1 Corinthians 15:30-32 New International Version 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? 31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what ...
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...
So, now at this point, we understand the vileness of the usage of Dogs and Pigs in 7:6. Did Jesus actually call anyone by those names, not necessarily, yet the use of these adjectives describes the unholiness of an unbeliever and that discernment is necessary in order to understand who ...
it is raised a spiritual body” (1 Cor. 15:44). Surely, Paul is not denying the physical nature and bodiliness of our resurrection. We know this because Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:49 that our bodies will be imaged after Jesus’ resurrected...
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...
1 Corinthians happens to be one of my favorite books and I have always found 1 Corinthians 7 interesting. I don’t particularly think Paul saw a split between marriage and service to God. We can serve God to the full even in our marriages. Paul remained single because His mission was a...
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),...
7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome 8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all ...
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...
(Romans 2:7)Notice Paul uses the word "seek" when speaking of immortality. None of these attributes he lists here are inherent to mankind. If they were, then the word "seek" would clearly be out of place. Again, Paul did not believe the Greek philosophers who taught the immortality of...