divisions within the church (1:11), and it is to those reports, conveyed by word of mouth, that he is responding in 1:10
Chloe's People / 9780786269792 / Chivers, 2005 / 2005 / Mary Street / 308 pages Introduction to 1 Corinthians, we hear of the family of Stephanas and of Chloe's people. The break with the Jews eventually brought Paul before the proconsul Gallio (Acts 18:12. 5:10-11). Paul received news of that misunderstanding as well as a report from Chloe's people of disorders in the church. Eating with honor: the Corinthian Lord's Supper in light of voluntary association meal practices, in whatever she may require from you, for she has been a benefactor of many and of myself as well (Rom 16:1). Chloe is acknowledged as a leader/benefactor in her ekklÄ“sia: For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there are quarrels among you (1 Cor 1:11. 1 Corinthians, paul sent Timothy to Corinth to remind them of his teachings (4: 17); Paul wrote the Corinthi- ans a letter with instructions which they misunderstood (5: 9-13); Chloe's people (her slaves, relatives, or associates) brought Paul news of divisions within the church (1: 11. Discord in Corinth: First Corinthians 1â ”4 and Ancient Politics, engaged in a struggle for power. 6 Chloe's people bring news ofepiSes in the Corinthian church (1.11). Epis is hot dispute, the emotional flame that ignites whenever rivalry becomes intol- erable. It invariably appears in accounts. The composition of 1 Corinthians, 1 Corinthians by contrast is not. 3 Yet one basic datum remains. The fact is that Paul's writing of 1 Corinthians was occasioned by two separate events, as the letter itself indicates: (1) the arrival from Corinth of'Chloe's people. Social Stratification in the Corinthian Community: A Contribution to the Sociology of Early Hellenistic Christianity, apart from Chloe's people we have (at a maximum) sixteen names. However, it is not always certain that those names come from Corinth. Lucius (Rom 16.21) is frequently identified with Luke, Luke being a familiar form of Lucius. Chloe's people: 1 Cor 1.11. Page. Women's authority roles in Paul's churches: Countercultural or conventional, 4 Chloe (1 Cor 1:11): Paul attributes the news about division in the Corinthian community from Chloe's people (Uxn6 xx&v XX6o7S), John Hurd has argued that if the expression is translated the family of Chloe we 3 EgHCG. Translating 1 Corinthians, more than in the case of any other New Testament letter, we need to know about the situation, in order to understand the text. Who, for example, were Chloe's people (1 Cor 1.11, RSV)? Members of her family, as GNB thinks? Slaves, or other dependants? Friends. Head Coverings in Corinth, 8 Hays locates two occasions for Paul's writing to Corinth, the first of which was Paul's reception of a letter from Chloe's people concerning dissensions among the Corinthians on matters of sexuality, legal disputes, abuses of the Lord's Supper, and controversies concerning. the priority of spirit-gifting: a resolution of the Complementarian-Egalitarian Debate, biblical scholars come down on opposites sides of the discussion, for there is no consensus on the meaning of the individual texts in question. 1 We would do well to heed the warning of 1 Corinthians 1:11-13, For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there. I Corinthians 13, present. As evidenced in the solicitation of Paul by Chloe's people, the varied approaches of competing congregational leadership found in the Corinthian church significantly shape the local congregation's identity (1:10-17. Descent in the House of Chloe: Race, Rape, and Identity in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby, 762). 8. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible offers an alternative translation of the epigraph Morrison uses, speaking of Chloe's people, and in one sense, all the charac- ters in Tar Baby are just that-Chloe's people. Can Nympha Rule This House, the reference to Chloe's people in 1 Corinthi- ans 1: 11 does not necessarily mean that Chloe was herself a believer and, by implication, the leader of a house church; Chloe's people may have members of the household of a non-believing woman of means who was well. Belonging to Christ: A Paradigm for Ethics in First Corinthians, from Chloe's people (perhaps the three men named in 16:17) the apostle has received reports about divisions within the church (1:11), and it is to those reports, conveyed by word of mouth, that he is responding in 1:10 4:21 and then again in 11:17-34 (see 11:18. Reflections on Tradition and Traditions, he certainly accepted many as partners in ministry his reference lo them in his letters testifies to this Persis; Rufus's molher; Chloe's people; Nympha and the people who meet in her house; Tryphacna and Tryphosa; Julia and Ncreus's sister; Euodia and Syntyche. Paul and the Church at Corinth, 1 The basic information contained in 1 Cor 1.10 4.21 is what was reported by Chloe's people: there was quarrelling (erides) among the Christians at Corinth, each one of them saying,'I belong to Paul', or'I to Apollos', or'I to Christ. Christian Baptism and the Gospel, for it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, ''I belong to Paul, or I belong to Apollos, or I belong to Christ. Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified. Does Paul Acquiesce in Divisions at the Lord's Supper, letter? 'Is Christ divided?' is there his astonished response to the news brought by Chloe's people. Above all how could he do so here in chapter 11, when his sole aim is to outlaw division and promote the unity of the body. Women In The New Testament Church Did What, her home, Acts 16:14, 15 and 40. Also Chloe, whose converts are indicated as belonging to Chloe as a group or church, 14 in 1 Cor 1:11 For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you. Reasoning styles and types of hortatory discourse, be united in the same mind and the same purpose. 11-17 supportive For (Î³Î±Ì Ï ) it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters. What I mean is that each of you says.
