Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Paul An Apostle

1 Corinthians 9:1–2: Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Love is About Others

1 Corinthians 8:10–13: For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? But when …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Love or Liberty

1 Corinthians 8:9: But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

A Clear Conscience

1 Corinthians 8:7–8: However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Just One God

1 Corinthians 8:4-6: Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

The Test of Love

1 Corinthians 8:3: But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Love Builds Up

1 Corinthians 8:1–2: Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Marriage is for Life

1 Corinthians 7:36–40: But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry. Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Putting God First

1 Corinthians 7:32–35: But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. There is a difference between a …

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Discipleship Living: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians

Time is Short

1 Corinthians 7:28–31: But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you. But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even …

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