In Ryan Coogler's "Sinners", the preacher Jedidah Moore (Saul Williams) asks his son Sammie Moore (Miles Caton) to read 1 Corinthians 10:13: "You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is tempted. But God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much, and he will show you how to escape from your temptations." Toni Morrison's novel "The Bluest Eye" (1970) also refers to that book: "[Aunt Jimmy] nodded in drowsy appreciation as the words from First Corinthians droned over her." And Morrison's "Song of Solomon" (1977) even has a character named First Corinthians. These references make me wonder what role First Corinthians plays in African-American culture. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 1 June 2025)