1 Corinthians 1 Commentary - Vincent’s Word Studies
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“Politically Roman, socially Greek, religiously it [the city of Corinth] was Roman, Greek, Oriental, all in one. When, therefore, the apostle preached to the Corinthians, the Gospel spoke to the whole world and to the living present” (Edwards).