1 Corinthians is a challenging book because of how messed up the church in Corinth was at the time this epistle was written and how many issues the apostle Paul had to address. It has also been misread at times to say things that Paul probably wasn't saying such as women should always stay silent in church and not take any major roles in the church as a modern reading of ch. 14 would have us think. Mr. Wright's great gift throughout all of his writings is his ability to put the New Testament in its original context and, thus, glean new insights out of the text for us. And in this book he shows that he can put Paul's letters in their correct Greek context as much as he could put other scriptures, like the Gospels, into their correct Jewish context. Mr. Wright's interpretations of difficult chapters, like the aforementioned ch. 14 and others, are great and helped me see the text in a new light as well as to question practices of the church in a modern context. This is one of Mr. Wright's best commentaries in the series so far and I highly recommend this book to all my brothers and sisters in Christ whether they are new converts or have been a part of the faith for a while.