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Let all that you do be done in love
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS – Chapter 16 1 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as…
Read MoreLove bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS – Chapter 13 1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I…
Read More“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up.
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS – Chapter 10 1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all…
Read MoreI want you to be free from anxieties
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS – Chapter 7 1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman…
Read MoreFor you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS – Chapter 6 1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to…
Read MoreFor the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS – Chapter 4 1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. – 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 We are not really familiar with the…
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The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS Chapter 1 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those…
Read Moreand may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you,
This is a quick trip, verse by verse through Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians. When at Bible College I sent thoughts on what I was reading at the time, to my girlfriend (now my wonderful wife). We would then share ideas on them. It is not profound theology or an exhaustive commentary, just me…
Read MoreSince you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable
22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass and all…
Read MoreYour adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has…
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