This is solid theology, but very dense and not for the beginner. Wire is a true Pauline scholar, and if you read this work without having a background in scripture and St Paul more specifically, this will be a difficult book to read. I have graduate study in the theology and scripture and still found the book dense to wade through. That said, her highlighting specific issues within Corinth at the time of Paul is interesting. Her Appendixes, which focus on key critical areas on discussed in depth in the main text, give good detail to a broader study.