I Corinthians

8.2

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

proper noun

Literature

: I Corintios

According to I Corinthians 3:6, Paul writes about the importance of teamwork in ministry.
I Corinthians 13

Examples

Have you read I Corinthians for our study group?
In I Corinthians 13, the definition of love emphasizes self-sacrifice and kindness.
Many Christians find comfort in passages from I Corinthians.
She referenced I Corinthians in her sermon about unity.
The verse about love in I Corinthians 13 is often read at weddings.
In I Corinthians, Paul addresses various issues in the church.
I Corinthians 7:3 advises that husbands and wives should fulfill their marital duties to each other.

Synonyms

First Epistle to the Corinthians

vsI Corinthians

8.4

A New Testament letter by Saint Paul to the church in Corinth

is the same work but named as the book rather than as a letter

First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

vsI Corinthians

9.9

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

focuses on the book itself without stressing sequence or traditional attribution

Surface Forms

I Corinthians main

Morphology

I + Corinthians

The title 'I Corinthians' is a conventional book name combining the Roman numeral 'I' (first) with 'Corinthians' (Paul's letters to Corinth), so learners who recognize the numeral/book-naming convention and that 'Corinthians' refers to epistles can derive the meaning. However, many B1 learners may interpret 'I' only as the pronoun or not know the Roman-numeral convention, making the phrase not fully predictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

I Corinthians gets its name from an old way of naming letters: I means 'first' and Corinthians names the people of the city of Corinth. So the title shows it is the 'first' letter Paul wrote to that 'church', which is why we use it for the first book of Corinthians in the Bible.