“Remain in the Calling in Which You Were Called” (1 Cor 7:20): A Post Supersessionist Reading of 1 Corinthians

This essay explores how Paul negotiates and constructs social identity for the Christos-followers in Corinth from a post-supersessionist perspective by using Social Identity Theory. Focusing on close reading of two controversial passages taken 1 Corinthians (1 Cor 7:17–24 9:19–23), this argues that there is continuation existing identities both Jewish gentile Christos-followers. In Christos-movement, Jews were not expected to give up their place belonging order become Likewise, gentiles leave behind previous embrace practices people God who worship Israel. While continue, also creatively transforms them. Reflection implication contemporary ethnic Chinese Muslim-majority Malaysia offered.