Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14(NIV) 1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one...
Maturing Love Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13(NIV) 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all...
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...