| Introduction | p. x |
| Plates | p. xvii |
| The Enigma and Cultural Setting of 1 Corinthians | p. 1 |
| Unresolved Issues for the Corinthian Church | p. 1 |
| Secular Ethics and Social Change in Corinth | p. 4 |
| The Cultural and Social Background of Corinth | p. 7 |
| 'So Whatever Happened after Paul Left Corinth?' | p. 25 |
| The Influence of Secular Ethics | |
| Secular Discipleship and Christian Competitiveness (1 Corinthians 1-4) | p. 31 |
| 'Operating in a Secular Fashion' (3:3) | |
| The Secular Pupil/Teacher Relationship | p. 32 |
| Professional Competitiveness among Teachers | p. 36 |
| Pupils' Loyalty to Their Teachers | p. 38 |
| Secular Reverberations in 1 Corinthians | p. 40 |
| Criminal Law and Christian Partiality (1 Corinthians 5) | p. 44 |
| 'Do You Not Judge Those Who Are Within?' (5:12) | |
| Criminal Prosecutions | p. 44 |
| Incest--Degrees of Seriousness | p. 45 |
| The Guilty, the Father, and the Christian Community | p. 47 |
| Civil Law and Christian Litigiousness (1 Corinthians 6:1-8) | p. 58 |
| 'Brother Goes to Court against Brother' (6:6) | |
| Civil Litigation in Roman Society | p. 58 |
| 'Unrighteous' Judges and Juries | p. 60 |
| Enmity and Vexatious Litigation | p. 64 |
| The 'Private' Arbitrator and Conflict Resolution | p. 67 |
| Those 'of No Account' in the Church | p. 69 |
| Defrauding a 'Brother' | p. 70 |
| Shaming in Roman Culture | p. 71 |
| Elitist Ethics and Christian Permissiveness (1 Corinthians 6:12-20; 10:23; 15:29-34) | p. 76 |
| 'All Things Are Permitted (for Me)' (6:12; 10:23) | |
| The Soul, the Senses, and Elitist Ethics | p. 77 |
| 'All Things Are Permitted for Me' | p. 81 |
| Gluttony, Drunkenness, and Sexual Indulgence | p. 82 |
| Elitist Ethics and 1 Corinthians 6:12; 10:23; 15:29-34 | p. 85 |
| Conclusions | p. 105 |
| Roman Homosexual Activity and the Elite | p. 110 |
| Veiled Men and Wives and Christian Contentiousness (1 Corinthians 11:2-16) | p. 121 |
| 'Obliged to Unveil ... and Obliged to Veil' (11:7, 10) | |
| Men of Status Covering Their Heads | p. 121 |
| 'New' Wives and the Sign of Marital Status | p. 123 |
| The 'Public' Meeting and 'the Messengers' | p. 133 |
| Contentiousness in the Congregation | p. 138 |
| 'Private' Dinners and Christian Divisiveness (1 Corinthians 11:17-34) | p. 142 |
| 'When You Gather It Is Not to Eat the Lord's Dinner' (11:20) | |
| Reconstructing the Debacle at the Lord's Dinner | p. 143 |
| The Pauline Interpretation of the Words of Jesus | p. 153 |
| The Lord's Dinner as a 'Private' Banquet | p. 154 |
| 'I Partly Believe It' or 'I Believe a Certain Report'? (11:18) | p. 159 |
| Religious Curses and Christian Vindictiveness (1 Corinthians 12-14) | p. 164 |
| 'You Were Led Away to Dumb Idols' (12:2) | |
| Pagan Religion and Cursing | p. 167 |
| Christian Curses in the Post-apostolic Church | p. 170 |
| Paganism and the Curse in 12:3a | p. 174 |
| Conclusions | p. 181 |
| Secular Patronage and Christian Dominance (1 Corinthians 16:15-16) | p. 184 |
| 'The House of Stephanas ... Set Themselves to Minister' (16:15) | |
| The Private Patron in the Service of Politeia | p. 186 |
| Private Patrons in the Politics of the Church | p. 190 |
| The Patron and Patroness in the Service of the Church | p. 195 |
| The Conversion of Patronage | p. 203 |
| The Meanings of [characters not reproducible] | p. 206 |
| The Influence of Social Changes | |
| The Present Crisis and the Marriage Bed (1 Corinthians 7:1-5) | p. 215 |
| 'It Is Good for a Man Not to Touch [His] Wife' (7:1) | |
| 'The Present Distress' for Corinth and the Church | p. 216 |
| Familia and Sexual Language | p. 225 |
| Sexual Abstinence in Marriage | p. 226 |
| The Forward Referent of the Neuter Demonstrative Pronoun in 7:6-7 | p. 233 |
| The Present Crisis and the Consummation of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:25-38) | p. 241 |
| 'He Who Marries ... He Who Does Not Marry' (7:38) | |
| Personal Dilemmas Aggravated by the Present Dislocation | p. 241 |
| Eschatology and Youth's Expectations of This Life | p. 253 |
| Christian Obligations for Singles and Marrieds | p. 263 |
| The Imperial Cult, the Games, and Dining in a Temple (1 Corinthians 8-10:21) | p. 269 |
| 'Sitting at Meat in an Idol's Temple' (8:10) | |
| The Federal Imperial Cult and the Games in Corinth | p. 271 |
| The Corinthian Christians and the Imperial Cult | p. 278 |
| Christians Dining in the Temple after Paul Left | p. 280 |
| The Christians, the Cult, and the Games | p. 283 |
| Kosher Food and Idol Meat (1 Corinthians 10:25-28) | p. 287 |
| 'Eat Whatever Is Sold in the Marketplace' (10:25) | |
| Official Food Concessions for Diaspora Jews | p. 288 |
| The Corinthian Meat Market | p. 293 |
| When Paul Was in Corinth | p. 295 |
| After Paul Left Corinth | p. 297 |
| Bibliography | p. 302 |
| Abbreviations | p. 322 |
| Indexes | |
| Biblical References | p. 325 |
| Ancient Sources | p. 330 |
| Modern Authors | p. 337 |
| Subjects | p. 342 |
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