In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 15:1-34 The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection 15 Now I make known to you, brothers and sisters, the gospel which I preached to you, which you also received, in which you also stand, 2 by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, […]
Peace Not Confusion
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 14 Prophecy a Superior Gift 14 Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. 2 For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries. 3 But the one who […]
The Greatest Of These Is Love
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 13 The Excellence of Love 13 If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift ofprophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all […]
For The Common Good
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 12 The Use of Spiritual Gifts 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be unaware. 2 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I make known to you that no one […]
God’s Created Order
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 11:2-34 2 Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you. 3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and […]
Examples For Us
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 9:1–11:1 Paul’s Use of Freedom 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of […]
Don’t Be A Stumbling Block
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 8 Take Care with Your Liberty 8 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes one conceited, but love edifies people. 2 If anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know; 3 but if anyone loves God, he […]
Til’ Death Do Us Part
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 7 Teaching on Marriage 7 Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. 3 The husband must fulfill […]
Do Not Be Deceived
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 5-6 Sexual Immorality Rebuked 5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, namely, that someone has his father’s wife. 2 You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the […]
Build On A Firm Foundation
In The Word Read: 1 Corinthians 3-4 Foundations for Living 3 And I, brothers and sisters, could not speak to you as spiritual people, but only as fleshly, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are […]