1 Corinthians

First off, In the very beginning of this chapter, I noticed that Paul was writing to the church of  Corinth. Had I not read Cosby’s chapter about Paul’s letters, I would’ve looked past this precursor to the chapter and not thought about it. Consequently, I also would have read everything and tried to have taken it as an abstract theological guideline rather than guidelines set for people in a particular church setting. While reading, I kept in mind that he was writing to a specific group of people for how they should carry themselves and even for how they should identify, which I found intriguing. Another interesting part of this passage is how Paul says God will destroy the wise, for the wisdom of this world, are not always necessarily true. What is true is what corresponds to reality, and that is God’s truth. Many times humans foolishly believe something is true and we later discover we were very unwise to have thought what we thought. For example, many Germans were lead to believe that Jews were lesser beings in the Holocaust because of groupthink, now many of their descendants think that was very unwise. Furthermore, the fact that human wisdom is finite, incomplete, and not always accurate gives me further incentive to never boast, as the passage calls us to do. This is one of the commands that Paul wrote in this letter that had the greatest resonance with me. I personally put a high value on humility as I believe that is what Jesus calls us to have. I aim to seek to be humble in all my actions.