how bad was the immorality in Corinth?
The immorality in Corinth was so rampant it did not stop there; it went to the very depth. It was so pervasive that even our society in our own country today is getting closer and closer to Corinth making this letter increasingly appropriate.
Les teaches that the immorality in Corinth was so rampant it didn't stop there; it went to the very depth. He points out that we are seeing the same thing happening in our own country today, and that is perhaps why this letter is now becoming more appropriate, because even our society is getting closer and closer to Corinth. He then moves to verse 16, where Paul asks if one joined to a harlot is one body, for two shall be one flesh. Les traces this back to Genesis chapter 2, verses 21-24: God caused a deep sleep on Adam, took a rib, made the woman, and brought her to him. Adam said she was bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh; she is called woman because she was taken out of man. The Hebrew words are ish and ishah, man and woman. Verse 24 says a man shall leave father and mother, cleave to his wife, and they shall be one flesh, which is what Paul is resting on.