Summary Verses 3:1 Paul rebukes the Galatians for allowing themselves to be fooled, bewitched as he put it. From the grace of Christ to the Law of works and death. 3:6 Paul then gives them the example of Abraham who believed God by faith and it was counted to him as righteousness. 3:21 Paul explains to them that the Law of God is perfect and righteous and therefore it all the more shows mankind their need for a savior and was not meant to justify mankind in the flesh. 4:1 Paul goes on to explain we through Christ have been delivered from the bondage of the Law. 4:4 That Jesus came to redeem us back to God from the guilt of the law. 4:9 It is then absurd, foolish to turn to the law which cannot give life, but death. 4:13 Therefore Paul calls them again to the purity of the Gospel of Christ which is grace through faith in Him. 4:21 Paul goes on to give them an allegory using Jacob’s two sons, one born after the flesh who represents the law and one born after the spirit which represents grace.
Galatians Chapter 3 3:1 O foolish Galatians Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? 3:2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? 3:4 Have you suffered so many things in vain-if indeed it was in vain? 3:5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3:6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 3:7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” 3:9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” 3:11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” 3:12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.” 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), 3:14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 3:15 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 3:16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,” who is Christ. 3:17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 3:19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 3:20 Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one. 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. 3:22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 3:24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 3:25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 3:29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians Chapter 4 4:1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 4:2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4:4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 4:5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father” 4:7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 4:8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 4:9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? 4:10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 4:11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain. 4:12 Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all. 4:13 You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. 4:14 And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 4:15 What then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. 4:16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 4:17 They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. 4:18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. 4:19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, 4:20 I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you. 4:21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 4:22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 4:24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar 4:25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children– 4:26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is our mother. 4:27 For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear Break forth and shout, You who are not in labor For the desolate has many more children Than she who has a husband.” 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 4:29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 4:30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.” 4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
Summary Verses 12:1 Paul for the sake of the Corinthians rehearses his experiences as a Christian. 12:3 Paul also speaks of the time he was taken up and saw heaven. 12:4 And the things revealed to him which mankind cannot understand. 12:6 Paul explains that he glory in these more than the false teachers; however he has not. Our faith is about Jesus not ourselves. 12:10 Therefore Paul takes pleasure in his own infirmities and reproaches because for Christ’s sake when he is weak Jesus is strong. 12:20 Paul rebukes them that pride, backbiting, contention, whisperings and discord should not be known among believers. 13:1 This was the third time Paul had to come before the Corinthians for correction. 13:2 Paul exhorts them to their strength through Christ Jesus and the power of Jesus in his Apostleship. 13:7 Paul prays for their repentance. 13:11 Paul exhorts them to live in peace, be of one mind and the love of God be with them. 1:1 Paul greets the Galatians. 1:6 Paul rebukes them for moving away from the Gospel of Christ so quickly by false teachers. 1:15 For this is the Gospel he received from God Himself. 1:17 Paul committed it to the Galatians before speaking with any other Apostles. 2:1 And that the Apostles were in agreement with Paul having received the same Gospel from Jesus Himself. 2:3 The Galatians being fooled by false teachers into the Law, points out that even Titus who was with Paul was uncircumcised. 2:11 He also recounts how he withstood Peter to his face when Peter tried to abide by the dietary law for show. 2:17 Paul explains that we have been made free by Christ.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 12 12:1 It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord: 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago-whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows-such a one was caught up to the third heaven. 12:3 And I know such a man-whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows 12:4 how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 12:5 Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities. 12:6 For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me. 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 12:8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 12:11 I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing. 12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds. 12:13 For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong 12:14 Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved. 12:16 But be that as it may, I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning 12:17 Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you? 12:18 I urged Titus, and sent our brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps? 12:19 Again, do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ. But we do all things, beloved, for your edification. 12:20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults; 12:21 lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 13 13:1 This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” 13:2 I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare 13:3 since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you. 13:4 For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. 13:5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless indeed you are disqualified. 13:6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified. 13:7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though we may seem disqualified. 13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 13:9 For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete. 13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the authority which the Lord has given me for edification and not for destruction. 13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. 13:12 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 13:13 All the saints greet you. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
Galatians Chapter 1 1:1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), 1:2 and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 1:4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 1:5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 1:6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 1:7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 1:9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. 1:11 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 1:12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1:13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. 1:14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, 1:16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, 1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. 1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days. 1:19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. 1:20 (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.) 1:21 Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 1:22 And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ. 1:23 But they were hearing only, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.” 1:24 And they glorified God in me.
Galatians Chapter 2 2:1 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain. 2:3 Yet not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. 2:4 And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage), 2:5 to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 2:6 But from those who seemed to be something-whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man-for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me. 2:7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter 2:8 (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), 2:9 and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 2:10 They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do. 2:11 Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; 2:12 for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 2:13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. 2:14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews? 2:15 “We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 2:16 “knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. 2:17 “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not 2:18 “For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 2:19 “For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. 2:21 “I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.”
Summary Verses 9:1 Paul exhorts the Corinthians for the zeal to spread the Gospel. 9:6 Paul explains that giving alms to help one another is the same as sowing seeds of the Gospel. Those who sow sparingly shall reap sparingly. 9:10 God repays those which great gain who love the Lord and do His will. 10:2 Paul shows then that through Christ we have the confidence and the weapons to wage fight the spiritual warfare waged against us. 10:7 Paul reminds them whether present with them or absent from them he has the power to deal with disobedience. 11:2 Paul explains the great love and jealousy he has for the Corinthian church. 11:5 Paul speaks of his praises for them. 11:9 And the labor he worked for them with reward because of his love for them. 11:12 Paul reminds the Corinthians that false apostles will try to transform themselves into workers of the Gospel to deceive many and lead them astray. 11:23 Paul then speaks of what he himself has bore for the Gospel of Christ, not to boast, but to show the Corinthians his credentials as an Apostle of Christ.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 9 9:1 Now concerning the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you; 9:2 for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority. 9:3 Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready; 9:4 lest if some Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to mention you) should be ashamed of this confident boasting. 9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren to go to you ahead of time, and prepare your generous gift beforehand, which you had previously promised, that it may be ready as a matter of generosity and not as a grudging obligation. 9:6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 9:7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work. 9:9 As it is written: “He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” 9:10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 9:11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, 9:13 while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, 9:14 and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. 9:15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift
2nd Corinthians Chapter 10 10:1 Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ-who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. 10:2 But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 10:5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 10:6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled. 10:7 Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ’s, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ’s, even so we are Christ’s. 10:8 For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed 10:9 lest I seem to terrify you by letters. 10:10 “For his letters,” they say, “are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.” 10:11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in deed when we are present. 10:12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 10:13 We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us-a sphere which especially includes you. 10:14 For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ; 10:15 not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, in other men’s labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere, 10:16 to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s sphere of accomplishment. 10:17 But “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” 10:18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 11 11:1 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly-and indeed you do bear with me. 11:2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 11:3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 11:4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted-you may well put up with it 11:5 For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles. 11:6 Even though I am untrained in speech, yet I am not in knowledge. But we have been thoroughly manifested among you in all things. 11:7 Did I commit sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge? 11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages from them to minister to you. 11:9 And when I was present with you, and in need, I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself. 11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 11:11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows 11:12 But what I do, I will also continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast. 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 11:14 And no wonder For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works. 11:16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. 11:17 What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 11:18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast. 11:19 For you put up with fools gladly, since you yourselves are wise 11:20 For you put up with it if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face. 11:21 To our shame, I say that we were too weak for that But in whatever anyone is bold-I speak foolishly-I am bold also. 11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ?-I speak as a fool-I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 11:24 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 11:25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 11:26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 11:27 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness 11:28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. 11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? 11:30 If I must boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity. 11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. 11:32 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 11:33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
Summary Verses 1:1 Paul greets the Corinthians with a praise for God who comforts us through all afflictions. 1:8 Paul speaks of his sufferings in Asia minor. 1:10 And how the Lord gave them strength and saw them through the trials. 1:17 Paul points out to the Corinthians that he did not rely on any devices of man, but rather relied on God alone who is sufficient. 2:1 Paul was determined not to come again to the Corinthians in heaviness with rebuke. 2:4 It was with great personal anguish and affliction in which Paul wrote his previous letter. 2:5 Reminding them that he only rejoices in their salvation and their growth in Christ. 2:6 Paul reminds them having dealt correctly with the adulterer who has now repented to forgive him and allow back into the congregation. 2:13 Paul mentions Titus who went to Macedonia. 3:1 Paul desires no other commendation other than their continuing in the faith of Christ. 3:6 For Paul reminds them that God has made us ministers of the spirit not the letter. 3:8 Showing them the difference between the letter of the Law and the Gospel. 3:13 That the brightness of the letter of the Law dims the sight and lightens it. 3:18 But the Gospel makes manifest in us the countenance of God. 4:1 Paul shows the Corinthians that he has so labored in preaching the Gospel of Christ. 4:4 That there are such who are blinded of Satan that they cannot see or perceive the brightness of the Gospel. 4:7 But we carry this knowledge in earthen vessels that we may show the excellencies of the power of God. 4:10 Paul who by preaching the Gospel exposes himself to trials encourages the Corinthians to be like-minded. 4:17 Reminding them our light afflictions are for but a moment and do not compare for the far more excellent weight of glory which awaits us.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 1 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 1:4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. 1:6 Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. 1:7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. 1:8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 1:9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 1:10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, 1:11 you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. 1:12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you. 1:13 For we are not writing any other things to you than what you read or understand. Now I trust you will understand, even to the end 1:14 (as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus. 1:15 And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit 1:16 to pass by way of you to Macedonia, to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. 1:17 Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? 1:18 But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us-by me, Silvanus, and Timothy-was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. 1:20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 1:21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 1:22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 1:23 Moreover I call God as witness against my soul, that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. 1:24 Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you stand.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 2 2:1 But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow. 2:2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me? 2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all. 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you. 2:5 But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but all of you to some extent-not to be too severe. 2:6 This punishment which was inflicted by the majority is sufficient for such a man, 2:7 so that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow. 2:8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. 2:9 For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. 2:10 Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 2:11 lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord, 2:13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I departed for Macedonia. 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. 2:15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 2:16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things? 2:17 For we are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 3 3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? 3:2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3:3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. 3:4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 3:6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 3:7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 3:8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? 3:9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 3:10 For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. 3:11 For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious. 3:12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech 3:13 unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. 3:14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. 3:15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 3:16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2nd Corinthians Chapter 4 4:1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. 4:2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 4:3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. 4:5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 4:6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 4:8 We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 4:9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed 4:10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 4:11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 4:12 So then death is working in us, but life in you. 4:13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, 4:14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 4:18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Summary Verses 15:1 Paul exhorts the Corinthians to continue in the Gospel of Christ. 15:8 Paul explains that he also has seen Christ. 15:9 Paul explains the he once persecuted the church until Christ called him now he is a minister of the Gospel. 15:12 Jesus first rose that we may rise by Him to everlasting life. 15:26 Jesus has put all His enemies under His feet the last enemy was death which He conquered. 15:32 At Ephesus Paul fought with beasts in the manner of men. 15:35 The dead in Christ are raised. 15:45 The first Adam is a man of the earth, Jesus the last Adam is a man of the Lord. 15:51 We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed into an incorruptible body. 15:55 Death has lost it’s sting because of Jesus. 15:58 Therefore we are to remain steadfast in Christ. 16:1 Paul exhorts the Ephesians to help the poor brethren at Jerusalem. 16:10 Paul then commends Timothy to them. 16:13 Paul ends the letter with a friendly exhortation.
1st Corinthians Chapter 15 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 15:2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 15:4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, 15:5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. 15:6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 15:7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. 15:8 Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 15:11 Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. 15:12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 15:14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15:15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up-if in fact the dead do not rise. 15:16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 15:17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins 15:18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 15:21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. 15:23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. 15:24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 15:25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 15:26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 15:27 For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 15:28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. 15:29 Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? Why then are they baptized for the dead? 15:30 And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? 15:31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 15:32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die” 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. 15:35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” 15:36 Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. 15:37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain-perhaps wheat or some other grain. 15:38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. 15:40 There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 15:44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 15:45 And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 15:46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 15:47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 15:48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed 15:52 In a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed. 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 15:54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 15:55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1st Corinthians Chapter 16 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 16:2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come. 16:3 And when I come, whomever you approve by your letters I will send to bear your gift to Jerusalem. 16:4 But if it is fitting that I go also, they will go with me. 16:5 Now I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia (for I am passing through Macedonia). 16:6 And it may be that I will remain, or even spend the winter with you, that you may send me on my journey, wherever I go. 16:7 For I do not wish to see you now on the way; but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits. 16:8 But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost. 16:9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. 16:10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do. 16:11 Therefore let no one despise him. But send him on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren. 16:12 Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brethren, but he was quite unwilling to come at this time; however, he will come when he has a convenient time. 16:13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 16:14 Let all that you do be done with love. 16:15 I urge you, brethren-you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints 16:16 that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us. 16:17 I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied. 16:18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men. 16:19 The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. 16:21 The salutation with my own hand-Paul’s. 16:22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come 16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Summary Verses 12:1 Paul shows that spiritual gifts are diversely bestowed to stop the contention between the Corinthians showing off the use of their spiritual gifts. 12:7 Spiritual gifts are given by God to edify the body of Christ not to use as a symbol of spiritual pride. 12:12 That we may grow up together as one body in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12:20 Just as the body has different members functioning together as a whole so to are the spiritual gifts to be used within the body of Christ which is the church. 13:1 Paul shows the Corinthians that the greatest gift without corruption is love. 13:4 Paul goes on to list all the attributes and fruit of true Christian love for one another. 14:1 Paul commends the gifts of prophecy and worship and that the gifts of tongues is last among the gifts. 14:12 Paul teaches the true use of scripture. 14:17 Paul rebukes them to take away the abuse of tongues and spiritual gifts. 14:34 Paul commands the church that women are not to teach or preach to the congregation.
1st Corinthians Chapter 12 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: 12:2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. 12:4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 12:5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 12:6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 12:8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 12:9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 12:10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. 12:12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one Spirit. 12:14 For in fact the body is not one member but many. 12:15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 12:16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body? 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? 12:18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. 12:19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be? 12:20 But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. 12:21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 12:22 No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 12:23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, 12:24 but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, 12:25 that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 12:26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. 12:28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. 12:29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 12:30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 12:31 But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
1st Corinthians Chapter 13 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 13:5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 13:6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 13:9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 13:10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 13:12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 13:13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1st Corinthians Chapter 14 14:1 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. 14:2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. 14:3 But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men. 14:4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 14:5 I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification. 14:6 But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching? 14:7 Even things without life, whether flute or harp, when they make a sound, unless they make a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or played? 14:8 For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle? 14:9 So likewise you, unless you utter by the tongue words easy to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. 14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of languages in the world, and none of them is without significance. 14:11 Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I shall be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me. 14:12 Even so you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, let it be for the edification of the church that you seek to excel. 14:13 Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 14:15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding. 14:16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say? 14:17 For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified. 14:18 I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all; 14:19 yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue. 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature. 14:21 In the law it is written: “With men of other tongues and other lips I will speak to this people; And yet, for all that, they will not hear Me,” says the Lord. 14:22 Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe. 14:23 Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 14:24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. 14:25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you. 14:26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. 14:27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be two or at the most three, each in turn, and let one interpret. 14:28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God. 14:29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. 14:30 But if anything is revealed to another who sits by, let the first keep silent. 14:31 For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged. 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. 14:34 Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. 14:35 And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church. 14:36 Or did the word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached? 14:37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. 14:38 But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. 14:39 Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues. 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
Summary Verses 10:1 If God did not spare the Jews, neither will he spare those Gentiles in like condition. 10:3 God overthrew many of them in the wilderness because of their rebellion which was an example to us. 10:14 It is absurd that such should be partakers of the table of demons who are partakers of the Lord’s supper. 10:25 Let now man seek after his own welfare but rather the welfare of his brother. 11:1 Paul exhorts the Corinthians to keep the ordinances which he has given them and to follow Christ as he does. 11:4 Men are not to behave as women and women are not to behave as men. 11:21 Christians are not to profane the supper of the Lord in any way. 11:23 Which we as followers of Christ are commanded to do in remembrance of Him.
1st Corinthians Chapter 10 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 10:2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 10:3 all ate the same spiritual food, 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 10:5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. 10:6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. 10:7 And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” 10:8 Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 10:9 nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10:10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 10:11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 10:17 For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread. 10:18 Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 10:19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 10:20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. 10:22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He? 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify. 10:24 Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being. 10:25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake; 10:26 for “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.” 10:27 If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake. 10:28 But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake; for “the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.” 10:29 “Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience? 10:30 But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for the food over which I give thanks? 10:31 Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 10:32 Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, 10:33 just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1st Corinthians Chapter 11 11:1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. 11:3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. 11:5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for that is one and the same as if her head were shaved. 11:6 For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. 11:8 For man is not from woman, but woman from man. 11:9 Nor was man created for the woman, but woman for the man. 11:10 For this reason the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. 11:11 Nevertheless, neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord. 11:12 For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; but all things are from God. 11:13 Judge among yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 11:14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him? 11:15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering. 11:16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God. 11:17 Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. 11:18 For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 11:19 For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you. 11:20 Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper. 11:21 For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk. 11:22 What Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you. 11:23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 11:24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 11:25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. 11:27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 11:29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 11:30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. 11:33 Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 11:34 But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
Summary Verses 7:1 Paul instructs the church that only those who have a special calling can be celibate. 7:10 Husband and wife are not to deny each other. 7:18 Let every man content with his own lot in life in a godly manner. 7:25 It is not a sin to marry or not to marry, a person is not more religious by not marrying or by marrying. 8:1 Christians are not to partake in profane banquets of pagan idols. 8:11 Christians are not to use their liberty in Christ to cause a weaker or younger brother or sister in the faith to stumble. 9:1 Though Paul had liberty in many things he still chose to abstain. 9:15 Paul did so as to not offend others, profane the name of Christ or be a stumbling block to others. 9:24 Paul shows that our Christian life is like a race.
1st Corinthians Chapter 7 7:1 Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 7:2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 7:3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 7:4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 7:5 Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 7:6 But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. 7:7 For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. 7:8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; 7:9 but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 7:10 Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. 7:11 But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife. 7:12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 7:13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 7:15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. 7:16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? 7:17 But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches. 7:18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters. 7:20 Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. 7:21 Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it. 7:22 For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ’s slave. 7:23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. 7:24 Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called. 7:25 Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy. 7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress-that it is good for a man to remain as he is: 7:27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 7:28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you. 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, 7:30 those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, 7:31 and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away. 7:32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord-how he may please the Lord. 7:33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world-how he may please his wife. 7:34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world-how she may please her husband. 7:35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction. 7:36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry. 7:37 Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well. 7:38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better. 7:39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 7:40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment-and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
1st Corinthians Chapter 8 8:1 Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. 8:2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. 8:3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him. 8:4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. 8:5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 8:6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. 8:7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8:8 But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse. 8:9 But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak. 8:10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? 8:11 And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 8:12 But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 8:13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
1st Corinthians Chapter 9 9:1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 9:2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 9:3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 9:4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 9:5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 9:6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working? 9:7 Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock? 9:8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? 9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? 9:10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. 9:11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 9:12 If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more? Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 9:13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 9:14 Even so the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel. 9:15 But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void. 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel 9:17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 9:18 What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel. 9:19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 9:20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 9:21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 9:22 to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 9:23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you. 9:24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 9:25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. 9:26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 9:27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
Summary Verses 3:1 Paul could not speak to the Corinthians as mature Christians, he had to speak to them as carnally minded babes in Christ. 3:4 Paul shows them how they should esteem all who preach the Gospel and not create division. 3:6 Everyone plays a different but integral part in spreading the Gospel of Christ. 3:10 Through the individual different gifts of each believer the whole body is edified. 3:16 Paul warns the Corinthians not to be drawn away toward profane things. 3:18 Paul rebukes the pride of the flesh, pride is foolishness and is a profane thing in the eyes of God. 4:1 Bringing in the definition of a true Apostle of Christ. 4:7 Paul shows the Corinthians that humility ought rather to be an honor than a shame unto those who are followers of Christ. 4:10 Paul and his fellow preachers have been made fools for the Gospels sake to bring glory to God and not themselves. 4:17 Paul commends Timothy whom he is sending to the teach the church. 5:1 Paul rebukes the church for tolerating a person who is an adulterer with incest and sexual immorality. 5:2 Paul tells the Corinthians that they should be ashamed and not rejoice in tolerance for such sin was not named even among the Gentiles. 5:3 Paul reminds them that believers will judge angels in heaven, therefore should they ought to judge matters between believers. 5:9 Paul reminds them that those who are evil, rebel against God and reject Christ shall go to Hell, therefore they church should not turn to them to judge small matters. 5:10 Such a person is to be disciplined by the church and returned to fellowship after they repent and cease sinning. 5:12 They are to discipline rather than tolerate, less the sin spread throughout the church body. 6:1 Paul also rebukes the church body for suing each other in Gentile court rather than letting the church decide the matter.
1st Corinthians Chapter 3 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 3:2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3:3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? 3:4 For when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal? 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 3:6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 3:7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 3:8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. 3:11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 3:12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 3:13 each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 3:14 If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 3:15 If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. 3:16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 3:17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; 3:20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 3:21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come-all are yours. 3:23 And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
1st Corinthians Chapter 4 4:1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4:4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God. 4:6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other. 4:7 For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? 4:8 You are already full You are already rich You have reigned as kings without us-and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you 4:9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. 4:10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ We are weak, but you are strong You are distinguished, but we are dishonored 4:11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 4:12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 4:13 being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now. 4:14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 4:15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 4:16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me. 4:17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. 4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. 4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 4:21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
1st Corinthians Chapter 5 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles-that a man has his father’s wife 5:2 And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you. 5:3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were present) him who has so done this deed. 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:5 deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 5:7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 5:9 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. 5:10 Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 5:11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner-not even to eat with such a person. 5:12 For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? 5:13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
1st Corinthians Chapter 6 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 6:3 Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 6:4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 6:5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? 6:6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers 6:7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 6:8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 6:10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 6:11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 6:13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 6:14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not 6:16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 6:18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 6:20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Summary Verses 16:1 Paul commends Phoebe a sister in Christ. 16:3 Paul sends his greetings to Pricilla and Aquila and the other fellow servants. 1:1 Greetings and salutations from Paul. 1:10 Paul beseeches them in the name of Christ to stop all disputes and dissension. 1:12 Paul is grieved over their sects and divisions because of their pride. 1:17 Paul calls them to live in humility and the preach Christ crucified. 1:20 God has overthrown worldly wisdom and made it foolishness. 1:23 We are to preach the cross and Christ crucified, spreading the Gospel. 2:1 Paul sets down a platform for preaching. 2:4 We are to preach in the power of the Spirit God’s word. 2:7 We are to preach God’s word which is the wisdom of God. 2:14 The natural man cannot know the things of the spirit because they are foolishness to them who are perishing.
Romans Chapter 16 16:1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, 16:2 that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also. 16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 16:4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. 16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia to Christ. 16:6 Greet Mary, who labored much for us. 16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my countrymen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. 16:8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord. 16:9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved. 16:10 Greet Apelles, approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. 16:11 Greet Herodion, my countryman. Greet those who are of the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. 16:12 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who have labored in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who labored much in the Lord. 16:13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. 16:14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren who are with them. 16:15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you. 16:17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. 16:18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. 16:19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 16:20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you. 16:22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. 16:23 Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother. 16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 16:25 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began 16:26 but now has been made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith 16:27 to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen
1st Corinthians Chapter 1 1:1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, 1:5 that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, 1:6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, 1:7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1:8 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1:9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1:10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1:11 For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you. 1:12 Now I say this, that each of you says, “I am of Paul,” or “I am of Apollos,” or “I am of Cephas,” or “I am of Christ.” 1:13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 1:15 lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name. 1:16 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1:19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 1:22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 1:26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 1:28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 1:29 that no flesh should glory in His presence. 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God-and righteousness and sanctification and redemption 1:31 that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”
1st Corinthians Chapter 2 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 2:3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 2:5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 2:6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 2:8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 2:9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 2:10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 2:11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 2:15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 2:16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
