What is 1 Corinthians a response to?
Paul's first letter to the Corinthians is a response to a question-and-answer letter from the Corinthian church. They were beset with all kinds of problems, and Paul had to deal with them lovingly, in meekness, and also with the strength and power of the Word of the Lord Jesus.
Les explains that the letter to the Corinthians is Paul's response to a question and answer letter. The Corinthians were beset with all kinds of problems, and Paul has to deal with them. He does so lovingly and in the spirit of meekness, and on the other hand from the side of strength and the power of the Word of the Lord Jesus Himself. Les also notes that all the things dealt with in 1 Corinthians are predominantly problems in the Church, and they were not things Paul commended the Church for.