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Summary Of Chapter 1 Corinthians 13

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1 Corinthians 13 is also called the “love chapter” in the bible [ 2014 Jeffrey Kranz, overviewbible.com ( biblegateway.com ) ] Love, love is stated nine times in very strategic meaningful places. This chapter in the book of 1 Corinthians is very well known, it is often read/ sung at wedding and anniversaries, Paul didn’t write this chapter for people to read for the above reasons, he wrote it for the church of corinth and their abuse of the spiritual gifts that God gave the world [ 2007 Keith R. Krell ( bible.org ) ]. In this chapter St. Paul states “do not have love...” three times in the first three verses of the chapter [ 1 Cor. 13:1-3 ]. Verses four through seven state what love looks like and what it does [ 1 Cor. 13:4-7 ]. Verses eight …show more content…

13:8-12 ]. The last verse tells how love is greater than everything, it's greater than faith, the definition of faith is the strong belief that God exists ( Merriam-Webster dictionary ). The passage also stated that love is greater than hope, hope in the dictionary means to want and to think something can happen and can be true ( Merriam-Webster dictionary )[ 1 Cor. 13:13 …show more content…

It was the center of trade and Greece's navy. Unlike other Greek City-States, Corinth did not have such an abundance of mythological stories. But none the less Corinth is mentioned in a few stories, and its mythical founder is the king that is famous for his punishment in Hell, to forever push a boulder up a mountain, King Sisyphus. Corinth was mentioned in the stories, ‘Theseus’ hunt for the wild animal, Jason settled there with Medea after his adventures looking for the Golden Fleece, and there is the myth of Arion - the real-life and gifted kithara player and resident of Corinth - who was rescued by dolphins after being abducted by pirates.’. This City- State was well known for its pottery, stone, and bronzeware. Corinth was also a city owned by the Romans, even when owned by the Romans Corinth was very important to them, it connected the penninsula Pelopennese and Europe [ Written by Mark Cartwright, published on 02 September 2009 ( ancient.eu )

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