There was a self satisfaction in their Christian experience of the Corinthian church that is naïve at best and self deceived at worst. They have come to the conclusion that they have risen to the pinnacle of spiritual attainments and as such were in position to judge what was best for them and who may best serve them. It was out of this pride that a party system arose in Corinth. And as we know Pride goes before the fall. Paul knew that this young Church was going to face horrific challenges from the world and he knew that their pride was a weak self centered confidence that was going to burst in the heat of those trials. Paul lovingly steps in to burst that bubble while they are still safely under his care.
In our passage Paul addresses this pride and seeks to strip it away so that something better… something more enduring might rise up in its place… “Christ like humility.”
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