Seksuele reinheid voor die huwelik in Korinte in die eerste eeu nC

Abstract

<strong>Sexual purity before marriage in Corinth in the first century BC</strong><br /> A socio-historical overview on the ethical codes within Judaism, Hellenism, and early Christianity shows that very definite codes were in place. Sexual purity within Judaism was based on two aspects, namely a property code and an ethical code. Early Christianity inherited its sexual ethics from Judaism and has reinterpreted it in the light of the Gospel. The moral status of Corinth was to a great extent the outcome of its religious and social history. The Christian community existed within these circumstances, but experienced problems in coping with the moral situation of its time. The Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian communities existed alongside each other in the city of Corinth and each of these groups had a code of conduct for sexual purity. It would seem that the different ethical codes for sexual purity had much in common. Virginity was a prerequisite, especially for unmarried females

OFFERING THE GOSPEL ADAPANON : An interpretation and application of 1 Corinthians 9:18

“…The option of transporting goods between the harbours of Lechaeum and Cenchrea (and often through Corinth) was increasingly preferred to the shipping of goods around the danger ous and treacherous Peloponnesian coastline (Staff 2003:1). In 27 BC, at the start of the reign of Emperor Augustus, Corinth was established once more as the capital of the Roman province Achaia and the seat of the Roman government (Botha & Van Rensburg 2002:52 66, Myers 1987. The re introduction of the Isthmian Games between 7 BC and 3 AD attests to the status of Corinth as a leading city.…”