For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right inContinue reading “1 Corinthians 9: 17-27….As fit as I can be!”
Category Archives: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 9: 9-16….Woe to me!
For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh inContinue reading “1 Corinthians 9: 9-16….Woe to me!”
1 Corinthians 9: 1-10a….Who is more important? You or me?
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.This is my defense to those whoContinue reading “1 Corinthians 9: 1-10a….Who is more important? You or me?”
1 Corinthians 8: 7-13….This is not an encouragement to anorexia!
However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take careContinue reading “1 Corinthians 8: 7-13….This is not an encouragement to anorexia!”
1 Corinthians 8: 1-6….Do we worship idols?
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.Therefore, as to the eating of foodContinue reading “1 Corinthians 8: 1-6….Do we worship idols?”
1 Corinthians 7: 34-40….Advice continued.
And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good orderContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 34-40….Advice continued.”
1 Corinthians 7: 25-34….Advising not commanding.
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek toContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 25-34….Advising not commanding.”
1 Corinthians 7: 17-24….Called to Faithfulness
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time ofContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 17-24….Called to Faithfulness”
1 Corinthians 7: 10-16….To those converted after marriage..
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brotherContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 10-16….To those converted after marriage..”
1 Corinthians 7:1-9….Marriage – so important!
1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugalContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7:1-9….Marriage – so important!”
As I read it! 