July 2 Paul could never be called a fly-by-night apostle. We have already seen how on multiple occasions, Paul and the other Apostles spent extended periods of time with new converts. They also frequently returned to established churches in order to spend more time with them. Here, in 1 Corinthians 4, Paul tells the church…
June 29 In yesterday’s Bible reading and devotional, we saw that there are two types of people: spiritual and natural people. Spiritual people are able to understand the things of God, but natural people cannot. (1 Corinthians 2:12) Many have read today’s Bible readings in 1 Corinthians 3 and saw a third type of person:…
June 28 Paul continues his line of thought concerning the insignificance of earthly wisdom and even his own desires in light of the things of God. He says that the Holy Spirit knows things about God that no one else does, or can. He goes on to say that only believers can understand the things…
June 27 Paul begins his first letter to the church at Corinth with his standard greeting, blessing his readers with reminders of how often he prays for them. Similarly to how he quickly launched into his rebuke in Galatians, Paul turns to the Corinthian church and rebukes them for their many divisions and rivalries. He…
June 26 Apollos was just one disciple of John who had been baptized under John’s preaching. Paul found a dozen more “disciples” who didn’t know anything about the Holy Spirit. They confessed their lack of understanding to Paul and put their faith in Jesus. At this point, they were saved; until then, they had been…
June 25 We have already seen the biblical order of belief and then water baptism. Dr. Luke highlights Crispus’ experience: he and his family believed, and they were baptized. The same happened to many of the Corinthians. (Acts 18:8) Dr. Luke introduces us to Priscilla and Aquila. They came to Corinth because the Jews had…
