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Jan 31, 2023 · In particular, in 1 Corinthians 15:18, Paul is telling the Corinthians OF COURSE there’s a resurrection from the dead, because if there weren’t, then we couldn’t have any hope for those who have fallen asleep (that is, have died) in Christ.
Jan 30, 2011 · In this week’s passage, he shows how the particular divisions plaguing Corinth can be given the same diagnosis. And here is where things might start to get a little more personal. Paul contends that the gospel has a way of taking all of our expectations and turning them on their head.
Dialogue with Paul on the subject of the sinfulness of humanity seems neither new nor interesting to Christians today. Over the centuries since Paul, many scholars have spent their time trying to understand what Paul tells us about human sin and its origin in view of Adam’s fall.
- The Context
- 1 Corinthians 1:18-25. The Cross Is Foolishness to Those Who Are Dying
- 1 Corinthians 1:26-31. God Chose The Foolish Things to Shame The Wise
Corinth was an important and wealthy city on the isthmus (narrow strip of land) separating Northern and Southern Greece. The Apostle Paul spent 18 months there on his Second Missionary Journey and established a church there. Acts 18 gives us considerable detail about Paul’s work in Corinth during that time. At the conclusion of his visit to Corinth...
18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom (sophia)of the wise, I will bring the discernment (synesis) of the discerning (synetos)to nothing“ (atheteo). 20Where is the wise (sophos)? Where is the scribe (grammateus)? Where is the...
26For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble; 27but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 28and God chose the lowly things of th...
At the end of verse 18 Paul referred to the “saved” (sozo), and he again used the present tense. This tense tells us salvation is a process. According to Romans 8:24, salvation may be viewed as a past event. In the present passage (1 Corinthians 1:18), the tense of salvation is present.
Oct 3, 2019 · One solution is found in 1 Corinthians 9:19-22. In this passage, Paul lays out how he reached his culture without conforming to it. Paul lists the following: – He became a slave to others in order to reach as many people as he could (1. Cor. 9:19) – He became a Jew among Jews (1. Cor. 9:20)
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As Douglas Moo points out, “Paul does not often refer to the kingdom of God.” 1 In Paul’s writing there are fourteen direct references to God’s “kingdom.” 2 This compares with 121 references to “kingdom” in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
