You Can Fake It All

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Reader

The church at Corinth was ripe with problems. Very carnal. At the beginning of the chapter it speaks of receiving the grace of God in vain. In the beginning of the letter and also after the passages in question were written, Paul speaks of a man he wrote about in his previous letter that was openly living in sin. Obviously the believers acted upon his letter.

It is not about dress codes or anything of that nature.

Paul had a reason for telling the Corinthians to "come out from among them" and be separate. The church at Corinth had some who were joining pagans in worshiping in their temples.

They were also listening to false teachers. Some denied the resurrection (see 1 Cor. 15). Paul warned against their influence in the Christian church: "Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners" (1 Cor. 15:33). Some were led astray by the Judaizers (see 2 Cor. 3). Unfortunately, the Corinthians were receiving some of these false apostles (2 Cor. 11:4)

Whether or not it is about dress codes or "things of that nature" is up to the interpreter. Guess it depends on what "things of that nature" covers. I think it is obvious though that the main point was not to be associated with such. Whether or not that covers dressing like the world or "things of that nature" might again be up to the interpreter.