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1 Corinthians 1:5 —1:5: that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;This verse should be read in conjunction with verse 26. Paul knew these Christians were not from the upper crust of Corinthian culture. Most of them were poor or from

1 Corinthians 1:6 —1:6: even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:This verse is very similar to 1 Thessalonians 1:5. When Paul and the other apostles went into an area to preach and teach, they “confirmed” (bebaioo, to confirm, establish, guarantee)

1 Corinthians 1:7-8 —1:7-8: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, (that ye be) unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.These two verses are related to the preceding

1 Corinthians 11:18 —11:18: For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.When someone says “first of all” we normally expect him to have a second point. There is no clear second point

1 Corinthians 11:30 —11:30: For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.As noted in the comments on verse 29, this congregation had several problems. It was a place of strife and division (verses 18-19), Christians refused to share their food

1 Corinthians 12:8 —12:8: For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:Here Paul reminded the Corinthians of how all the supernatural gifts of the Spirit were being “given” (didomi),

1 Corinthians 13 overview —Introduction to 1 Corinthians 13:1-13:Some consider 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 the “love chapter of the Bible” or a “parenthetical description of love,” but this chapter is actually an integral part of Paul’s discussion about

1 Corinthians 14:26 —14:26b: hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifyingIn addition to the Corinthians bringing psalms to their assemblies (the first part of verse 26), some also brought a “teaching”

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 —15:1-2: Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, 2 by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.The chapter

1 Corinthians 16:5-9 —16:5-9: But I will come unto you, when I shall have passed through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia; 6 but with you it may be that I shall abide, or even winter, that ye may set me forward on my journey whithersoever I go. 7 For I do not wish

1 Corinthians 2:3-5 —2:3-5: And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of

1 Corinthians 3:1-2 —3:1-2: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able (to bear it): nay, not even now are ye able;There is a clear connection

1 Corinthians 3:3-4 —3:3-4: for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men? 4 For when one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not men?The information in verse

1 Corinthians 3:8-9 —3:8-9: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow-workers: ye are God’s husbandry, God’s building.In the earlier verses it was noted

1 Corinthians 4:18-19 —4:18-19: Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of them that are puffed up, but the power.In order to grasp the importance of verse 18, it is necessary

1 Corinthians 4:3-4 —4:3-4: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.In the previous

1 Corinthians 5:3-5 —5:3-5: For I verily, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already as though I were present judged him that hath so wrought this thing, 4 in the name of our Lord Jesus, ye being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord

1 Corinthians 6:15 —6:15: Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.Anyone who is even remotely familiar with the world knows about sexual immorality. Married people

1 Corinthians 6:5-6 —6:5-6: I say (this) to move you to shame. What, cannot there be (found) among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren, 6 but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?The word “shame” (entrope)

1 Corinthians 7:19 —7:19: Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.Any ancient Jew would have been shocked by hearing a Christian say, “circumcision is nothing.” Circumcision, the removal of the male