However one looks at it, 1 Corinthians make for great and necessary preaching and teaching. Pride, divisions, quarrels, sexual immorality, and ritually-centered-idolatry, especially in many majority-world countries, remains real issues in many churches today. The implication of being "in Christ" when faced with these problems, presently real or potentially threatening, is a vital part of the pastoral care of the church.
©Alberith, 2020