And I, when I came to you, brothers,[a] did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my…
Last time we looked at an overview of this letter to the Corinthians. We settled on a topic, an idea, that permeates the who letter, namely, unity in the church. Paul gives this as his reason for writing because he had heard there were divisions in the church at Corinth. And so he writes to…
“All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. 25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience. 26 For “the…