A unique series designed to bring detailed scholarship of the Scriptures and contemporary application together in one volume, explaining not only what the Bible means, but also how it speaks to us today.

Discover not only the original meaning of 1 Corinthians, but also how Paul's message can speak powerfully today.

The first-century church at Corinth was a church in chaos. Rife with division, enamored with worldly wisdom, boasting in immorality, mired in selfishness, and confused on a host of practical issues of both Christian worship and Christian living, the church planted by the apostle Paul needed his wisdom and direction. In words that are sometimes harsh but always imbued with hope in God's transforming power, Paul corrects, rebukes, warns, and teaches the Corinthians about the shape of new life in the body of Christ.

The contemporaray church faces many of these same issues - spiritual gifts, marriage and divorce, sexual purity in a culture of promiscuity, conflict, the nature of the gospel, and our hope in Christ, to name a few - and Paul's words are no less relevant today than two millennia ago. Exploring the links between the Bible and our own times, Craig Blomberg skillfully draws out these practical, timeless lessons.