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1 Corinthians 5:1-5
In the first four chapters of 1 Corinthians, we heard Paul’s teaching on divisions in the church and specifically dividing over which Christian leader a person follows. The argument against this has been plainly laid out. The foolishness of choosing sides over godly leaders has been demonstrated. The explanation as to the differences between godly…
1 Corinthians 2:11-16
For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely…
1 Corinthians 8
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. Therefore, as to the eating of…
1 Corinthians 5:6-13
Last time we looked at chapter 5 verses 1-5. We saw there that there was a horrible sin that had occurred in the church. A man had married his stepmother. This was a sin that even the pagan world saw as an incredible crime. What did the church do when this sin was discovered? Instead…