Paul's Letters Analysis

Paul’s letters were said to be show how the christian communities were really really back then. They talked about how the cities developed through changes and how they reacted to those changes. The letters explain how paul worked to help those cities even after he left to spread the word of the christ. They revealed his love for the cities and it’s people. Additionally, they also contained glimpses of his teachings and his values. While spreading his love and knowledge, he also spread his harsh critique when the places he founded with care were taking a bad turn and not following the word of christ. Furthermore, Paul set forth certain principles that the cities should follow. Corinth, before he came, was crawling with pagan worshippers

They were drinking too much and they were pronouncing themselves as leaders of the religion in a sort. Paul wrote to the cities to discuss the progress and the ill-mannered treatment they were doing towards the religion. The community was facing crisis of identifying a proper leader and no one actually wanted to follow proper christian rules. Paul was concerned with the cities developing in such a manner that he had to have them properly educated on that fact. Firstly, he thanked the church that is in Corinth but immediately, he described his deep concern over certain topics such as prostitution of young boys and how the church has divided itself when they were worshipping the same God. One group says that they pray to Apollos while the other that they belong to Paul. Paul was distressed at that because he said they were just human beings who were reaping what god sowed. He also formulated that those preachers are just mere servants of someone greater, Jesus Christ. “[a]ll things are yours. . . . You belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God” (3:23). The place of the preachers is not to establish themselves as leaders among men; instead, “people should think of us as servants of Christ”