Apostle Paul's worldview ①

Title: Apostle Paul's worldview

  - Focusing on 1 Corinthians

1. Introduction
1) Raising the problem
The modern church has many problems. Conflicts in the Corinthian Church and conflict in the world court, fornication, idolatry, the emergence of dialect (γλῶσσα) as a'foreign language' or'unknown sound', disorder of the church, etc. You can see that there are many problems that can and are actually happening. It is necessary to rediscover the problems of the modern church and use them as a countermeasure through the analysis of 1 Corinthians, where the apostle Paul presented opinions and solutions to various problems in the Corinthian church.
      The Apostle Paul was a man who had a profound influence on the formation of early Christian theology. It is no exaggeration to say that his worldview itself constitutes Christian theology. The Corinthians he sent in a timely manner to the problems and countermeasures of the Corinthian Church are problems that can be applied to the modern church. Therefore, it is necessary to find a solution by analyzing Paul's view of the world (value) in 1 Corinthians according to a certain frame of reference and substituting it for the problems that arise in the modern church. Here, the apostle Paul's view of the particularly controversial modern church dialect (γλῶσσα) will be derived and whether it has a biblical basis.
2) Purpose of research
I have experienced cases in Korea where I was unable to attend a church that had been divided and divided due to the turmoil in the Korean church. The Corinthian Church has all the problems found in the modern church, such as sect, fornication, and dialect as an unknown sound, and even provides a solution. Therefore, by analyzing the situation of the Corinthians at that time and analyzing Paul's worldview or values, he will be able to find a solution that the modern church is experiencing. In particular, various important interpretations, such as the problem of dialect of the Corinthian church, can come out, so it will be a valuable study. Here, chapters 12–14 will devote considerable space to Paul's view of the gift, especially Paul's view of the dialect (γλῶσσα) in chapter 14. The purpose of this paper is to examine the problems of the church from the perspective of Christian world through the perspective of Paul's various church problems and to find solutions.
3) Research method and scope
In this paper, we will first examine the historical background of the Corinthian church and examine the reason for writing the 1 Corinthians in order to investigate the gift of the modern church, especially the dialectic phenomenon, in the Corinthians 1 Corinthians. We will examine the problems and countermeasures of the modern church after assigning them to the framework (James W. Sire's 7 aspects), and examine Paul's view of the gifts of the Holy Spirit in chapters 12-14. In addition, through the apostle Paul's view of the dialects (γλῶσσα) as'foreign language' and'unknown sound', we will consider how to view the dialect phenomenon prevalent in the modern church biblically and what its identity is.
      In this way, this paper will analyze the worldview of the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians. However, some worldviews will examine the problem of Paul's worldview, which is not covered by 1 Corinthians, by referring to other scriptures such as the Romans. Through this, we will find a solution to the problems of the modern church. This paper focuses on analyzing the divergence of meaning by singular and plural numbers of γλῶσσα used in 1 Corinthians 14 to draw clear biblical conclusions.