As Paul ends the letter we know as 1 Corinthians, he reminds them that they are in a world that views the things of God as foolishness. As Christians, they are to in 1 Corinthians 16:13 (LEB) “Be on the…
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In Christ All Will be Made Alive
We are born into this natural world and as we come to know Jesus Christ, we are born into the kingdom of God, but we still have this natural body. Paul instructs the Corinthians in the ways of the Holy…
Now You Are the Body of Christ
From divisions and differences in the church, Paul moves to spiritual gifts. And while many focus on the diversity of these gifts, Paul actually lays them out using the trinity as the example of unity with diversity. Many have heard…
Happy Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day February is traditionally the month for Valentines. This custom of sending a note to your “Valentine” adorned with a red heart, a personal poem, an inscription that declares your love, grew in popularity in England and France…
Become Imitators of Me Just as I am of Christ
Paul admonishes people to 1 Corinthians 11:1 (LEB) Become imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. This isn’t to assert his authority as an apostle, although he does have this authority, Paul’s message is to direct people…
I Want You to be Free From Care
The Corinthians are caught up in the living of their natural lives and Paul wants them to be unencumbered from the things of this world saying “I want you to be free from care” in 1 Corinthians 7:32. Paul is…
A Great and Effective Door Has Opened
Paul is writing to believers in Corinth some twenty years after Jesus in Luke 24:46–47 “said to them, “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance…
These Three Remain: Faith Hope and Love
Paul teaches believers to understand their differences the way God does. Just as God made our bodies with many parts, and we appreciate and use them all, so we should view the body of Christ. There is in our fallen…
Proclaim the Lord’s Death Until He Comes
Paul tells the believers in 1 Corinthians 10:23 “All things are permitted, but not all things are profitable”, then points them to Jesus Christ our example in 1 Corinthians 11:1 Become imitators of me, just as I also am of…
Those Who Proclaim the Gospel
The church in Corinth has not supported Paul in his work as the one that brought them the gospel or as an apostle. He gives them examples from life in the world, they would feed an ox working for them.…
The Saints Will Judge the World
Paul brings correction, first reminding believers of their position with God in Christ in 1 Corinthians 6:2 “do you not know that the saints will judge the world?”. Even more than that, in 1 Corinthians 6:3 “Do you not know…
Speak the Hidden Wisdom of God
Paul wrote to the believers about a wisdom, not the wisdom of this world, but in 1 Corinthians 2:7 “the hidden wisdom of God”. This wisdom, in 1 Corinthians 2:10 “God has revealed them through the Spirit”. And though he…
The Cross is the Power of God
We often hear about Paul and his missionary journeys and he was active in planting churches and they grew. But we find here that Paul is admonishing them in 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name…
There Is One Lord Jesus Christ
Throughout this letter, Paul is leading the people in the Corinthian Church to one central point in 1 Corinthians 8:6 (LEB) yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we are for him, and there…