Tag: corinthians
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What is the meaning of 2 Corinthians 9:7
What is the meaning of "decided" in your heart, if decisions are made in the mind!? 2 Cor 9:7 – Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. …
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How does one practically receive the “light of the knowledge” of the Glory of God in 2 Corinthians 4:6?
1) How does one practically receive the “light of the knowledge” of the Glory of God in 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of …
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Is 2 Corinthians 3:14 contradictory to the OT?
Paul implies that the OT scriptures were veiled / not able to be understood. How can this be, that God would give guidance that they were not able to understand or comply with? 2 Corinthians 3:14 – But their minds were closed. For to thi…
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What is the meaning of “therefore all died” in 2 Corinthians 5:14?
2 Corinthians 5:14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. What is the logic here? What is the meaning of the word "therefore"? Who are the "all"? John 14…
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What does “communion of the Holy Spirit” mean in 2 Corinthians 13:14?
What does communion of the Holy Spirit mean in 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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Is the Son second in authority under God the Father? 1 Corinthians 15:24-28
1 Corinthians 15:24-28 (NRSV): 24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet…
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Is there any distinction in the Greek between “Praying in/with the Spirit” from Ephesians 6:18 & the similar words in 1 Corinthians 14:15?
In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Paul indicates that he prefers to pray both in (or with) the Spirit and in (or with) the mind. τί οὖν ἐστίν; προσεύξομαι τῷ πνεύματι, προσεύξομαι δὲ καὶ τῷ νοΐ· ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι, ψαλῶ δὲ καὶ τῷ…
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Will faith and hope continue or cease when the perfect comes? 1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians 13 (ESV): If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, …
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Will faith and hope continue or cease when the perfect comes? 1 Corinthians 13
1 Corinthians 13 (ESV): If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, …
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Is it sound exegesis to see 1 Corinthians 8:6 as based on Genesis 1:26?
Elohim and ὁ θεὸς in Genesis 1 The creation account in Genesis begins with a plural word, elohim to identify God: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1 ESV) בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ Elohim contin…
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What is the meaning of “a holy kiss” in “Greet one another with a holy kiss”. 1 Corinthians 16:20?
1 Corinthians 16:20 "All the brothers send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss". ESV. My emphasis. Many years ago I was in a church congregation and the preacher was speaking about "a holy kiss". In the …
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Why in 1 Corinthians 7:15 Paul uses the perfect tense along the present tense?
1 Corinthians 7:15 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called [a]us [b]to peace. Footnotes: a. One early ms read…
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1 Corinthians 16:13 – act like men?
1 Corinthians 16:3 ESV, 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. The Greek text for the emboldened phrase above is: ἀνδρίζεσθε – (andrizesthe) The ESV appears to translate it properly as "act like men". S…..
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What is the difference between the victim of divorce in 1 Corinthians 7:15, and Luke 16:18, if remarriage is permitted by Paul?
Many people believe that 1 Corinthians 7:15 gives Christians grounds for remarriage if their unbelieving spouse leaves and persistently rejects the idea of reconciliation. This is how I’ve just naturally read the passage, yet I have a stro…
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What does the prohibition against women speaking in church in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 mean?
In 1st Corinthians 14:34-35 (NASB), Paul says: 34The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. 35If they desire to learn anything, let them …
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“the first day of the week” in 1 Corinthians 16:2
I heard somewhere that in 1 Corinthians 16:2 Upon the first [day] of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as [God] hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come There is some ambiguity about “the first…