Questions tagged [1-corinthians]
Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth.
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Do any Christian congregations follow the example of 1 Cor 14:24-25 to win unbelievers for Christ?
In 1 Corinthians 14:24-25, Paul teaches an extraordinarily effective way to win souls for Christ, when an unbeliever or outsider steps for the first time into a Spirit-filled congregation:
24 But if ...
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Why don't many churches obey Paul's command that women must be silent in church? [closed]
In 1 Corinthians 14 Paul says that women must be silent in churches and ask questions to their husbands when they get home:
Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak,...
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Are there multiple levels to Heaven, for different levels of reward? [closed]
1 Corinthians 15:39-41 (KJV)
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial ...
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External reference of Jesus's resurrection?
After that he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of
whom are still with us, though some have fallen asleep in death. - 1
Cor 15:6
I'm trying to find some external/non-biblical ...
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What are the 'Scriptures' mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15?
What are the 'Scriptures' mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15: 3 - 4?
. . . Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.
. . . He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.
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Does the act of sex constitute marriage in God's eyes? [closed]
I came across this verse today (bold added):
1 Corinthians 6:15-17 (NASB)
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them ...
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Are tongues a sign for believers or unbelievers? [closed]
1 Corinthians 14:22-25 confuses me. Verse 22 states:
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
So, tongues is a ...
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How do Calvinists explain Calvin's use of Baruch?
In his commentary of 1 Corinthians, Calvin seems to use Baruch to explain verse 20 of chapter 10,
It is certain from the Prophet Baruch, (4:7,) that those things that are sacrificed to idols are ...
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How do Evangelicals explain when Paul writes "I, not the Lord"?
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 7:10 (NKJV):
Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband
In verse 12 Paul writes:
But to the rest I, not the ...
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Is 1 Corinthians 15:27 problematic for trinitarians?
Bible hub has several translations of 1 Corinthians 15:27.
NKJV reads
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 ...
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What feast does Paul refer to in 1 Corinthians 5:8?
What feast is Paul referring to?
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. (1 ...
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Is virginity more meritorious than marriage, according to St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 7? [closed]
Is, according to St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 7, the state of virginity more meritorious than that of marriage? Catholics think it is, and some (all?) Protestants think it is not. Why?
For example, the ...
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What does it mean that Jesus was the "second Adam"?
I often hear Jesus referred to as the "second Adam" or sometimes as the "last Adam". What meaning does this title carry? Does it mean that things didn't work out so well for Adam and so God had to try ...
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How do Protestants interpret "baptized for the dead" in 1 Corinthians 15:29?
1 Corinthians 15:29 (KJV)
Else what shall they do which are baptized
for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized
for the dead?
I know that the LDS Church interprets ...
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Is 1 Corinthians 7:26–40 not the 'Word of God'? [closed]
Paul makes it clear that the following section is not a command from God but his own opinion:
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the ...
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What does Paul intend to say in 1 Corinthians 5:5?
To be more clear, how can the person be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ by delivering such person (sexual immoral) to Satan for the destruction of the flesh?
1 Corinthians 5:5 (NKJV)
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How is 1 Corinthians 9:27 reconciled with the teaching that losing salvation is impossible?
This question is aimed at those Christians who believe that someone saved can't become "unsaved" later.
At least in 1 Corinthians 9:27 apostle Paul says he is not sure whether he will be saved or not ...
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Was Paul advocating killing a man because of sexual immorality?
1 Corinthians 5:5 (NIV)
5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
Here we have Paul referring to a man that was ...
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We will judge angels? But we are lower than the angels
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 1 Cor 6:3 (KJV)
This verse says that we will judge angels, but this verse
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What is the difference between God and the Spirit of God?
There are passages that appear to establish an identity between God and his Spirit:
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” [John 4:24, ESV]
17 Now the Lord is ...
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Difference between wisdom and knowledge in 1 Cor. 12? [closed]
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ESV Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God ...
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How do Catholics explain 1 Corinthians 11:21 in light of Transubstantiation?
Catholicism interprets 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 in light of the dogma of transubstantiation ( = the miracle of bread changing into Jesus' real flesh and wine changing into Jesus' real blood performed by ...
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Do Full Preterists believe that the perfect came and the gifts of the Spirit ceased in A.D. 70, as per 1 Corinthians 13:8-12?
1 Corinthians 13:8-12 (ESV):
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in ...
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Are there any extra-biblical documented instances of the gift of interpretation of tongues in the history of the Church?
The gift of interpretation of tongues is mentioned in chapters 12 and 14 of the apostle Paul's first Epistle to the Corinthians:
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another ...
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What did Paul believe about 1 Corinthians 10:4 with regards to the teaching about bread from heaven, spiritual food?
What did Paul believe about 1 Corinthians 10:4 with regards to the teaching about bread from heaven, spiritual food?
1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under ...
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