Less than one year after he wrote his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul finds himself under attack from false teachers in Corinth who ignored his warnings about false teaching. The apostle, presurred into defending his character does so in this epistle meant to reinforce his apostolic authority. “1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus […]

Paul’s letter to the Corinthians comes to an end. The apostle passionately calls on believers in Corinth to stand fast and do everything in love, glorifying God as we walk the narrow path the leads to eternal life. “13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 Let all that you do […]

Paul reassured the Corinthians about the resurrection and its power over death. The apostle addressed many issues in his letter to the Churches in Corinth, he now focuses on tithing. Because it was customary for a congregation to support its ministry leaders, the same would apply to the church in Corinth, a ministry initiated and […]

Paul had been revealing the power and truth of the resurrection to the believers in Corinth. The apostle now focuses on the victorious aspect of Jesus’ resurrection and that of all those who believe in Him. Having already explained those resurrected will inherit a spiritual, celestial body to replace their terrestrial one. This earthly body, […]

Having recently exhorted the consequences for denying resurrection to his Corinthian audience, Paul now compares physical and spiritual bodies. Some Christians in Corinth were struggling with an important question, if the resurrection is true, and God’s promise is fulfilled, then what bodies do those resurrected have? In the next section of his epistle to the […]

Amidst his exhortation about the resurrection of christ, Paul now addresses the result for those who denied the truth about this divine miracle, that both Jesus and all those who believe in Him and repent of their sins will be resurrected and made anew by God almighty, fulfilling a promise found in the gospel. “29 […]

Previously in his exhortation to the Corinthians Paul has reiterated the gospel by which believers were saved. That whoever believed Jesus was God’s only begotten son, sent to live a sinless, perfect life which lead to His death on the cross, was resurrected on the third day thereby fulfilling prophecy, anyone who believes this and […]

Paul had addresses issues that had taken place at church gatherings. Now the apostle delivers facts about the gospel, about the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as well as his own apostleship. First the apostle declares the gospel of Jesus Christ as the root for the truth he is about to share with the […]

In an effort to encourage the believers throughout Corinth to seek edification of the church rather than their own benefit, Paul now addresses church gatherings. In this section of his letter to the Corinthians the apostle shares God’s commandments about tongues and prophesy among both men and women. “26 How is it then, brethren? Whenever […]

In his letter to the believers in Corinth Paul had mentioned the greatest gift was charitable love, from the Greek “agape.” Then came the gift of prophecy which could be understood by many and finally, the apostle described speaking in tongues as a spiritual gift of lesser importance since tongues required interpretation to be understood. […]