Love in Corinthians Trivia Quiz

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This epistle was written by Paul of Tarsus (c.5 AD to c.65 AD) somewhere around 53-57 AD. It is addressed to the Christian Church in Corinth (a city on the Peloponnesus in Greece). The epistle was originally composed in Greek. While this was composed by Paul, it is believed that Sosthenes (mentioned in the text) physically wrote down the words. Some copies of the epistle go back to the second century.

The text includes some of the features of a letter including a greeting and a closing. The body of the epistle includes issues of immorality that Corinth is facing at that time and difficulties that the city is facing. The love mentioned in this passage is sometimes translated as "charity" and is based on the Greek term "agape" which references a more spiritual, less romantic sort of love.

I particularly like this particular passage. It is deceptively simple with a number statements that are only subject-verb. The others are subject-verb-object, avoiding more complex statements. Love is the subject in three cases. It, representing the word love, is the subject in eight cases. Within that simple structure is a profound opinion.