1 Corinthians is one of the most richly dealt with pastoral epistles among the letters recorded by the Apostle Paul.
This letter is not simply a writing that explains the doctrines of faith, but it records contents that directly dealt with the problems that actually occurred inside the living church. Toward the Corinthian church, which was suffering from various problems such as division, moral corruption, confusion in worship, abuse of gifts, and denial of the resurrection, Paul answers with only one standard. That is the Word to recover by faith in the gospel Word of the water and the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

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The Background of Writing the Letter of 1 Corinthians
To understand 1 Corinthians, we must first look at the relationship between the Apostle Paul and the Corinthian church, and the various problems that occurred within the Corinthian church at that time. 1 Corinthians is not a simple doctrinal manual, but a very practical pastoral epistle written by the Apostle Paul to solve the problems that actually occurred within the church.

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Regarding Jesus Christ and the Message of the Cross Preached by Paul
“And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:1-2).
When Paul reached Corinth, he proclaimed like this: “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” This was not a simplification of the gospel. The expression “the cross of Christ” encompasses the entire redemption ministry of Jesus. That is, it speaks of the faith believing in the Savior Jesus who had the sins of the world passed onto Him through the ministry of receiving baptism from John, was crucified to receive the judgment of sins, and resurrected from the dead. Paul does not package the gospel word of the water and the Spirit with human philosophy or religious knowledge. Because the message of the cross that Paul preaches is testified as the gospel that gives salvation to those who believe, by removing the sins of all humanity through the ministry of Jesus receiving baptism from John to have the sins of the world passed onto Him, and receiving the judgment of sins on the cross.

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Does the one who has become a spiritual father know where the strife of the saints comes from?
“And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? For when one says, ‘I am of Paul,’ and another, ‘I am of Apollos,’ are you not carnal?” (1 Corinthians 3:1-4)

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Are God’s workers those who are entrusted with and preach the mysteries of God?
“Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God” (1 Corinthians 4:1-5).

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Discard Old Habitual Sins and Follow the Word of God
“It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father’s wife! And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you” (1 Corinthians 5:1-2).
The exhortation to discard sins steeped in old habits and follow the word of God is an important teaching that God continuously emphasizes to the saints.
It means that when a person believes the gospel of the water and the Spirit and comes to know God, his life must not continue to flow in the same direction as before, but it must flow into a life of faith that follows the Lord’s will by the faith that believes the new gospel word of the water and the Spirit.

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Are you a person who is currently living inside the community of faith?
“Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?” (1 Corinthians 6:1-3).
A person who spiritually follows the word of God naturally comes to live a life trying to make his conduct upright. This is not simply decorating outward behavior, but it is a change that comes from a life of faith that considers the word of God as the standard of faith and at the same time tries to establish one’s own faith uprightly.
The Bible says that a life following the word of God changes a person’s behavior and attitude toward life.
Psalm 119:9 says, “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.” This word means that when the word of God is taken as the standard of a life of faith, that person’s conduct becomes upright.

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Isn’t it right to do whatever you do for the glory of the Lord?
“Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that” (1 Corinthians 7:1-7).

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