Description
The city of ancient Corinth in its day was like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York all rolled into one. Sexual immorality, pagan idolatry, materialism, superficiality, and individualism marked the Corinthian culture and plagued the Corinthian church. Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to address these issues to teach Corinthian Christians how to live undefiled lives, in harmony with one another, in order to impact a fallen and depraved culture for Christ.
The same controversies, temptations, and divisions that rocked the Corinthian church are no less prevalent in the daily life of our modern Christian churches today. Yet there are very few contemporary commentaries on 1 Corinthians.
That is why The Lectio Continua Commentary on 1 Corinthians by Kim Riddlebarger is so timely.
Table of contents
1. Greetings from Paul (1:1-3)
2. Be United (1:4-17)
3. The Wisdom of God (1:18-31)
4. Jesus Christ and Him Crucified (2:1-5)
5. For the Spirit Searches Everything (2:6-16)
6. The Foundation (3:1-15)
7. You Are God's Temple (3:16-23)
8. For the Kingdom of God Does not Consist in Talk but in Power (4:1-21)
9. God Judges Those Outside (5:1-13)
10. And Such Were Some of You (6:1-11)
11. You Were Bought With a Price (6:12-20)
12. Each Has His Own Gift from God (7:1-16)
13. Do Not Become Bondservants to Men (7:17-40)
14. There Is One God (8:1-13)
15. For the Sake of the Gospel (9:1-27)
16. The Rock Was Christ (10:1-13)
17. Do All to the Glory of God (10:14-33)
18. The Image and Glory of God (11:1-16)
19. Until He Comes (11:17-26)
20. Let a Person Examine Himself (11:27-34)
21. Jesus is Lord (12:1-3)
22. The Common Good (12:4-11)
23. One Body, Many Members (12:12-26)
24. Earnestly Desire the Higher Gifts (12:27-31)
25. The Greatest of These is Love (13:1-13)
26. Strive to Excel in Building Up the church (14:1-19)
27. Decently and In Order (14:20-40)
28. The Gospel (15:1-11)
29. Christ Has Been Raised! (15:12-34)
30. He Must Reign (15:20-28)
31. In the Twinkling of an Eye (15:35-38)
32. Be Watchful (16:1-24)
Endorsements
"Having shared and sat under the ministry of Kim Riddlebarger for many years, I am delighted to see the fruit of his faithful labors reach a wider audience. Combining attention to exegetical detail with decades of pastoral experience, this commentary will reward generously with its unique insights into this wonderful epistle." -- Michael S. Horton
"Reformed commentators have long neglected 1 Corinthians. That is why I am so glad that Kim Riddlebarger has provided the church with this exegetically sensitive and doctrinally sound exposition. Riddlebarger handles the letter's difficult issues with care and pastoral sensitivity. In addition, he models for the Church what faithful exposition should be. This second installment in the Lectio Continua series would make a welcome addition to any Christian's shelf!" -- Guy Prentiss Waters
"Kim Riddlebarger, a trusted pastor-scholar, and one of the premier exegetes and expositors of our day, has given the Church a gift with this excellent commentary on 1 Corinthians. In these fine expositions, we not only learn about the thorny and complex challenges that faced the church at Corinth, we are also taught the Spirit-inspired diagnoses and the remedies dispensed by the Apostle Paul-powerful, Christ-centered truth that applies as much today as it did in the first century. I commend this volume to the Church with pastoral urgency and absolute confidence." -- Michael A. Milton
Product Details
Title: First Corinthians: The Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on the New Testament
Author: Kim Riddlebarger
ISBN: 9781938139000
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Pages: 475
Binding: Hardcover