Together, We are the Body of Christ Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12(NIV) 1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced...
Proper Communion with God Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11(NIV) 1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. 2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. 3 But I...
Escaping Temptation Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10(NIV) 1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized...
What’s a Preacher to Do? Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9(NIV) 1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? 2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am...
Stumbling Over Freedom Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8(NIV) 1 Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet...
On Christian Singleness and Marriage Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7(NIV) 1 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man...
The Danger of Sexual Immorality Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6(NIV) 1 If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2 Or do you not know that the...
Proud Sin vs. Repentant Sin Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5(NIV) 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife. 2 And you are...
Fools for Christ Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4(NIV) 1 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must...
Becoming and Building God's Temple Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3(NIV) 1 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not...