Tag: 1 Corinthians

When believers have grievances with other believers they should have their dispute judged by a believer rather than by an unbeliever. They salient air their duty laundry publicly.

The Mennonite/Amish custom of shunning is based on this counsel from Paul that the saints have nothing to do with a brother who is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner.

I never processed before how much moral depravity was to be found among the Corinthian saints, and Paul notes that among their members is someone (it sounds like a single individual) who is guilty of things the gentiles wouldn’t even speak of. This kind of wickedness in the church drives away the honest in heart.

Considering how forcefully Paul explains that Christ is the only foundation and that all those who labor in His work, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephus, were not to be accounted of personally – that the value from their work was all due to Chris – it was surprising to see Paul invite the people…

Each person comes to understand life and its components through the lens of their personal experiences and circumstances. We speak from our own unique positions and whatever the topics are subjective in any way (even the ones we expect to be objective) our personal understanding colors or speech while the personal understanding of our listeners…

I think it’s natural to be drawn to some leaders of the church more than others based on our personalities and/or interests and I think that is the root of the divisions that Paul is talking about. The keyis that while we may hold extra affinity toward some leaders we need to make sure that…

1 Corinthians 16 I have the feeling that Timotheus that Paul writes about here is the same Timothy to whom he addressed an epistle which we have later in the now testament. I also wonder if this epistle was written at approximately the same time as the other.

1 Corinthians 15 Paul seems to say that Peter saw the risen Christ before the other apostles and later He meet with James before again meeting with the whole quorum of apostles.

1 Corinthians 13 – 14 I believe I have come to understand in recent years how realistically a person could have the gift if prophecy or do any of the other things Paul mentions here and not have charity. I know because I have been gaining charity and I can recognize how hollow my spiritual…