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What happens when a church divides over the body, creation, and the hope of rising from the dead?
The Third Epistle to the Corinthians presents a church in crisis. Stephen and the elders report that Simon and Cleobius bring troubling teachings to Corinth. In the letter, Paul answers from prison, defending the goodness of creation, Christ’s birth in a real body, and resurrection in the flesh.
Preserved within the Acts of Paul, this short text speaks in the apostle’s name, though scholars generally attribute it to another writer. Once read as scripture in the Armenian Church, it offers a glimpse of how early Christians debate belief and keep a Pauline voice alive after Paul.
What you’ll discover
- A church under strain Meet Stephen and the elders as they seek an answer to teachings that unsettle Corinth.
- A reply from prison Follow the letter’s portrayal of Paul as he answers the community while held in chains.
- The body at stake Explore arguments that place creation, Christ’s flesh, and bodily resurrection at the heart of belief.
- A seed as an image Consider how a seed sown in earth becomes the letter’s picture of resurrection.
- Paul’s voice carried forward Encounter an unknown writer’s use of Paul’s style and ideas to address disputed teachings.
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For readers curious about how early Christians argued over the body and resurrection, and for anyone who wants to see how a Pauline voice was kept alive after Paul.
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- A letter inside the Acts of Paul
- Corinth is troubled by two teachers
- Paul answers from prison
- Resurrection in the flesh, and why the letter stands outside
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The Third Epistle to the Corinthians
by Attributed to the Apostle Paul · 160
A letter in Paul's name answers Corinth's alarm over teachers who deny creation, Christ's body and resurrection.
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The Third Epistle to the Corinthians is a short letter in the name of the apostle Paul. It is a reply to the church at Corinth, written, as the text says, while Paul sits in prison.
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A letter inside the Acts of Paul
The Acts of Paul is a narrative of the apostle's travels, preaching and trials. It was probably written in Asia Minor in the later second century. The early writer Tertullian says its author was a presbyter who admitted he wrote it out of love for Paul, and who was removed from his office for it.
The Third Epistle to the Corinthians sits near the end of that book. It was once passed along on its own, which is why it survives apart from the larger work. It exists in Greek and Latin, and also in Syriac, Armenian and Coptic.
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What is the Third Epistle to the Corinthians about?
It is a short exchange between the Corinthian church and Paul. The church reports teachers who deny that God made the world, that Christ came in the flesh, and that the dead will rise. Paul replies and defends all three.
Did Paul really write 3 Corinthians?
Most scholars say no. It belongs to the Acts of Paul, written in the later second century by someone else. Its style and the debates it answers differ from those in the letters that scholars accept as Paul's own.
Who were Simon and Cleobius in 3 Corinthians?
They are the two teachers who trouble the Corinthian church in the text. Their teaching is described in the letter from the elders and challenged in Paul's reply. Scholars often link their ideas to the early groups later called Gnostic.
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