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Does St Paul make contradicting statements in 1 Cor 11:17-19?
We read in 1 Cor 11:17-19:
In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there ...
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1 Corinthians 15:4-7 a physical, or spiritual heavenly appearance
I came across this question that I had never heard before.
At the beginning of 1 Corinthians 15, we have the famous and ancient Creed of the early Christian church, however, some argue that due to the ...
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Why does Paul include Christ in 1 Corinthians 1:12?
1 Corinthians 1:12
What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
Paul rebukes the church of Corinth for choosing to ...
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In 1 Corinthians 8:6, who does Paul say is the "one God"?
The father?
The father and the lord Jesus Christ?
The "trinity", but with one "person" left out?
(ESV) 1 Cor 8:6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom
are all things and for whom we ...
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Does Paul contradict Jesus by saying not to eat with sinners?
In 1 Corinthians, Paul is writing to the church at Corinth after hearing reports over various matters. One of them is sexual immorality within the church at Corinth. Of this matter he says in 1 ...
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What does 'one' refer to in 1 Corinthians 8:6?
αλλ ημιν εις θεος ο πατηρ εξ ου τα παντα και ημεις εις αυτον και εις κυριος ιησους χριστος δι ου τα παντα και ημεις δι αυτου [TR - undisputed - Stephanus, Beza, Elzevir and Scrivener : all identical]
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Is 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 a literary structure?
KJV 1 Corinthians 13 : 9 - 12
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as ...
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Jesus 'became' a life-giving spirit. 1 Cor 15:45
... “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit. BSB
... The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. ASV
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What changed between 1 Corinthians 15:24ff and Ephesians 1:22?
In 1 Corinthians 15:24ff Paul suggests that Jesus is at the beginning of the process of ruling:
[1Co 15:22-28 CSB] 22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But ...
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In what sense is the word ἀνακρίνει used in 1 Corinthians 2:15?
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1 Corinthians 2:15
15ὁ δὲ πνευματικὸς ἀνακρίνει [τὰ] πάντα, αὐτὸς δὲ ὑπ’ οὐδενὸς ἀνακρίνεται.
1 Corinthians 2:15 KJV
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is ...
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How to understand 1 Timothy 2:9 in light of 1 Corinthians 11:15?
1 Timothy 2:9 NIV
9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety,
adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or
pearls or expensive clothes,
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Is Paul implying the death penalty in 1 Corinthians 5:13?
In 1 Corinthians 5:5, handing over to satan for the destruction of the flesh is usually taken metaphorically as in removing the immoral man from the church.
However, in 5:13 Paul says “remove the ...
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Can χήρα (widow) in 1 Tim. 5 mean "never-married"?
Ἄγαμος (unmarried) appears only in 1 Corinthians 7. The unmarried are grouped with widows:
1 Cor. 7:8But I say to the unmarried (αγάμοις, non nuptis) and to the widows (χήραις, viduis): It is good ...
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Does the sower and the planter receive different rewards in 1 Corinthians 3:6-8?
1 Corinthians 3:6-7 ESV
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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Was it only the incident of incest (1 Corinthians 5) that caused Paul to change his plans about visiting the Corinthians?
Some of the things that Paul mentions in his two letters to the Corinthians seem to point to the incident of incest mentioned in the first letter which somehow had caused a lot of consternation
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