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2 Corinthians 3:4-6 (WEL) Such confidence we have through Christ toward God, 5 Not that we are self-qualified, but our qualification is from God, 6 Who has also made us qualified to be servants of the New Covenant, not of the letter but of the spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives…
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2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (WEL) Paul’s Motivation Was Not to Hurt Them 1 I, myself, made up my mind about this, that I would not come to you again in sadness. 2 For if I make you sad, who is the one who will make me happy, except those whom I made sad? 3 So…
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1 Corinthians 11:23-25 (WEL) 23 For I have received from the Lord that which I also passed on to you—that the Lord Jesus on the very same night while he was being betrayed took bread, 24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat, for this is my body…
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1 Corinthians 11:17-22 (WEL) Now concerning what I’m going to tell you, I don’t praise you, for you don’t assemble together for the best but for the worst. 18 First of all, when you assemble together in the congregation, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. 19 For…
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1 Corinthians 9:13-16 (WEL) Don’t you know that those who work around the sacred things live from the things of the temple? And that those who serve at the altar jointly share from the altar? 14 Even so, the Lord has made arrangements that those who are preaching the Good News should make their…
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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…
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1 Corinthians 6:6-11 (WEL) Instead, a brother goes to law with a brother, and that is in front of the unbelievers. 7 Now, isn’t there already a failure among you because you have lawsuits against one another? Why don’t you take the wrong instead? Why don’t you put up with being cheated? 8 But,…
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Chapter Summary from Matthew Henry: In this chapter the apostle, 1. Blames them for their indulgence in the case of the incestuous person, and orders him to be excommunicated, and delivered to Satan (1Co 5:1-6). 2 He exhorts them to Christian purity, by purging out the old leaven (1Co 5:7, 1Co 5:8). And, 3.…
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1 Corinthians 4:14-17 (WEL) I don’t write these things to shame you, but I warn you as my beloved sons. 15 For even though you have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I have begotten you through the Good News. 16 Therefore, I beg you,…
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Summary: Constable: “The apostle now returned to the subject of himself and the other teachers of the Corinthians as servants of God. He did so to say more about what it means to be a servant of God. In this section he clarified the essential features of an acceptable servant of God. He did…