Why were the letters to the Corinthians written?
The letters to the Corinthians were written in response to questions from the congregation at Corinth. These believers had come out of a deeply ungodly, pagan, and immoral background, so it took time for them to sort out their new faith and get their feet on the ground.
Les explains that both letters to the Corinthians were written as responses to questions from the congregation at Corinth. He emphasizes that these believers had come out of an extremely ungodly, pagan, and immoral background, so it took quite a while for them to sort everything out and get their feet on the ground. This context frames the study beginning in I Corinthians 3:9.