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Rom 16:27

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(14:26) to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, in whom the glory is forever. Amen. {NOTES: Please read the Preface and other non-bible sections. $ is our universal footnoting for words contained in the ‘Definitions’ section. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e., $FOR is different from FOR$ is different from FOR. ° (degree sign) denotes plural forms.} {{ Introduction to 1 Corinthians 56-58 AD If there was a place where sin was rampant, it was Corinth. What made it worse was the attitude common today of ‘it really doesn’t matter.’ The more trash you take in, the more likely of it influencing you! Then the congregation in Corinth seemed to take everything to the extreme. They were not unified in much of anything, and full of splits, and the ‘anything goes’ policy so common to many religious groups today. A common commandment throughout all the letters was ‘In the same...’ or ‘be mindful of the same...’ but not in this congregation. Paul’s use of sarcasm is notable throughout both Corinthian letters, ‘Christ sent me not to immerse, but to proclaim the good-news’ – actually both are commands of the Lord written at the ends of Matthew and Mark with Luke adding ‘repentance and forgiveness of sins’ witnessed in Acts 2:38 ‘to be saved.’ Man’s foolishness is used by God to promote His purpose as in 4:10, “We are foolish because of Christ, but you° are prudent in Christ.” and this sarcasm appears in many more places. Then in chapter 2, Paul goes from foolishness of man to wisdom of man vs. God’s wisdom, which progresses onward to the spiritual things. In chapter 3, Paul calls them babies and fleshly. Then he talks about the foundation (Jesus) that he and Apollos built, and warns them to build properly upon it. Because even if Paul’s work with the Corinthians fails at judgment day, Paul is still saved as though he walked through the fire. In chapter 4 and 9, Paul calls them arrogant because they are judging him. They have everything, even reign like kings; they do not need Paul. In chapter 5, a man was fornicating with his stepmother. Instead of disciplining him (so that he might be saved and not spend eternity apart from them), they just do not care! This ‘leavening’ could have ruined the batch of them, and they just did not get it. Then (chapter 6) they had lawsuits against each other. Paul finally lists all of their past sins (possibly current ones) and tells them no one who practices them will inherit heaven. The Corinthians thought you could be like the world and still be in the Lord’s body at the same time. Chapter 7 deals with marriage and the unmarried. Then in Chapters 8 and 10, they add idol-sacrifices to the list. Also in Chapters 10 and 11, it was pointed out how they were abusing the Lord’s Supper and the love feast versus how it should be respected. We know from Acts 20:7 that the Lord’s Supper is one of the reasons the congregations come together every Sunday. Chapters 12, 13, 14 talk about the spiritual gifts that Christians had during the first century, gifts used to evangelize the world (Mark 16:15-20). In 13:10, Paul tells them the completed word will stop all of this so concentrate on love which never fails. Once again, the Corinthians took this to extremes as with everything else they did. In 15, Adam and Jesus are compared, and the last part talks about the time when Jesus will come back describing how ‘in the blink of an eye’ we will inherit our heavenly bodies. In 16, he concludes with his typical greetings and encouragements.}}