“Dealing with Immorality in the Church” (1 Cor. 5:1-8)
Until this point, Paul has been dealing with the problem of divisions in the church. Now he moves on to a second problem, which also threatens to infect the entire body…
KEEP READING“Children in the Faith” (1 Corinthians 4:14-21)
Paul’s opening concern has been the divisions in the church over their allegiance to various teachers. Paul challenged their immaturity and arrogance and in 4:8-13 used sarcasm [...]
KEEP READING“What do you have that you did not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:6-13)
Since the 5th verse of chapter 3, Paul has been talking about himself and Apollos – what their roles in ministry were, how they were different, how they were alike, how neither o [...]
KEEP READING“The Time for Judgment” (1 Corinthians 3:18 – 4:5)
Paul rebukes the immaturity of the Corinthians in Chapter 3. Now he continues with the themes of wisdom and judgment and becomes more direct in asking them to act…
KEEP READING“Building with Care”
There were divisions in the Corinthian church because people were claiming loyalty to certain teachers against others instead of being united in Christ. Paul rebukes their immaturi [...]
KEEP READING“Spiritual Maturity” (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)
At the end of chapter 2, Paul defended his simple style of preaching, saying that he did speak a message of wisdom to those who were mature and spiritual, but that his message must [...]
KEEP READINGThe Source of True Wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)
Paul began chapter 2 by explaining that He did not come with excellence of speech or worldly wisdom because he wanted the faith of his hearers to depend upon the power of God. As [...]
KEEP READING“All Glory to God Alone”
Paul shows in this passage that God’s glory is displayed in our salvation because He has chosen to work through what is lowly, weak, and even foolish in the eyes of the world.
KEEP READING“A Call to Unity”
Paul reminds us that as the Church, we exist in Christ. Since the Church exists in Christ, we must express our unity in Christ
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