1 Corinthians

This revised and expanded edition of William A. Beardslee's First Corinthians is part of the Chalice Commentaries for Today series of biblical commentaries. The series is designed to help pastors, seminary students, and educated laity who are open to contemporary scholarship, and who claim the Bible in their personal lives and in their engagement with the crucial issues of the day. The aim of the series is to offer a better understanding of the biblical challenges to the values, beliefs, and behaviors in the biblical world.

In the preface to his original commentary, Bearsdslee wrote that it was "written for the general reader, and with an eye to bringing this powerful letter into the life of faith and action that we live today." Lull's revision remains consistent with this mission by demonstrating how Christians can engage this ancient letter honestly and with respect for both Paul's world and today's world in dealing with issues in the church and society.