The Miracle Alternative to Factions in the Church: 1 Corinthians 1:10–12
The Corinthian believers tried to split into fan clubs, but they never belonged to their favorite teachers. In Christ, their teachers belong...
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God Will See to It That We Arrive Guiltless at Christ’s Coming: 1 Corinthians 1:4–9, Part 6
How can we know that God will keep us until the end? Because his faithfulness links his call to our final glorification with unbreakable pow...
How Can Our Waiting for the Coming of Jesus Be Sure? 1 Corinthians 1:4–9, Part 5
In this age, the Christian life is a waiting life. But we wait full of confidence that Christ will return and bring us into our eternal home...
How Rich Are Christians? 1 Corinthians 1:4–9, Part 4
How do the Corinthian church’s riches in word and knowledge serve to confirm the testimony of Christ? Their beautiful speech shows a beautif...
What Is God’s Grace? 1 Corinthians 1:4–9, Part 3
Grace is God’s favor toward us, his power for us, and his gifts to us. What kind of response does this stunning display of God’s goodness ca...
Why Was Paul Such a Thankful Man? 1 Corinthians 1:4–9, Part 2
Paul’s supernatural gratitude came from his wholehearted love for God and his work among the Corinthian church. How can we become thankful l...
Why We Can Wait Confidently for the Appearing of Christ: 1 Corinthians 1:4–9, Part 1
Why should Christians wait confidently to the end? Because not only has God equipped us with many gifts, but he will preserve us in his fait...
Christian, You Belong to Believers in Every Place: 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 6
Because God calls all Christians, all Christians call on God. Our one Lord and one confession unite us with all believers across time and sp...
Consider Your Calling, Christians! 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 5
When we became Christians, what happened to us? By calling us from darkness to light, God gave us an everlasting reason to boast in Jesus Ch...
What Does It Mean to Be Sanctified in Christ Jesus? 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 4
Before launching into his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul describes this local church as sanctified. What does that mean, for them and...
In What Sense Is the Church God’s Church? 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 3
How did a church come to exist in the carnal, immoral, idolatrous city of Corinth, and why did Paul love it enough to write it a letter?
What Does the Name ‘Christ Jesus’ Mean? 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 2
Sometimes we can hear a name so often that we forget what it was originally meant to communicate. What does Paul mean by “Christ”?
Understanding Paul Is Understanding the Word of God: 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 1
When Paul writes to the Corinthians, he writes as a man who once persecuted the church, who then encountered Christ, and who now writes the...
The Heart of the Matter: Fearless Love from True Faith: Philemon 1–25
When Philemon walks away from Paul’s letter, what kind of response does Paul want to see — mere compliance or a heart full of faith in God’s...
Fellow Workers Full of Grace for Philemon: Philemon 23–25, Part 2
What do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke have to do with Philemon and his runaway slave? Paul shows Philemon what gospel-shaped friendship...
Epaphras: Founder, Pastor, Prisoner, Greeter: Philemon 23–25, Part 1
Alongside all the other ways Paul encourages Philemon to love, he also adds greetings from Epaphras, a man Philemon would have deeply respec...
Paul’s Paradoxical Way of Being Refreshed: Philemon 18–22
In seeking a welcome for the runaway slave, Onesimus, Paul banks on his history with Philemon, and risks his own resources, modeling radical...
Can We Always Know the Purposes of Providence? Philemon 15–17, Part 3
Reading God’s providence rightly takes great faith in the power and wisdom of God, and communicating it kindly takes great humility. Paul di...
How the New Testament Transformed Slavery: Philemon 15–17, Part 2
While the New Testament never explicitly abolishes slavery, it is full of teachings and commands that revolutionized the master-slave relati...
Receive Onesimus No Longer as a Slave but as a Brother: Philemon 15–17, Part 1
Paul wanted Philemon to welcome Onesimus back — but did it matter how? Paul’s radical reasoning has big implications for Onesimus’s status a...