15 Three Roadblocks

Essay 2
Sex
Three Roadblocks

In the previous section of the essay (2.1) Paul cut the Gordian knot. He told the Corinthians to remove the offender from the fellowship of the church. Here he discusses head-on three aspects of this case of incest that must be dealt with. These are not “asides” in the sense of
“irrelevant topics” that interrupt the flow of Paul’s argument. If Paul fails to discuss them, for the remainder of the essay the readers will mentally be saying “Yes, but…” and dismiss his argument…

Taken from Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey