Questions tagged [1-corinthians]
Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth.
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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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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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What happened to the the practice of women covering their heads?
Why don't more Christian women wear a covering? Most people today might associate the idea with the Old Testament, but references to the custom are actually found in the New Testament too:
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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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Should women give sermons? [closed]
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let ...
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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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What does Paul mean by "Love believes all things?" [closed]
In 1 Corinthians Paul says
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:7, ESV)
This has long puzzled me from a couple of angles.
First, ...
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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 is the modern argument against obligatory head coverings?
1 Corinthians 11:4-6 gives these instructions about head coverings:
4 Every man who prays or prophesies while having something on his head dishonors his head, 5 but every woman who prays or ...
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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 can women be forbidden to speak and yet prophesy and speak in tongues?
In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul give forbids women from speaking in church.
1 Corinthians 14 NIV
34 Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to
speak, but must be in ...
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Why is Jesus often depicted with long hair if 1 Corinthians 11:14 says it is disgraceful? [closed]
According to 1 Corinthians 11:14, it is disgraceful for men to have long hair:
Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a
disgrace for him?
Why, then, is Jesus ...
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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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Did adherents of apocatastasis in the early church believe that the devil and his demons would be restored?
While reading a fascinating answer on universalism and apocatastasis, I found 1 Corinthians 15:28 quoted as evidence for the idea that all people will ultimately be restored/saved:
When all things ...
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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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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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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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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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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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How do evangelicals interpret 1 Corinthians 10:16?
Evangelical Christians do not believe in Transubstantiation. Instead, a view held by many is that the communion elements are mere symbols of Christ's body and blood (source).
The cup of blessing ...
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Why was the Apostle Paul seemingly not that interested in baptizing believers? [closed]
Paul does not seem to put the same importance on baptism as he does on other things:
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of ...
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What does Paul's "we will judge the world and the angels" mean? [closed]
1 Corinthians 6:1-4
1 When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers! 2 Don’t you ...
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Spiritual gifts and their exercise within today's Catholic Church
Regarding the apostle Paul's discussion of spiritual gifts (τὰ πνευματικὰ χαρίσματα) in 1 Corinthians 12-14, he uses the words ".....when you come together" (1 Cor. 14:26). Is he referring to the ...
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Is the Pentecostal concept of "praying in the Spirit" consistent with any pre-Pentecostal teachings?
In a recent small group Bible study sponsored by a local Pentecostal church, attendees were encouraged to "pray in the Spirit." The study leader cited these verses:
So what shall I do? I ...
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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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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 answer do speakers of 'tongues' have in regard to the emphasis of scripture?
This question regards those who support and participate in the modern 'speaking in tongues' and asks what their answer would be regarding the emphasis of scripture.
Note that it is not a matter of '...
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Which scripture was Paul quoting in 1 Corinthians 15:45?
Paul says while teaching about resurrection of the dead and resurrected body:
1 Corinthians 15:45 (NET)
So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam ...
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What arguments can be made that 1 Corinthians 15 is not about physical resurrection?
This is something of a long shot. I had a friend look at 1 Cor. 15 (and other parts of the Bible), and he formed the conclusion that 1 Cor. 15 was about a spiritual and not bodily resurrection—i.e., ...
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What is the "present crisis" in 1 Corinthians 7?
In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul says regarding marriage,
Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
What is the "present crisis"?
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How can 1 Corinthians 15:3 be reconciled with Calvinism and limited atonement?
I have been studying the 5 Points of Calvinism (TULIP) for some time and I can say that I accept 4 out of 5.
My biggest problem with Calvinism is the doctrine of Limited Atonement that says Jesus ...
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What does Paul mean when he says "do not go beyond what is written."
In 1 Cor 4:6, Paul instructs the church in Corinth to "not think above what is written."
Did any early Christian scholars (before translation of the Bible into English) comment on this? If so, what ...
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How do Evangelicals understand "holy children" in 1 Cor 7:14, with respect to the salvation of children dying in infancy?
For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. (1 ...
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How do denominations which do not believe in transubstantiation, view 1 Cor 10 : 16-17?
We read in 1 Cor 10:16-17 (ISV):
The cup of blessing that we bless is our fellowship in the blood of the Messiah, isn’t it? The bread that we break is our fellowship in the body of the Messiah, isn’t ...
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Is taking communion in an unworthy manner unforgivable? [closed]
“For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself first, and in this way ...
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What is the power that Christians possess? [closed]
There are some verses that use the terminology "power", and I heard it with different preachers that the Christians possess power.
Here are some examples:
and my speech and my message were ...
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According to Preterism has Jesus already delivered the kingdom to God?
1 Corinthians 15:22-25 (ESV)
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. Then ...
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Who was house of Chloe? [closed]
In 1 Corinthians 1:11 Paul says:
11 For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members
of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.
Who is Chloe here?
I'm looking to ...
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In 1 Corinthians 8:5, what do the "many gods and many lords" refer to?
In 1 Corinthians 8:5–6, we read:
5 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— 6 yet for us there is one God (ESV)
I'm having a ...
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What did Paul mean when he wrote 1 Corinthians 14:22 in the context of 1 Corinthians 14:23-25?
We see in 1 Corinthians 14:22 that tongues are a sign for unbelievers and prophesy is a sign for believers, yet in the latter verses it appears to indicate the opposite, that tongues are sign for ...
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How does the Catholic Church explain passages that seem to use culturally specific logic?
In 1 Corinthians, Paul writes about women, prayer, and head coverings. As he often does, rather than simply laying down a law, he appeals to logic and well known facts. For example,
Doth not even ...
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Did the early church record other events of handing people over to Satan?
Did the early church record other events of handing people over to Satan?
So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over to ...
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How do cessationists explain 1 Corinthians 1:7?
"Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ"- 1 Corinthians 1:7
I'm neutral in the cessationism vs continuationism debate but ...
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How do Reformed Calvinists interpret 1 Corinthians 10:13?
1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)
13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also ...
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Is there any doubt among New Testament scholars that "and then to the Twelve" in 1 Corinthians 15:5 refers to an appearance to a group?
Just to be clear, this isn't a question about whether there were ten, eleven, or twelve in the group, but rather how certain we are, perhaps based on the syntax of the original Greek, that "and then ...
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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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How does Catholic Church explain the reference to Christ at 1 Cor. 10?
We read at 1 Corinthians 10:
1 Corinthians 10:1-5, 9 (NRSVCE): I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and ...