Some thoughts about the church in Corinth
Since March of this year, I have been doing a verse by verse study of the book of 1 Corinthians. I have also listened to the class on 1 Corinthians taught on the bibleproject web site. In that class, the teacher spends some time speaking about the controversy of chapter 11 and Paul's role of women in the church. Though Dr. Lucy Peppiatt has some different views than mine it is a very interesting class that I would recommend. I have found it encouraging that though the Corinth church had many problems Paul still had a lot of good things to say about them. For example, in chapter 1 verse 4, he says that he always thanks God for them because they have been enriched in every way. It says that they do not lack in any spiritual gift. He never questions their salvation, though he does describe them in chapter 3 as "infants in Christ". Paul may have written another letter to Corinth which remains lost that was possibly more direct and harsh. But, he never gives