Why did Paul write 1 Corinthians? Why was one of Jesus' names The Storyteller? Why did monotheism become popular? Who was Jesus's first apostle? Why is the number 40 significant in the Bible? Why is the Talmud important to Judaism?
1 Corinthians 15:29 Or, on behalf of, with reference to, for the sake of, because of. Paul’s meaning is uncertain. Some think he is sarcastically referring to some pagan practice of proxy baptism familiar to the Corinthians, but otherwise unknown to us. Others think he means ‘because ...
resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Christ did not rise, Christianity would not have existed. Paul wrote, “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty” (1 Corinthians 15:13...
If you are asking yourself if Jesus did this on purpose, of course he did. Jesus shared the meaning with his disciples with full disclosure. They knew Him to be the messiah, and just in case they needed the clarification of the parable, He gave it to them. (For reference take a look...
There is some truth to this, especially depending on how you understand the prophecy ofDaniel’s 70 Weeks(Daniel 9:24-27). It may be that Jesus had to come when He did to complete the prophecy given 490 years earlier. Also, in relation to this, Paul writes that Jesus came “at the...
“ungodly” state, which, according to verse 7, involved a state of sin whereby they were interiorly defiled. But the good news is that both Paul and the Roman Christians were taken out of that state of defilement due to, as Paul writes, “[T] the love of God [that] has been ...
A third positive reason for the practice of the invocation of the saints is that St. Paul instructs us not to refuse help from other members of the mystical body of Christ. We’ve covered 1 Corinthians 12:20-21 a couple of times already, and it bears repeating again here: “There are...
Paul writes that the love of Christ surpasses all knowledge (Ephesians 3:19). Someone who has the precious gift of prophecy, and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and is able to convince a mountain to move out of his way, but has no love, is nothing (1 Corinthians 13:2),...
Paul said to Timothy: “Preach the word.” He did not say preach the word if you find it. He said, “preach the word." This means that he had a copy of the Word of God. Then he said to him: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for d...
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome 23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my ...