Category: Daily Devotion

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. 1 Corinthians 9:19 – Paul in this chapter is seeking to teach the Corinthian church of his rights as an apostle and preacher of God’s word. He had rights to be treated as an apostle and…

  However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 1 Corinthians 8:7 – Paul is working though the list of questions the Corinthian church gave him, and now it’s all about food offered to idols. In their…

Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7‬:‭17‬ ‭- While there was high levels of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church and in the culture around the church at that time,…

  “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 – Apparently the church in Corinth had taken a very “grace-filled” approach to their way of handling sin within their lives, especially sins of sexual…

  …you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 5:5 – During the time Paul was ministering, Corinth was a massive trade city, and with all this wealth it was a hub for all sorts of sexual…

  For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 1 Corinthians 4:7 – Paul was having to do some serious correcting within the hearts of those in the Corinthian church. While we…

  According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 1 Corinthians 3:10 – Paul is addressing the division that he was hearing about within the Corinthian church. Division over which…

  The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14 – Something you’d learn about me if you hung around me is that sports is not at all a part of…

For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles…1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭- Corinth was a unique city for Paul to preach at. It was wealthy, learned, and highly sinful. In the city was both Jews and Greeks, and both were looking for…

  So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. Mark 16:19 – Recently I was reading though Hebrews 8 in a Bible study at church, and this is where scripture speaks of Jesus as our eternal, high priest. There we see…