1 Corinthians 9:7-10 (WEL) Whoever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and doesn’t eat its fruit? Or who feeds the flock and doesn’t drink the flock’s milk? 8 Am I just talking like a man? Or doesn’t the law say the same thing also? 9 For it is written…
Proverbs 25:26 (WEL) A righteous man wavering before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring. God wants us to be bold. We are not to waver, grow weak, yield to evil people, teaching, comments, lifestyles, etc., that contradict the Bible. We must stand for the truth of the Bible. When…
Box Chapter Summary: Paul was certain that the strong brother had the freedom or right to eat the meat. He was just as certain that the knowledgeable brother must practice love and abstain from anything that would cause a weak brother to stumble. Christian liberty cannot provide a reason to act unloving. Paul used…
1 Corinthians 8:7-13 (WEL) 7 Nevertheless, not everyone [has] that knowledge, and some, with a weak conscience regarding the idol, at this present time eat [food] as being something offered to an idol. Thus, their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not make us more acceptable to God. We are not…
Chapter summary (Pett): “Paul now deals with a question central to the heart of every converted Gentile. In Corinth as in other Gentile cities idolatry entered into every part of life. It affected every aspect of life. The question then was how were Christians to approach the problem? “The main example dealt with in…
1 Corinthians 7:32-40 (WEL) I want you to be without worry. He who is unmarried worries about the Lord’s things, how he can please the Lord. 33 But he who is married does worry about the world’s things, how he can please his wife. 34 There is a difference also concerning a wife and…
1 Corinthians 7:25-31 (WEL) Now concerning virgins, I have no command from the Lord. Yet, I give my opinion as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord [and] to be faithful. 26 Therefore, I think it is best for this present distress that it is better for you to remain as you are.…
1 Corinthians 7:20-24 (WEL) 20 Everyone should remain in the same calling in which he was called. 21 Are you called while a slave? Don’t worry about it. But if you can be free, do so! 22 For he who is called in the Lord, while a slave, is the Lord’s freeman. In the…
“By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:4, NKJV) They show us: God’s character God’s power to fulfill God’s knowledge of the future Our joy…
1 Corinthians 7:17-19 (WEL) But only as God allotted to everyone, as the Lord has called everyone, so let them live their lives. So, I have stipulated in all the congregations. 18 Is any man called [being] already circumcised? He shouldn’t become uncircumcised. Is any man called while uncircumcised? He shouldn’t become circumcised. 19…