This work investigates the social dynamics within the Corinthian
community and the function of Pauls argumentation in the light of
those dynamics. The models of Victor Turner and Mary Douglas,
cultural anthropologists, guide the inquiry. Gordon concludes that
the conflict in 1 Corinthians 7 arose as the result of two
antithetical views of the root metaphor, In Christ all are children
of God, no male and female. One group supported a kinship system
based on patrilineal marriage and hierarchical community
structures. A second group demanded that an egalitarian sibling
relationship should order the community. Paul attempts to persuade
both factions that their commitment to each other and to him is
primary. His arguments encourage each group to reconsider the
absoluteness of its stance and to learn to live with ambiguity.
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