1 Corinthians 5:11-13Good News Translation 11 What I meant was that you should not associate with a person who calls himself a believer but is immoral or greedy or worships idols or is a slanderer or a drunkard or a thief. Don't even sit down to eat with such a person....
Paul seeks to expose the lack of true spiritual authority among the arrogant, reminding the Corinthians of the need for authentic, Spirit-led leadership. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - I will come to you shortly (Philippians 2:24; 2 Timothy 4:9). He came soon after writing the Second ...
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”Douay-Rheims BibleIf (according to man) I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me, if the dead rise not again? Let us...
Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?English Standard VersionWhat do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?Berean Study BibleWhich do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a ...
Paul wrote 1 Corinthians sometime in the mid-50s A.D. Previously, he had ministered in Corinth, a city in southern Greece, perhaps for around a year and a half, leaving behind a collection of believers in Jesus. After Paul left town, these folks continued to meet together in a regular...
The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it;that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; ...
1 Corinthians 3:5-7 New International Version 5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither ...
ἵνα ἐν ἡμῖν μάθητετὸ Μὴ ὑπὲρ ὃ γέγραπταιφρονεῖν ...that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written...1 Corinthians 4.6, ESV
What does 1 Corinthians 7:17 mean? Previous verses contained Paul's instruction that Christians who are married should stay married and that single people should not necessarily seek to be married. In other words, people ought not seek to change their marital status as if one option or the...
God refers to us as children. The New Testament writers frequently referred to each other as brothers and sisters. Paul writes of the "household of God." The idea of adoption is one of the most powerful in the Bible. What could be wrong with the metaphor of family? If we are not sen...