How spiritual was the church at Corinth compared to Paul's other churches?
The church at Corinth was the most carnal and least spiritual of all the churches Paul had anything to do with. Its members had numerous problems and wrote to Paul with questions, prompting 1 Corinthians, which contrasts sharply with letters like Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians.
Les teaches that the Corinthian church was the most carnal and least spiritual of all the churches Paul had anything to do with. Paul wrote 1 Corinthians in response to questions and problems the congregation had written to him about, as shown in 1 Corinthians 7:1, “concerning the things whereof ye wrote to me.” All the issues covered in the letter arose from the congregation’s questions, and those questions rested on problems. Comparing 1 Corinthians with Ephesians, Philippians, or Colossians makes all the difference in the world, highlighting just how unusual Corinth’s situation was.