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://old.godskingdom.org/blog/2017/03/first-corinthians-5-the-leavened-church

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, ……
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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 dis……
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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 ph……
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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 u……
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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 questio……
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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 th……
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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. ……
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The sixth seal, Part 3

More than a month ago we left off with Revelation 6:14, which speaks of the “scroll” of the word being rolled up, implying that the revelation was sealed up. While no seal is ment……
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The sealing, part 1

The sixth seal, as we have seen, starts with the martyrdom and persecution of the saints and ends with “the great day of their wrath” (Revelation 6:17). This day of “wrath” is pic……
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