1 Corinthians 3:16-20 (WEL) Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him because the temple of God, which you are, is holy. 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems…
Chapter summary: Joseph Benson: “In this chapter, (1) The apostle reproves the Corinthians for their carnality and contentions about ministers, 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. (2) Shows the absurdity of such contentions, since ministers were but mere instruments in God’s hands, who could do nothing effectual toward the salvation of mankind without his aid, and who…
1 Corinthians 1:4-9 (WEL) I always express my gratitude to my God on your behalf for the grace bestowed upon you by Jesus Christ. 5 Because you were enriched in him in everything in all speech and all knowledge. 6 Just as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you, 7 So that you…
Romans 16:21-27 (WEL) Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you. 22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, my host, and the whole congregation greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you as well as Quartus, our brother. 24 The grace of…
Romans 15:23-27 (WEL) But now having no more opportunity in this area and having great desire for many years to come to you. 24 Whenever I take my journey to Spain, I will come to you, for I hope to see you on my journey and be assisted by you, if first I may…
Romans 15:7-13 (WEL) Therefore, accept one another as Christ also accepted us for God’s glory. 8 I say [to you] that Christ Jesus was a minister to the circumcision for God’s truth, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers. 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy, as it…
Romans 14:19-23 (WEL) Therefore, let us follow things that result in peace and things that can build up each other. 20 Don’t tear down the work of God on account of food. It’s true that everything is clean, but even so [it is] wrong for that person who eats, who feels he is doing…
Romans 14:13-18 (WEL) Therefore, we can’t condemn one another anymore; instead, condemn this: not to put a stumbling block or offending thing in [his] brother’s way. 14 I know and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus that nothing [is] unclean in itself, but to him, who considers something unclean, then to him, [it is]…
Romans 14:10-12 (WEL) So why do you judge your brother, or why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, “As I live,” says the Lord, “every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.” [Isaiah 45:23]…
Romans 14:5-9 (WEL) Someone decides that one day is more important than another. Someone else decides that every day [is alike]. Each one must be fully convinced in his mind. 6 The one who considers one day [more important] considers it as the Lord’s, and the one who doesn’t consider one day [more important]…