Tag: 1 Corinthians

[:en]MARRIAGE (vs. 1-40) Sexual temptations are difficult to withstand so that God provides marriage as a way to satisfy these natural sexual desires.  Married couples should not withold themselves sexually from one another.  They should fulfill each others need and desire. The Corinthian Christians asked Paul many questions:  “If my spouse is unsaved, should I… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 7[:]

[:en]LAWSUITS AMONG BELIEVERS (vs. 1-11) Paul taught the congregation to settle disagreement among believers and not in front of unbelievers.  The legal system that handles disagreement in the society is resolved in secular court.  But Christians do not have to go to a secular court to resolve their differences.  As christians, we have the Holy… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 6[:]

[:en]EXPEL THE IMMORAL BROTHER (vs. 1-13) The Corinthian church did not deal with a specific sin in the church.  A man was having an affair with his father’s wife (stepmother.) The church was ignoring the issue and Paul insisted that the church had the responsibility to maintain the standard of morality in God’s laws.  God… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 5[:]

[:en]APOSTLES OF CHRIST (VS. 1-21) Paul urged the Corinthian believers to regard him and Apollos as servants of Christ entrusted with the secrets of God.  The Lord was his maaster, so he did what the Lord told him to do. We are not to judge anyone but to wait till the Lord comes because only… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 4[:]

[:en]Divisions in the Church (vs. 1-23) Paul considered the Corinthiian Christians worldly because they were mere infants in Christ.   There were jealousy and quarreling among them.  The believers split in factions pledging loyalty to diffrent teachers. God’s work involves many diffrent individuals to build up the church.  It is a teamwork each performing his own… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 3[:]

[:en]Paul was a brilliant scholar, but he shared the message of Jesus Christ not by his keen intellect or speaking ability but by allowing the Holy Spirit to guide His words. Wisdom from the Spirit (vs. 6-16) God’s secret wisdom which was hidden, was his offer of salvation to all people.  This was originally unknown… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Cortinthians 2[:]

[:en]Introduction: (vs. 1-3) The city of Corinth was a wealthy trading center located in the Medeterianian facing Ephesus across the Aegean Sea.  It was a city with great diversity of wealth, religion and moral standards.  The Romans made it the captial of Achaia (present day Greece) because it offered Rome great profits through trading and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 1[:]

[:en]Paul gave instructions to the Corinthian church to help the needy (vs. 2-3).  He urged them to accept the leaders of the church (vs. 10-12).  He cautioned them:  “Be on guard, stand firm in the faith, be men of courage; be strong.  Do everything in love” (vs. 13-14)  He advised them to accord those who… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 16[:]

[:en]RESURRECTION: Jesus died, was buried and had risen on the third day.  He is alive.  All who believe in Him shall also be resurrected with an imperishable body. “Listen, I tell you a mystery:  We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 15[:]

[:en]Speaking in tongues speaks to God and it edifies himself.  But prophecies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement, comfort and edifies the church. (vs. 3-4)  Paul would rather the believers to prophesy so that the church may be edified. (v. 5) “Worship must be orderly because God is not a God of disorder but… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 1 Corinthians 14[:]