I CORINTHIANS 4:15-16: “You may have countless Christian guardians, but you don’t have many ⌊spiritual⌋ fathers. I became your father in the Christian life by telling you the Good News about Christ Jesus. So I encourage you to imitate me.” … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 1:30-31: “You are partners with Christ Jesus because of God. Jesus has become our wisdom sent from God, our approval, our holiness, and our ransom from sin. As Scripture says, “Whoever brags must brag about what the Lord … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 16:13-14: “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love.” (ESV) OBSERVATION: What does it mean to be a “man”? When I grew up as … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 14:12: “So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church…” I CORINTHIANS 14:26: “What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 13:11-13: “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror … Continue reading →

1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-3: “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 9:24-27: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 8:1-3: “Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 2:11-12: “For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the … Continue reading →

I CORINTHIANS 1:17: “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” OBSERVATION: What is our message? Where do … Continue reading →