In this paper I will discuss one of paul's letters. The letter that I preform exegsis on will be the 1st letter to the Corinthians. I chose this letter because it seemed more interesting then Pual's other letters. I also feel that this letter is one of the more important letters that Paul wrote. On this note I will begin exegsis.
             Pauls letter was written to deal with problems of christian life and faith. At this time period Corinth was a great cosmopolitan Greek city. Paul wrote because the church there was haveing divisions and immorality issues. Paul wrote this letter to try to bring the church back to Christ.
             I feel that this letter is a very important one. This letter talks of Gods everlasting love. With this it discusses How it is always poreing out on to his people. Also it discusses how God is always trying to give us gifts and grace.
             The love part of this shows up clearly in Chapter 13. Paul talks of his love for all others. Also I think that this express how God shares his love with all of us. Paul says that with out love his words would mean nothing.
             Also in this chapter Paul tells us that the gifts God gives to us are not going to last for ever, but his love will. Also this shows us how love is the only thing that will last for all eternity. Another great chapter is Chapter 12.
             In this chapter Paul talks of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Paul also speaks of the church being one body with many parts. In the discussion of the one body Paul talks of the fact that everyone is as important as the next. Pual speaks of us all being equal in Gods eyes.
             I feel that this passage is here to show us that we are all important and equal in everyway. No one is greater no one is lesser. I think this is a great pholosiphy and that it still should be aplied to our everyday lives. The next thing that Pual talks about is the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
             These are very important because witho...