From 343def5ea9b603f17d1d911770ea123b78557e65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 19:09:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Delete '1co/01/intro.md' --- 1co/01/intro.md | 37 ------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 37 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 1co/01/intro.md diff --git a/1co/01/intro.md b/1co/01/intro.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0c64189fbc..0000000000 --- a/1co/01/intro.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,37 +0,0 @@ -# 1 Corinthians 1 General Notes - -### Structure and formatting - -The first three verses are a greeting. In the ancient Near East, this was a common way of starting a letter. - -Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in verse 19, which is from the Old Testament. - -### Special concepts in this chapter - -#### Disunity -In this chapter, Paul scolds the church for being divided and for following different apostles. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/apostle]]) - -#### Spiritual gifts -Spiritual gifts are specific supernatural abilities to help the church. The Holy Spirit gives these gifts to Christians after they come to believe in Jesus. Paul lists spiritual gifts in Chapter 12. Some scholars believe the Holy Spirit gave some of these gifts only in the early church to help establish the developing church. Other scholars believe all the gifts of the Spirit are still available to help all Christians throughout the church history. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith]]) - -### Important figures of speech in this chapter - -#### Idioms - -In this chapter, Paul refers to the return of Christ using two different phrases: "the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ" and "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) - -#### Rhetorical questions -Paul uses rhetorical questions to scold the Corinthians for dividing into factions and for relying on human wisdom. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) - -### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter - -#### Stumbling block -A stumbling block is a rock people stumble over. Here it represents the difficulty Jews have in believing that God allowed his Messiah to be crucified. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - -## Links: - -* __[1 Corinthians 1:1 Notes](./01.md)__ -* __[1 Corinthians intro](../front/intro.md)__ - -__| [>>](../02/intro.md)__ -