Category Archives: 1 CORINTHIANS

Christian Order 1 Imitate me, just as IimitateChrist. 2 I praiseandappreciate you because you remember me in everything and you firmly hold to thetraditions [the substance of my instructions], just as I have passed them on to you. 3 But I want you to understand that Christ is the head (authority over) of every man, […]

The Use of Spiritual Gifts 1 Now about the spiritualgifts[the special endowments given by the Holy Spirit], brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans,you wereled off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit]. 3 Therefore I want […]

The Excellence of Love 1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have notlove [for others growing out of God’s love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. 2 And if I havethe gift ofprophecy [and speak a new […]

Prophecy a Superior Gift 1 Pursue [this] love [with eagerness, make it your goal], yet earnestly desireandcultivate the spiritualgifts[to be used by believers for the benefit of the church], but especially that you mayprophesy [to foretell the future, to speak a new message from God to the people]. 2 For one who speaks in anunknowntongue […]

The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection 1 Now brothers and sisters, let me remind you [once again] of the good news [of salvation] which I preached to you, which you welcomedandaccepted and on which you stand [by faith]. 2 By thisfaithyou are saved [reborn from above–spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you […]

Instructions and Greetings 1 Now concerning the money collected for [the relief of] the saints [in Jerusalem], you are to do the same as I directed the churches of Galatiato do. 2 On the first day of every week each one of you is to put something aside, in proportion to his prosperity, and save […]