Corpus-Paul

["rabbisaul" <tim AT rabbisaul.com>]

> The argument from internal evidence is strong. The verses contradict both 
> 1 Cor 7 and Gal 3.

That is not an argument from internal evidence.  And it presupposes a 
particular reading of the two passages you mention which is far from 
airtight.

> The passage reads more coherently with the verses removed.

How so?  It is actually very coherent with them in, particularly if it is 
recognized that the verb in v 26 is surely an indicative rather than an 
imperative.

Tim Gallant
Pastor, Conrad Christian Reformed Church
(Conrad, MT)

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