從第七章開始，保羅回答了哥林多信徒提出的一系列問題。
        •獨身比結婚好嗎？
        •基督徒可以吃祭拜過偶像的食物嗎？
        •福音的使者宜從他的事工得養生嗎？
        •如果某個行為是合法的就是可行的嗎？
        保羅根據舊約經文及基督的教導，說明了上帝對婚姻和基督徒的自由的看法。

        你想不想作第一世紀「哥林多教會」的創始會員？為什麼？
        保羅在他第二次宣教旅行時，打定主意前往哥林多城並非偶然。此行的危險性很高；該城具有策略性的地位；工作的壓力也很大。保羅知道，在這個國際十字路口上，若能產生令人信服的福音見證，便很可能改變該城、該省，甚至整個世界！
        上帝仍在將祂的兒女安置於具有策略性的地點上－－你在婚姻上的純淨和與上帝同心的熱心能使那個地方改觀。你的城市可能也像昔日的哥林多，因罪惡著稱。今天開始為你的城市禱告，使她變得因福音的見證而出名。並求上帝讓這樣的見證從你身上開始。

        墮落的哥林多城
        哥林多位於愛琴海和亞得里亞海之間的狹窄地峽，由於它的策略性地位，該城吸引了世界各地的貿易－－隨之而來的是世界各宗教的影響。哥林多城內大小廟宇、神龕充斥，其中最突出的要數位於一千八百呎高之山頂上的阿佛洛狄忒(Aphrodite)神廟。這個世界性的中心，不論娛樂、罪惡、和傷風敗俗的事都很興盛。她的墮落之名甚為昭彰，最後，「像哥林多人」這個用語就成了淫蕩的同義字。

這世界遠比基督徒所預期的更需要接受福音。

English

        Beginning with chapter 7, Paul answers a series of questions raised by the believers in Corinth:
        • Is celibacy better than marriage?
        • Is it permissible for Christians to eat meat offered to idols?
        • Is it proper for a minister of the gospel to derive his living from that ministry?
        • If an action is lawful, is it therefore permissible?
        Building on Old Testament quotations and Christ's teachings, Paul sets forth God's perspective on marriage and Christian liberty.

        Would you want to have been a charter member of the first-century "Church of Corinth"? Why or why not?
        It was no accident that Paul aimed for the city of Corinth on his second missionary journey. The stakes were high; the location was strategic; the pressures were enormous. But Paul knew that a clear, convincing gospel witness in that cosmopolitan crossroads could potentially change the city, the province, and indeed the world!
        God is still in the business of placing His children in strategic locations—locations where the purity of your marriage and the zeal of your walk with God can make a difference. Your town, like Corinth of old, may be notorious for its wickedness. Begin to pray today that it will become "notorious" rather for its gospel witness. And ask God to let that witness begin with you!

        Key Facts About Corrupt Corinth —
        Because of its strategic location on the narrow isthmus between the Aegean and Adriatic seas, Corinth attracted worldwide commerce—and with it, worldwide religious influences. The city became filled with shrines and temples, the most prominent being the Temple of Aphrodite atop the 1,800-foot prominence overlooking the city. This cosmopolitan center thrived on entertainment, vice, and corruption. Eventually, the city became so notorious for its immorality that the term "to act like a Corinthian" became a synonym for debauchery.

The world is far more ready to receive the Gospel than Christians are to hand it out.