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First Epistle to the Corinthians

First Epistle to the Corinthians

8.4
A New Testament letter by Saint Paul to the church in Corinth
  • proper noun
  • /fɜrst ɪˈpɪsəl tə ðə kəˈrɪnθiənz/
translation icon : Primera Epístola a los Corintios
  • Many pastors base their sermons on passages from the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

Examples

  • She quoted a famous verse from the First Epistle to the Corinthians during the wedding ceremony.

  • Have you read the First Epistle to the Corinthians?

  • Biblical scholars often debate the original intent behind certain messages in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

  • The First Epistle to the Corinthians discusses many important topics.

  • Many pastors base their sermons on passages from the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

  • She quoted a famous verse from the First Epistle to the Corinthians during the wedding ceremony.

  • Biblical scholars often debate the original intent behind certain messages in the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

Synonyms

I Corinthians
vsFirst Epistle to the Corinthians
  • Literature
8.2

A book of the New Testament that contains Paul's first letter to the church at Corinth

is given as a descriptive account of the first letter by Paul
First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
vsFirst Epistle to the Corinthians
9.9

A letter in the Christian Bible from Paul to the church in Corinth

asserts direct authorship by Paul rather than mere traditional attribution

Surface Forms

First Epistle to the Corinthians main

Morphology

first + epistle + to + the + Corinthians

Assuming the learner knows the constituents, the phrase is fully compositional: 'first' (the initial), 'epistle' (a letter/book), and 'to the Corinthians' (addressed to Corinth) directly yield the meaning of the initial canonical letter to the church in Corinth. This naming pattern is cross-linguistically common for book titles and proper names, so a B1 learner who knows the component words would understand it.

Etymology

First Epistle to the Corinthians is the name for the 'first letter' Paul wrote to the Christians in the city of Corinth. The word epistle means 'letter' and Corinthians means the people of Corinth, so the title tells you it is Paul's first letter to that church.