First Epistle to the Corinthians

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New Testament epistle Pauline epistle book of the Bible

The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a letter in the Christian Bible traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, addressing doctrinal issues, moral conduct, and church unity within the early Christian community in Corinth.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
First Epistle to the Corinthians canonical	31
1 Corinthians	14
1 Corinthians 10	1
1 Corinthians 4	1
First Corinthians	1
Letter to the Corinthians	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T690515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Epistle to the Corinthians
Context triple: [New Testament, contains, First Epistle to the Corinthians]

A. First Epistle to the Thessalonians
The First Epistle to the Thessalonians is a New Testament letter addressing an early Christian community, offering encouragement, ethical instruction, and teaching about Christ’s return.
B. Second Epistle to the Corinthians
The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is a New Testament letter addressing the early Christian community in Corinth, focusing on themes of apostolic authority, reconciliation, and the nature of Christian ministry.
C. Epistle to the Romans
The Epistle to the Romans is a letter written by the Apostle Paul that presents a foundational theological exposition of sin, salvation, and righteousness by faith, and is one of the most influential books in Christian theology.
D. 1 Corinthians 15
1 Corinthians 15 is a New Testament chapter in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians that presents a foundational exposition of Christ’s resurrection and the future resurrection of believers.
E. First Epistle to Timothy
The First Epistle to Timothy is a New Testament pastoral letter offering guidance on church leadership, doctrine, and Christian conduct, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul and addressed to his protégé Timothy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First Epistle to the Corinthians
Target entity description: The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a letter in the Christian Bible traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul, addressing doctrinal issues, moral conduct, and church unity within the early Christian community in Corinth.

A. First Epistle to the Thessalonians
The First Epistle to the Thessalonians is a New Testament letter addressing an early Christian community, offering encouragement, ethical instruction, and teaching about Christ’s return.
B. Second Epistle to the Corinthians
The Second Epistle to the Corinthians is a New Testament letter addressing the early Christian community in Corinth, focusing on themes of apostolic authority, reconciliation, and the nature of Christian ministry.
C. Epistle to the Romans
The Epistle to the Romans is a letter written by the Apostle Paul that presents a foundational theological exposition of sin, salvation, and righteousness by faith, and is one of the most influential books in Christian theology.
D. 1 Corinthians 15
1 Corinthians 15 is a New Testament chapter in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians that presents a foundational exposition of Christ’s resurrection and the future resurrection of believers.
E. First Epistle to Timothy
The First Epistle to Timothy is a New Testament pastoral letter offering guidance on church leadership, doctrine, and Christian conduct, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul and addressed to his protégé Timothy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

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instanceOf	New Testament epistle ⓘ Pauline epistle ⓘ book of the Bible ⓘ
addressee	Christian church in Corinth ⓘ Corinthian Christians ⓘ
addressesTopic	divisions in the church ⓘ food sacrificed to idols ⓘ head coverings in worship ⓘ lawsuits among believers ⓘ love ⓘ marriage and singleness ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ sexual immorality ⓘ spiritual gifts ⓘ the Lord’s Supper ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
biblicalOrder	seventh book of the New Testament ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical scripture ⓘ
containsChapter	1 Corinthians 1 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 10 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 11 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 12 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 13 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 14 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 15 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 16 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 2 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 3 ⓘ First Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 Corinthians 4 1 Corinthians 5 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 6 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 7 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 8 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 9 ⓘ
followedBy	Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
follows	Epistle to the Romans ⓘ
genre	epistle ⓘ theological letter ⓘ
keyConcept	Christian love (agape) ⓘ body of Christ as metaphor for the church ⓘ resurrection of Christ and believers ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
notablePassage	1 Corinthians 13 ⓘ 1 Corinthians 15 ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Bible New Testament ⓘ
primaryTheme	church unity ⓘ doctrinal instruction ⓘ moral conduct ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
shortName	First Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 Corinthians First Epistle to the Corinthians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Corinthians
testament	New Testament ⓘ
title	First Epistle to the Corinthians self-link ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle

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