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First Corinthians 9--Ministerial rights, part 1

In chapter 9 Paul seems to stray briefly from the topic of a believer’s freedom to eat meat sacrificed to idols to a discussion of apostolic freedom as a whole. Apparently,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/05-2017/first-corinthians-9-ministerial-rights-part-1/

First Corinthians 8--Meat sacrificed to idols, Part 2

1 Corinthians 8:8, 9 says, 8 But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat [meat sacrificed to idols], nor the better if we do eat. 9 But take… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/05-2017/first-corinthians-8-meat-sacrificed-to-idols-part-2/

First Corinthians 8--Meat sacrificed to idols, Part 1

Knowing the distinction between knowledge and love is the key to church unity. Matters of conscience tend to bring disunity, and love, rather than force, is the only godly path to… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/04-2017/first-corinthians-8-meat-sacrificed-to-idols-part-1/

First Corinthians 8--Knowledge and Love

Some things are universally acknowledged as truth. Other things are universally acknowledged as false. But many things fall into a disputed realm of disagreement, where one man’s… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/04-2017/first-corinthians-8-knowledge-and-love/

First Corinthians 7--Being Married in Times of Distress, Part 2

After telling the Corinthian church that “the present distress” had made it advisable not to be married, he suggests another advantage to being single. 1 Corinthians 7:32-34 says,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/04-2017/first-corinthians-7-being-married-in-times-of-distress-part-2/

First Corinthians 7--Being Married in Times of Distress, Part 1

Being married binds together a husband and wife. So Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:39, “a wife is bound as long as her husband lives.” This is not bondage as such, but it does… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/04-2017/first-corinthians-7-being-married-in-times-of-distress-part-1/

First Corinthians 7--On Being Free Slaves

In his discussion about circumcision, Paul concludes in 1 Corinthians 7:20, 20 Let each man remain in that condition in which he was called. In other words, believers ought… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/04-2017/first-corinthians-4-on-being-free-slaves/

First Corinthians 7--Circumcision

1 Corinthians 7:18-20 says, 18 Was any man called already circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. 19… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/04-2017/first-corinthians-7-circumcision/

First Corinthians 7--Marriage and Celibacy, Final

1 Corinthians 7:15 says, 15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. To… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-7-marriage-and-celibacy-final/

First Corinthians 7--Marriage and Celibacy, Part 2

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:8, 9, 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-7-marriage-and-celibacy-part-2/

First Corinthians 7--Marriage and Celibacy, Part 1

Having completed his discussion of church purity and morality that needed a definitive command to observe the law and refrain from sin, Paul now turns his attention to two… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-7-marriage-and-celibacy-part-1/

First Corinthians 6--The Body and God's Rights

Paul’s refutation of Sophistry in 1 Corinthians 6:12-14 was intended to show the contrast between Greek wisdom (sophia) and Hebrew wisdom (chokmah). Sophia is based upon soulish… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-7-the-body-and-gods-rights/

First Corinthians 6--The Error of Sophistry

According to Ferrar Fenton, 1 Corinthians 6:12-14 is a mini-debate that Paul sets up with the Sophists, one of the many forms of Greek philosophy. Sophistry differed from other… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-6-the-error-of-sophistry/

First Corinthians 6--Inheriting the Kingdom

Paul expected believers not only to have faith and to exercise spiritual gifts, but also to grow to spiritual maturity and to learn the laws of God, so that they could resolve… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-6-inheriting-the-kingdom/

First Corinthians 6--Responsibility to Judge

Paul used the case of the immoral believer as a springboard to teach the church about its duty and responsibility to learn the art of righteous judgment. 1 Corinthians 6:1 says,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-6-responsibility-to-judge/

First Corinthians 5--The Leavened Church

The Corinthian church was proud of its spirituality, but their soulishness was evident in their actions. Soulishness had led them to divide into factions that followed men, rather… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-5-the-leavened-church/

First Corinthians 5--Judging Immoral Believers

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 5:1, 1 It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-5-judging-immoral-believers/

First Corinthians 4--Paul as a Father

In 1 Corinthians 4:14 Paul told this church that they were his “beloved children,” because he was the one who had established that assembly by the preaching of the gospel in… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-4-paul-as-a-father/

First Corinthians 4--Getting an Early Inheritance?

In 1 Corinthians 4:6 Paul identifies pride as being the source of division and faction. Pride causes me to go beyond (or transgress) the commands of Scripture, when in reality we… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-4-getting-an-early-inheritance/

First Corinthians 4--Stewards and Judges

After Paul makes it clear that we all belong to Christ, and so we are all His servants, he says in 1 Corinthians 4:1, 2, 1 Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/03-2017/first-corinthians-4-stewards-and-judges/

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