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If he is being sarcastic, then this is a devastating rebuttal to Church-state mergers (e.g., Rome, Erastianism). If he is not being sarcastic, then it lends impetus to to Church-dominant (e.g., in the political sense) societies.
| I think Paul is being sarcastic, but I am not sure he is addressing the church-state relationship in this passage. He is addressing the Corinthian's claim of higher wisdom, gifts, etc, yet their lives practically demonstrated their lack of true wisdom. Am I missing why you are drawing the connection here? |
That sums it up. If one of the problems in Corinth was an overly realized eschatology, then they would be tempted, seeing similar promises in Scripture about reigning, to view themselves as already reigning. This is related to the puffed up wisdom. And when Paul rebuts one, he rebuts the rest.