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Why do people write letters? A possible answer is that they have something to say. So it was with the apostle Paul. Although he had so much to say, he did not always have the chance to be face-to-face with those whom he wanted to talk. So, he wrote letters instead—such as to the Corinthians, which contain some of Scripture’s most profound truths.

The letters to the Corinthians capture our attention, not because of the problems but because of the remarkable way Paul faces them. By exhorting the church members to evaluate themselves, their behavior, and the surrounding culture in the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, he exalts the message of the Cross

This quarter, we will survey Paul’s letters to the Corinthians. In these two remarkable New Testament books, the apostle presents the gospel message as the essence of Christian life and witness, the lens through which everything else is to be judged. No matter the challenges each of us individually or the church in general faces in our journey to heaven—the answer to the most puzzling issues in our work for Christ is the same as for the Corinthians: “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2, NKJV).

Adenilton Tavares de Aguiar, PhD, is a professor of Biblical interpretation at the Theological Seminary at the Adventist University Center of Sao Paulo in Brazil.

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