The Book of Corinthians 1-2 (KJV) (Large Print)

by Anonymous

THIS BOOK CONTAINS 14PT FONT FOR EASIER READING. (THE AVERAGE BIBLE CONTAINS 6PT FONT LETTERING.)

The First Epistle to the Corinthians, usually referred to simply as First Corinthians and often written 1 Corinthians, is one of the Pauline epistles of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle says that Paul the Apostle and "Sosthenes our brother" wrote it to "the church of God which is at Corinth."

Genres: Nonfiction

50 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1611

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Reviews

[Nestor B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Paul’s two letters to the Corinthians are not for the casual reader. They are essentially a long list of admonitions - nagging elevated to the level of scripture. Many of his views, especially his insistence on women’s subservience to men, have aged about as well as unrefrigerated milk. They’ve also fueled a good deal of human misery along the way, which makes them more dangerous than simply quaint. Thinking people can safely ignore most of this.

And yet, right in the middle of all the finger-wagging, we stumble upon Chapter 13, the famous hymn to love. It feels almost out of place, as if someone else snuck it in while Paul wasn’t looking. Poetic, timeless, and almost disarmingly beautiful, it shines in sharp contrast to the rest of the text, which is dry, dated, and frankly exhausting.

[Joan Haughton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the way to victory, I absolutely love this scripture, Lord help not just to be a hearer and a reader of your Word but a doer also:
Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].

First Corinthians contains a frank discussion of the church and the issues that impacted real people in the first century. The Corinthian church was corroded with sin on a variety of fronts, so Paul provided an important model for how the church should handle the problem of sin in its midst. Rather than turn a blind eye toward relational division and all kinds of immorality, he addressed the problems head on. In his bold call to purity within the Corinthian church, Paul made it clear that he was willing to risk the good opinion of some in order to help cleanse the sin that tainted the church.

Bless the name of Jesus!

[Kacey Schreyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

(NKJV) read alongside 30 Minutes in the New Testament podcast, so insightful!

[Wally Nobody · Rating 5 out of 5]

What haven't I highlighted in Corinthians II?

[Paul Godwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

staggering to read in 2025

All we can say is that they were different times. It’s really hard to equate a lot of what Paul says with our times. Really hard.