The letter of 1 Corinthians is one of several letters written back and forth between Paul and a small church in a major metropolitan city in Ancient Greece. To many zealous Christian communities (like this one), believing in the resurrection of Jesus meant that God was giving religious followers access to the kind of power that they coveted, but could not get in this world. But for Paul, the resurrection of Jesus meant the opposite of that - only a life shaped by His cross leads to life.