For Thursday, February 23, Please read as much as you can of I Corinthians. If you are short of time, read Chapters 1-3, Chapters 6-7, and Chapters 12-13. Choose any one verse in I Corinthians you think particularly interesting, important, or hard to understand, and explain why you think this verse interesting, important, or hard to understand.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
I Corinthians
For Thursday, February 23, Please read as much as you can of I Corinthians. If you are short of time, read Chapters 1-3, Chapters 6-7, and Chapters 12-13. Choose any one verse in I Corinthians you think particularly interesting, important, or hard to understand, and explain why you think this verse interesting, important, or hard to understand.
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"Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple" (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).
ReplyDelete1 Corinthians has always been rather difficult for me to read and understand thoroughly, but each time I read it, this verse always catches my eye. It is very comforting and gives you a sense of confidence knowing that YOU are God's temple, and He desires to protect you. In Paul's letter, he was directing it to the Corinthians in response to division within the church, and I think this is a nice reminder for them, as it re-plants that thought of "You are ALL God's children" back into their minds. Instead of worrying about the little things and causing major division, it is far better for the church to be united and grounded on the fact that through God, they are one.
-Lauren Bland
(1 Corinthians 6:12) "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful." I think this verse is interesting because Paul is talking about how he must be aware of everything in the world good or bad, but the bad things are not helpful for him. I think this is interesting because we live in a world where this verse could be applied. In today's society they're are things that are good and lawful, but they're also things that are not so good and helpful for us, especially as Christians.
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(1 Corthians 2:6-9 "6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written:“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
ReplyDeleteNor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
When Paul is talking about Wisdom here he is warning against worldly wisdom / human wisdom. He is also warning against being immature in your faith. You will still be saved but they cant really feed themselves spiritually. Like a baby they have to be fed a spiritual meal. On the other hand someone that is more mature. can feed themselves and recognize God more. Which Paul has said the rulers cannot do for themselves. -Austin Dreyer
One passage that I found interesting was the part in which Paul addresses how women should wear head coverings when praying to God (11:3-16). It sounds to me that Paul is saying that women should have a head covering, so then is that still practiced by Christians today? In my church this isn’t something that a lot of ladies do, but I have seen a few who wear a shawl over their heads in church. I’m confused as to why this isn’t more commonly practiced if it was important enough for Paul to include it in his writing.
ReplyDeleteA passage that I think is rather important, is 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
ReplyDeleteIt's about reminding people in the church that they're one body with many members. This passage is a really good reminder to not fight with each other in the church. People are inherently competitive and constantly compare anything, even when they're not relevant. It's really important not to get bogged down in which role you play, cause you're all ultimately equal. Just cause things looks a little different, doesn't mean it's better or worse.
-Walker Larson
One passage that I found very interesting in I Corinthians is chapter 7: 25-40. Paul is talking to the people of Corinth about issues regarding in the faith, one is being betrothed and there was no command from the Lord. Paul recognizes this and uses his own judgment saying that the present view of the matter causes distress. He then tells them to not to seek being free or bound by marriage. That if anything, these things would hold them back from giving their undivided devotion to the Lord and instead to ignore those thoughts and just devote their lives to God. A good verse comes from I Corinthians 7:35 Paul says, “I say, this is for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you. But it's to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.” Another verse is 37, “But whoever is firmly established in his heart. Being under no necessity, but having his desire under control, and having determined this in his heart to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.” I think this verse is very interesting because even today we still have issues with marriage. Paul says it very well when he explains issues in pleasing our better halves versus meeting the demands of God. He says in verse 28 “But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if betrothed woman marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I will spare you that. He gives further explanation in verse 33-35 about the troubles of man and woman seeking to be of God. I say this is interesting because it’s happening in the world today, people don't know how to show their affection to their significant other and their loyalty to their Lord in many ways.
ReplyDeleteThe passage in I Corinthians that has stuck with me for a long time and is something I personally live by. "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends." (I Corinthians 13: 4-8)
ReplyDeleteThis passage does talk about love a lot, but just the way it describes it, it is describing God's love. At the end it says, "love never ends", and that goes to show that God's love is never ending and will never die no matter how far people stray away from him/if they don't know him.
The passage I found that stuck with me from I Corinthians 1:28-31. The passage talks about how God uses despised things to nullify things that are so that no one may boast before him. The passage talks about how if anyone is to boast they are going to boast in the Lord. This passage sticks with me because the Lord does not want people to boast about themselves and how rich they may be or how someone might be more important than someone else. The lord uses this to let people know that if they are going to boast that they should boast in the name of the Lord. They should boast on spreading the word of the lord and use boasting in a good way instead of a negative form.
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Delete1 Corinthians 13:8 NIV
ReplyDeleteLove never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
This is a beautiful verse because it shows one of the most remarkable qualities of the religion of Christianity. The reasoning behind my thinking is, can love not be used to summarize all of Christianity? I think that is where this verse is going here, and surprisingly this verse also holds up across various forms of the bible. When I see that, that signifies translation repeated across multiple bibles; it is essential and straightforward even across the language barrier of translation. Not only that but then what the words themselves reveal and portray.
First, I will point out that prophecies are a direct revelation from God over a revisualization of scripture or possibly future events, which is very common in the Old Testament. Then there is the gift of speaking in tongues which at that time allowed Christians to talk about the message of God through different language barriers. Then finally, the final thing mentioned is the gift of knowledge which holds all we know of how we are and what we perceive. In my own words, knowledge is our being and our free will. So what could be more significant than all of these? This may not be very clear to some individuals, but to me, it is clear. Love is the greatest because love was the reason for our creation.
Love is also our path to salvation God so loved the earth that he gave his only begotten son. So if you believe in God, I ask you, what is the essential thing to consider? The law? No, the law has no point if it is not used to uplift those without it. Our being? What significance does that have if all we do fades to nothing when we die, and our name is soon forgotten from time? Finally, from a more secular perspective, what is true love and Joy if theirs is no counter-opposite? Not only is love fundamental to religion, but it is also fundamental to every part of our lives. This is why I think that this verse is so vital in 1 Corinthians 13:8.
Tanner Simon
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
ReplyDeleteConsider your own call, brothers and sisters: not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, in order that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
This is an important verse in not only 1st Corinthians but the whole Bible because it speaks of how God is not focused on the physical here and now or the material world, but rather on the spirit. The people of Corinth were struggling due to many divisions among themselves and Paul wrote to them to remind them to focus not on the world of man but the Word of God. This is not always easy to do, it wasn’t in the time of Christ nor is it now. But we are to continue to persevere even when we are struggling in spirit. To be strong in God’s word and spirit doesn’t always mean we will be physically strong or have excessive material possessions but quite the opposite. Paul is reminding us to reduce ourselves here on earth so that we can one day be exalted in heaven.