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Theological Principle or Christological Praxis? Pauline Ethics in 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1

Department of Theology, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QH

This article offers a coherent reading of a complex and difficult passage (1 Cor. 8.1- 11.1). It is argued that Paul accepts as legitimate the 'right' of the strong to eat idol- meat and does not rule out participating in activities at the temples, but offers his own example (in chapter 9) as a Christ-like pattern of the giving up of legitimate rights in the interests of others. He calls the strong Corinthians to imitate him in imitation of Christ (11.1). Paul agrees with the theological principles cited by the strong in sup port of their right (8.1-6), but argues that Christian ethical conduct is founded not upon such principles, but upon a Christological praxis—a pattern of action shaped by the self-giving of Christ.

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