.calvarychapel.com /thomasville/extras/lesson_11.htm (1470 words)

	Voice Bible Studies, First Corithians, 1 Corinthians 15:1-34, Lesson 12
		However, that spiritual meaning in the first century was built on the secular meaning of the word, which was "rescued" or "delivered." Paul (and the Corinthians) believed that their lives were in jeopardy without the gospel.
		Thus not only is 1 Corinthians 15:3-5 one of the earliest written records of the death and resurrection of Christ; it preserves the oral form of the earliest way Christians described that death and resurrection just a few years after the event itself.
		The Corinthians (and we) should feel the power of that hope for living the Christian life on a daily basis.
	www.cresourcei.org /biblestudy/bb1cor12.html (4172 words)

	Lesson 10
		Begin the study of 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 by writing a sentence of thanksgiving because ye are Christ's and a prayer for your lesson study time.
		Temple (naos in Greek) is used metaphorically of the church (the Body of Christ); of a local church (1 Corinthians 3:16,17); and of the individual believer (1 Corinthians 6:19).
		The deception of these Corinthians was caused by their assumption they were wise by the standards of the world or age.
	www.calvarychapel.com /thomasville/extras/lesson_10.htm (1223 words)

	Corinthians on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They were written to the church at Corinth by Paul whose stay in Corinth is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles.
		First Corinthians, written probably at Ephesus early in AD 55, is one of the longest and most important epistles.
		Passarella en Corinthians: 15 juegos con 7 triunfos y una caída histórica
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Corinthian.asp (676 words)

	Second Corinthians
		This book is called II Corinthians because it is the second of two letters addressed to the church at Corinth (II Corinthians 1:1).
		It is possible that we have in I and II Corinthians everything that Paul wrote to the Corinthian church.
		From II Corinthians 1:1 we learn that Paul, "an apostle of Jesus Christ," was the writer.
	www.oldpaths.com /Archive/Southern/Paul/1901/cor2.html (565 words)

	Notes on 1 Corinthians - New Testament Survey REL 103
		Paul wrote 1 Corinthians around AD 54, when he was at Ephesus (1 Corinthians 16:8), where messengers from Corinth had come to him with reports of various problems which the Christians in Corinth were having (1 Corinthians 1:11-12).
		The Corinthian Christians were also very prone to be influenced by the Greek/Hellenistic world-view and ways of thinking.
		On the top of the mountain overlooking the town there was a temple with "priestesses" who were allowed to go through the town soliciting sex as a (paid) worship service - if the man said yes, he paid her fee; if he said no, he had to pay a fine for insulting a priestess.
	www.drshirley.org /rel103/n07.html (436 words)

	Corinthians: Conflict & Community in the Corinthian Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Because the Corinthians lived in large, complex households and worshiped in house churches that reflected the city's diverse make-up, unity within diversity was an important issue.
		Conflict and Community in the Corinthian Church, edited by J. Shannon Clarkson, is the spiritual growth study for United Methodist Women for the years 2000-2001.
		If the window did not pop up, you have probably already read the scripture passage 1 Corinthians 13:13 and did not close the window so it minimized and is on your menu bar.
	gbgm-umc.org /umw/corinthians (434 words)

	Ii Corinthians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		II Corinthians 9:7 Philemon 14 I Peter 5:2 Almsgiving in obedience to command, or to satisfy conscience, is not the grace of liberality.
		Galatians 5:22 goodness II Corinthians 8:2 liberality II Corinthians 8:14 equality Equality is when you have something and others are short of it, you give of what you have to meet their legitimate need.
		I Corinthians 1:10 Titus 1:9-11 II Timothy 2:23-26 II Timothy 4:2-5 Titus 2:15 We use spiritual implements: meekness, gentleness, precision in the word of God (II Timothy 2:15 Amp.), concern for the needy, spiritual perception to destroy the wicked (II Corinthians 2:11).
	www.abbottloop.org /alconweb/bib_cmty/2cor.htm (3072 words)

	Corinthians, The Letter of Paul to the -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians and The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians are now respectively the seventh and eighth books of the New Testament canon.
		This letter, as is I Corinthians, is composed of a collection of fragments of Paul's correspondence with the Corinthians about a year later (i.e.,c.
		The diversity of I Corinthians was caused by the variety of problems discussed, but the diversity of II Corinthians was the result of a reflection of the underlying, rather turbulent history of Paul and...
	0-www.britannica.com.library.unl.edu /eb/article-9026301 (932 words)

	New Testament Introduction: 2 Corinthians
		Yet it must be dated within a few years of 1 Corinthians, so that a date for the whole series around the year 58 CE is not out of the question.
		Some scholars have suggested that what we call 2 Corinthians is actually a collection of two or three letters that have been combined over the course of time.
		Paul’s letter(s) to the Corinthians contained in 2 Corinthians is his most personal and tragic.
	www.theology.edu /ntintro/2COR.htm (358 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistles to the Corinthians
		As we are not to suppose that he, any more than his Master, was miraculously saved from pain and its effects, it was with physical pain, nervousness, and misgiving that the lonely Apostle entered this great pagan city, that had a bad name for profligacy throughout the Roman world.
		This is generally regarded as the greatest of the writings of St. Paul by reason of the magnificence and beauty of its style and the variety and importance of its contents.
		If the Corinthians were impressed by the eloquence of Apollo, they could not help feeling, when they heard and read this Epistle, that here was an author capable of bearing comparison not only with Apollo, but with the best that they could boast in Greek literature, of which they were so justly proud.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04364a.htm (7678 words)

	Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians (Menu)
		This old volume is a commentary on the Greek text of 1 Corinthians.
		It argues that 1 Corinthians is best understood from the point of view of one who stands inside a community of faith.
		This is a unique commentary in that it does not address specific problems in interpretation of various verses but concentrates on the flow of thought and how that reveals Paul's theological insight.
	www.cresourcei.org /biblestudy/bb1cor.html (706 words)

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		{2nd Corinthians 1:6} And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
		{2nd Corinthians 2:15} For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: {2nd Corinthians 2:16} To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
		{2nd Corinthians 9:1} For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: {2nd Corinthians 9:2} For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt/resources/bible/corinthians2 (4752 words)

	1 CORINTHIANS
		1 CORINTHIANS : This book is a letter to the church at Corinth (Greece) where Paul instructs the members of this early group of Christians to stop arguing and tells them of his plan to send Timothy to help them further.
		Paul instructs the church members about a member who was living with his father's wife, saying that it was not his (or their) business to judge those "outside the church": yet it was their business inside the church -- the man should be expelled.
		(1 Corinthians 14:13-19) Advising the church, Paul said that women should be silent during the church meetings.
	www.biblenotes.net /corinthians1.html (717 words)

	DISSERTATION: A Discourse Analysis of 1 Corinthians, 5.4 Quotations
		It has already been suggested in chapter II of this study that some of the statements from the Corinthians' letter to Paul are echoed in I Corinthians.
		The quotation in 2:9 is described by Archer and Chirichigno as "a noteworthy example of a conflate quotation from various passages written in a paraphrastic manner" (1983, xxx).
		The passage in I Corinthians 11:23-25 is not strictly speaking a quotation; but it is interesting in that it contains a close parallel to the synoptic tradition found in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
	bible.ovc.edu /terry/dissertation/5_4-quotes.htm (1316 words)

	1 Corinthians
		1 Corinthians: Introduction, Argument and Outline by Daniel B. Wallace at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
		Epistles to the Corinthians and Corinth from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
		This is a fine study site for 1 and 2 Corinthians which includes background information, maps, illustrations, and study guide questions.
	www.textweek.com /pauline/1cor.htm (645 words)

	Welcome to London Corinthians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		London Corinthians is a public speaking club that helps people develop life enhancing presentation and communications skills.
		Meetings begin promptly at 7:30pm on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursday of the month at the Cardinal public house, which is five minutes walk from London's Victoria Station.
		The mission of London Corinthians is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills which, in turn, foster self-confidence and personal growth.
	www.londoncorinthians.co.uk (192 words)

	Introduction to Corinthians (BIB4053) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Corinthians is a degree level course in which 1 Corinthians will be studied in depth, problem by problem, and 2 Corinthians will be overviewed.
		First Corinthians will also serve as a model for the methodology which can be applied in interpreting other New Testament Epistles.
		Then, after an introductory overview of the background, the major sections of 1 Corinthians will be examined each in turn for the problem in the church, the solution given in 1 Corinthians, and the meaning of that solution to the twentieth century church.
	www.ici.edu /courses/undergrad/bib4053/hilights.html (276 words)

	2 Corinthians
		2 Corinthians: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
		This is a wonderful, developing study site for 1 and 2 Corinthians which includes background information, maps, illustrations, and study guide questions.
		Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
	www.textweek.com /pauline/2cor.htm (510 words)

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