id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt t722h70634s Clair E Mesick Paul and the "Interlopers": Apostleship and Antagonism in the Corinthian Correspondence 2019 .txt text/plain 351 9 42 In short, apostles who valued Judaism and relied on community support would have ample reason, simply from 1 Corinthians, to react against Paul: against his claims of unique authority and spiritual exemplarity; against his promotion of financial abstention over Christ's command that preachers of the gospel receive support for their work; and against his brief but dismissive statements about Jewish ethics and Jewish identity. In 1 Corinthians, Paul speaks as an authoritative figure, legislating on a host of social and ethical issues for a divided community. cache/t722h70634s.txt txt/t722h70634s.txt