Questions tagged [1-corinthians]
Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth.
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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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Why does Paul not include murderers (or liars) in First Corinthians 6?
1 Corinthians 6:9–10 (KJV)
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers ...
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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Why does Paul pay special attention to the sexually immoral in 1 Corinthians 5:9-11?
1 Corinthians 5:9-11 states that
I have written you in my letter no to associate with sexually immoral people -- not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and ...
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What is the discerning of spirits in 1 Cor. 12:10? [closed]
What is the discerning of spirits in 1 Cor. 12:10? It seems that it is a bit different from the trying of spirits in 1 John 4:1 as there John gives a particular method as to how to try them and find ...
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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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