So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God—even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so…
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.— 1 Corinthians 11:26 (NIV) So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.— 1 Corinthians 11:33 (ESV) Paul brings his long discussion of food sacrificed to idols to a close with a…
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!— 1 Corinthians 10:11–12 (NIV) No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God…
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.— 1 Corinthians 9:19 (NIV) I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel,…
Christian unity is easy to talk about in the abstract, but much harder to live out in the ordinary circumstances of life. We can agree that the church should be unified while still finding it difficult to spend time with people who are different from us, bear the burdens of people whose struggles we do…
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.— Romans 12:18 (NIV) Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— 1 Corinthians 10:32 (NIV) As we continue our study through 1 Corinthians, we come again to Paul’s teaching about Christian freedom and…
As our study through 1 Corinthians continues, Paul turns to another question the Corinthian believers had asked: What should Christians do about food sacrificed to idols? At first glance, this may seem like a question that belongs entirely to the ancient world. But Paul uses the issue to address something much deeper: how should Christians…
Why did you get up this morning? What is there in your life that you’re looking forward to? What makes you feel alive? What gives you the motivation to keep going when life gets difficult? What helps you forget your worries for a little while? These questions may seem far removed from 1 Corinthians 7,…
The Christian life was never meant to be lived alone. As we continue our study through 1 Corinthians, Paul moves into one of the most complicated chapters in the letter. First Corinthians 7 addresses questions about marriage, singleness, sexuality, divorce, and the circumstances in which believers find themselves. These were difficult questions for the Corinthian…
John 13:3–10 There are seasons in life when we simply do not understand what God is doing. A diagnosis we never expected, a prayer that seems unanswered, a relationship that falls apart, a door we were certain God would open that suddenly closes; sometimes the hardest part isn’t merely the circumstance itself, but the not…