Saint Paul Wasn't Talking About Marriage

Saint Paul Wasn't Talking About Marriage

The wedding crashers in the eponymous film lounge in the pews, illegitimate as cuckoos and lay their bets: What reading will be offered during the ceremony?

"First Corinthians," Owen Wilson says, and his confidence is justified. "Love is patient, love is kind ... " the minister intones, and Vince Vaughn pays up. It's a funny moment, but frankly, not a particularly impressive feat. You don't have to be clairvoyant, nor even have attended dozens of weddings to predict this: Paul's first letter to the community at Corinth provides some of the very few Bible verses remotely congenial to the modern wedding service.

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