Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head ofContinue reading “1 Corinthians 11 1-8….What do head coverings have to do with it?”
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1 Corinthians 10:23-33….“All things are lawful.”
“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. For “the earth is theContinue reading “1 Corinthians 10:23-33….“All things are lawful.””
1 Corinthians 10: 14-22….Consider fleeing!
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread,Continue reading “1 Corinthians 10: 14-22….Consider fleeing!”
1 Corinthians 10: 1-13….Learn the Lessons of History!
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank fromContinue reading “1 Corinthians 10: 1-13….Learn the Lessons of History!”
1 Corinthians 9: 17-27….As fit as I can be!
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!”
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?”
Ecclesiastes 7 :1-7….The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly
A good name is better than precious ointment,and the day of death than the day of birth.It is better to go to the house of mourningthan to go to the house of feasting,for this is the end of all mankind,and the living will lay it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter,for by sadness ofContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 7 :1-7….The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly”
Ecclesiastes 6: 7-12….Would you like to rewrite this?
All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: thisContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 6: 7-12….Would you like to rewrite this?”
Ecclesiastes 6: 1-6….Is this hyperbole?
I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind: God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.A man may haveContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 6: 1-6….Is this hyperbole?”
As I read it! 