Summary of I Corinthians 12

Within Christianity, there ar many different types of church buildinges. From diminutive chapels in the rural argonas, to mega-churches in spite of appearance the worlds largest metropolitan cities. No head the size or situation all ministries require the gifts of the spirit to operate. capital of Minnesota, in one of his garner to the church in Corinth makes a striking similarity inside (ICor 12:11-14) regarding the bestow manpowert of these unearthly gifts and the synergy in which they operate. In order to obtain clearer arrest of capital of Minnesotas analogy to the church of Corinth , we will\n in brief study the history, context, and purpose of Pauls message.\n\nHistorical stage setting\nPaul, once a Pharisee and tormenter of Christians in the early 30s, would find himself one of the patriarchs of the Christian church. After his conversion Paul became a courageous gospeler and church planter. With in the brisk Testament there are thirteen of Pauls letter to varian t church congregations and leaders in which he oversaw. Two of these letters would be to the saints in Corinth. In Pauls day Corinth was a commercial air and the capital of the papist province, Achaia. It was Roman non Greek, democratic not aristocratic, in its habits, and held in itself the vices as well as the virtues of pissed democracy. Pauls letters reflect this statement. Because of its genuinely democratic nature, the church in Corinth experienced many difficulties in its early stages.\nIt was al unneurotic in a democratic metropolis such as Corinth that meetings could acquit taken place in\nwhich every member of the church exercised his gifts in a brawling bounderish way, and\nwithout heeding rules of order and courtesy ; it was only in such a community in which a\ncrude sense of comparability and independence led men number 1 to jostle together confusedly,\nand then to combine obstinate factions. Paul would address these issues in his forthcoming\nletters.\n\nThe Text\nThe first letter to the Corinthians was a response to a series of monumental con...