I mentioned yesterday the importance of noting repeated words and phrases in a limited number of Bible verses. In today’s Bible reading, “pain” and its derivatives occur seven times in 2 Corinthians 2:1-7. Evidently not all was well between the Apostle and the church at Corinth. Where the first paragraph in 2 Corinthians 1 was…
Paul began talking about spiritual gifts with 1 Corinthians 12. In yesterday’s reading (Chapter 13), he talked about love. In today’s Bible reading, he continues addressing spiritual gifts, specifically how the gifts should be used in the church setting. The first thing to note is that things were not just a little bit different in…
In today’s Bible reading, Paul discusses spiritual gifts. Spiritual gifts tends to be one of those topics that many Christians feel uncomfortable discussing. And unnecessarily so because Paul’s thesis could be boiled down to just three verses: A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good. One and the same…
In today’s Bible reading, Paul addresses yet, another problem in the church at Corinth: the Lord’s Supper. (1 Corinthians 11:1-26) He recalls that famous night when Jesus sat down to celebrate the Passover Meal with His Disciples. But when the Corinthians come together to remember Jesus, they are divided. He describes this division in 1…
In today’s Bible reading, Paul talks about the importance of not causing an offense for other people, especially weaker brothers and sisters in Christ. Paul refers to a “law of love” by which Believers should live our lives. Basically, the law of love is a principle of humility, always being on the lookout for others…
Paul discusses several related topics in today’s Bible reading. I think an appropriate summarizing word would be Contented. Paul discusses people who are married. They should be contented in their situation. Paul discusses singles. They should be contented in their situation. This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t set goals. This isn’t to say that…
