The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

Before we continue in our series on 1 Corinthians we take time out to celebrate 5 years of our awesome Church! The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

The city of Corinth in Paul’s day was a thriving, wealthy, and diverse place. It was a hub for trade, culture, and ideas. But it was also chaotic. Corinth was marked by division, immorality, status-seeking, and spiritual confusion. In other words, it looked a lot like the world we live in today. Paul planted a church in the middle of all that chaos. This wasn’t a perfect church — far from it. It was a young church wrestling with pride, competing loyalties, arguments, broken relationships, and questions about what it really meant to follow Jesus. So Paul writes this letter, not to condemn them, but to call them back to their true identity: a Spirit-filled, united, holy, love-led community that reflects Christ in the middle of a divided and confusing culture.

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