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APPENDIX 1

Common Themes in 1 Corinthians and Amos
The book of Amos concludes with a vision of the future when “the booth of David” will inherit “all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called” (Amos 9:12, my translation). This looks suspiciously like the opening of 1 Corinthians, where Paul affirms that he is writing to the Corinthians together with “all those upon whom my name is called in every place” (my translation). Are they related?…

Taken from Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey