1Corinthians 2 Relying on Wisdom from God2:1 When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the...
It's All about Jesus Christ 1Cor 2:1-2 When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony...
A Persuasive Message 1Cor 2:3-5 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive...
Secret Wisdom 1Cor 2:6-8 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are ...
A Revealed Destiny 1Cor 2:9-10 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love ...
God's Thoughts Revealed by His Spirit 1Cor 2:11-13 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one...
We have the Mind of Christ 1Cor 2:14-16 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to...
1Corinthians 3 A Wise Perspective on Spiritual Leaders What are they?3:1 Brothers, I couldn't speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in...
Babes in Christ 1Cor 3:1-3 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly— mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you...
Whom do you follow? 1Cor 3:4,5 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men? What, after all, is Apollos? And what...
A Division of Labor 1Cor 3:6,7 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only ...
United in Purpose, Evaluated Individually 1Cor 3:8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own...
Handing off the ministry 1Cor 3:9,10 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation...
Christ the Foundation 1Cor 3:11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. The church's one foundation is Jesus...
Will Your Building Stand? 1Cor 3:12,13 If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for...
Loss or Reward 1Cor 3:14,15 If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but ...
You are Sacred 1Cor 3:16,17 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will...
Sophomores 1Cor 3:18-20 Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may...
Celebrities 1Cor 3:21-23 So then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the ...
Regard Christian Workers with Humility4:1 So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries. 4:2 Here, moreover, it is required of...
Be Accountable Servants 1Cor 4:1,2 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is...
Let Your Praise Come From God 1Cor 4:3-5 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is...
Sola Scriptura 1Cor 4:6 Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the...
What do you attribute to God? 1Cor 4:7,8 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it,...
Apostle TV 1Cor 4:9,10 For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena. We ...
A Christian Response to Mistreatment 1Cor 4:11-13 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We...
Parental Discipleship 1Cor 4:14-16 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children. Even though you have ten thousand guardians in...
A Role Model 1Cor 4:17,18 For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life ...
The Arrogant Merely Talk 1Cor 4:19-21 But I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are...
1Corinthians 5 Judging Sinful Christians5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named...