The pursuit of human wisdom may bring an earthly contentment or happiness (though this is rare), but in itself, it can never bring the true knowledge of the true God. Paul isnt condemning all learning or education; he merely says that by themselves they are useless for obtaining spiritual wisdom. What the Church supremely needs is to correct the spirit of the age.. Verse 1 Corinthians 15:3. III. It was founded on a promise of God, when He said for I have many people in this city (Acts 18:10). Many things made Corinth famous. Corinth had a rich ethnic mix, and it was a center for sports, government, military, and business. b. Jesus work for us didnt just come out of thin air; it was planned from all eternity and described prophetically in the, iv. iii. 1 Corinthians 4 - Bible Study Tools ii. : There are all different kinds of bodies in Gods creation, including, . However, we never speak of the physical sufferings of Jesus to make us feel sorry for Jesus, as if He needed our pity. From the first, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. b. Enduring Word Bible Commentary 1 Corinthians Chapter 1 I. 1 Corinthians Commentary, Summary and Key Verses All rights reserved worldwide. But God did not respond to the polling data. d. You come short in no gift: Paul thanks God for the gifts among the Corinthians, even though they were causing some trouble. 1 Corinthians 1:14-17 INTRODUCTION 1. Verse 3. Sin is the ultimate cause of death (Romans 6:23, Genesis 2:17), and the, : This defeat of death is only possible for those who live. So when he says, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. We are fools for Christ's sake; such in common account, and we are well content to be so accounted. As Paul said to Agrippa in Acts 26:8, This may be a foolish question (Paul calls his imaginary questioner , Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. They could not have known this unless God revealed it to them. This should make us steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord! 2 Corinthians 4:10, Galatians 6:17. and (concrete, of felt necessity: , 50, abstract, of general principle) relate, as in 1 Corinthians 15:42 ff., to the present, living . Paul made it clear that to be, ? While our present bodies are adapted for the environment of time and earth, our resurrection bodies will be adapted for the environment of eternity and heaven. The Son glorifies the Father (John 17:4), the Father glorifies the Son (John 17:5), and the Holy Spirit glorifies the Son (John 16:14). The Lord will show His remembrance of our work and labor of love at the resurrection. Though at the time of his writing 1 Corinthians it was still in the future, Pauls whole arrest, imprisonment, and journey to Rome as done for the sake of the resurrection of the dead (Acts 23:6, 24:15, and 24:21). For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloes, : Chloe was a woman (probably a Christian) whose business interests caused her representatives (those of her. ) ii. Enduring Word Info Conceivably, if Paul had not worked as hard as he did, the grace of God would still have been given to him, but in some measure it would be given. Then Paul wrote 1 Corinthians to respond to these reports. Their idolatry was that they now had God completely figured out; he would simply repeat the Exodus, in still greater splendor. (Fee). The Corinthians boasting about their party leaders was really boasting about themselves. God isnt saying that it is better to be foolish or uneducated. a. But God cannot be found through human wisdom, but only through the, : The Corinthians wanted to believe that the gospel itself was a sublime form of wisdom, as the Greeks considered wisdom (. This wisdom is often in contradiction to mans expectation. I am of Apollos: There was the Apollos Party, who declared We are following in the footsteps of a man who is great in power and spiritual gifts, and an impressive man. This term could be no more than a polite form of address like our Sir. But it could also be used of the deity one worships. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. It means that the righteous deeds and character of Jesus are accounted to us. are significant. i. Raised in incorruption raised in glory raised in power: Our resurrection body will be glorious! There is no real, resurrected Jesus whom they serve. Nor does corruption inherit incorruption: The word corruption does not mean moral or ethical corruption, but physical, material corruption. i. Paul had an extensive history of contact with the city of Corinth, beginning with when he established the church in Corinth, coming there after Athens and staying a year and a half (Acts 18). Who became for us: Jesus is not only wisdom for us; He is also righteousness and sanctification and redemption. Paul doesnt only consider believers in Corinth to be. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. ! A strong church once inscribed these words on an archway leading to the churchyard. But the best news ever is that we can be saved from the punishment we deserve from God because of what Jesus did for us. So this corruptible must put on incorruption. Gods wisdom is not mans wisdom multiplied to the highest degree. Pottery and Corinthian brass (a mixture of gold, sliver and copper) from the city were world famous. (14-17) Paul is grateful he did not happen to baptize more people in Corinth and thereby add more fuel to the partisan debate. Paul was in Athens a day or two; he stayed in Corinth for a year and a half. : Here, Paul refers to God the Sons desire to glorify God the Father through all eternity. Christ has obtained a victory over the law; he has stopped its mouth, and answered all its demands; he has been made under, and subject to it; he has obeyed its precepts, and bore its penalty, and has delivered his from the curse and condemnation of it, so that they have nothing to fear from it; it is dead to them, and they to that: he has also Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father. Understanding the tension between the church and the city is important to understanding the letter of 1 Corinthians. . enduring-word-1-corinthians - Enduring Word (Chinese Version) Christians must let the Word of God shape their thinking, not the evil company of this world. Some of them denied the reality of resurrection, while believing in a resurrected Jesus. The first perfect man, Adam, gave us one kind of body. Therefore be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, : Because we know death is defeated and we have an eternal, resurrected destiny with Jesus Christ, we should stand firm and unshakable all the more for Him right now. We may pride ourselves on not having the problems of the Corinthian Christians, but do we have their positives? iv. 1 Corinthians 15:20 - Bible Hub ii. If the cross and its message seem weak, they are not; they are powerful and wise. Should it not show us that gifts are nothing, unless they are laid on the altar of God; that it is nothing to have the gift of oratory; that it is nothing to have the power of eloquence; that it is nothing to have learning; that it is nothing to have influence, unless they all be dedicated to God, and consecrated to his service? (Spurgeon). c. The world through wisdom did not know God: There is a constant tendency to think that the smartest and wisest humans will know the most about God. For the abundance of their spiritual gifts. ii. This passage also makes it clear that the individual doing the baptizing doesnt really affect the validity of the baptism. Specifically, they wanted the sign of a miraculous Messianic deliverance. (5-8) Concrete evidence of Jesus resurrection. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Notice the words to be are inserted by translators. isnt detailed in the gospels, but is suggested by Matthew 28:10 and 28:16-17. is typical of Pauls letters, and draws from both Greek and Jewish customs. Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. If someone were there, perhaps in a brilliant flash of light, they would have seen the dead body of Jesus transformed, and virtually vaporize out of the grave clothes. Whether there are degrees of glory, as it seems probable, so we shall certainly know, when we come to heaven. (Trapp). When writing Scripture, Paul was infallible, but not omniscient. Knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord: Even if your labor is vain to everyone else, and everyone else discounts or doesnt appreciate what you do for the Lord, your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Each of these were resuscitated from death, but none of them were. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 5 - Confronting Immorality in the Church A. a. It might be easy for us to think they werent even saved! You dont understand the tension between Christ and crucified. The work of God in the Corinthian Christians could be seen by what they said, by what they learned, by a supernatural element in their lives, and by their expectant anticipation of Jesus return. a. Simply put, God the Father will always be God the. The answer is, Yes! God does it and we do it. Surely, Paul remembered his converts, but the issue of baptism, though important, was not as important to Paul. He would gladly say, i. Let every pulpit rightly say, we preach Christ crucified! A strong church once inscribed these words on an archway leading to the churchyard. Today, some are told to embrace death as a friend, but that is not Biblical thinking. On all counts, the resurrection body wins! If the cross is the, iv. : Paul would argue hard for his apostolic credentials, because he knew he had to be respected as an apostle. The words message of the cross sound kind of noble and religious to our twentieth-century ears. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changedin a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. Paul praises God for their positives, and expresses confidence that God will take care of their weak points, and, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, i. We know He lives because the historical evidence, , the brother of Jesus, who is seen as a prominent leader in the church in Acts 15. He is happy to do it in this way, which offends the height of human wisdom. ii. This remarkable, instant gathering of Christians unto Jesus in the clouds has been called the rapture, after the Latin word for caught up in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18. ii. Therefore, if Jesus is not risen, He is unable to save. i. Lord: A title designating not only master and boss, but also the Lord revealed in the Old Testament (known as Yahweh or Jehovah). It wasnt so much that they thought Apollos was great, but that. The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. The name Joshua means, Yahweh is salvation.. However, we learn something just from the meaning of the ancient Greek word " apostolos ," which has the idea of "a special ambassador." Paul was a "special ambassador" of Jesus Christ to the world and to the church. Cephas is the Aramaic word for Peter. i. a. David has been happy to be part of the Blue Letter Bible . O Death, where is your sting? The message of the gospel must first be believed and embraced. ii. "THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS" Chapter Fifteen OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER 1) To see how the resurrection of Jesus is the basis of our faith 2) To determine why we believe that Jesus was indeed raised from the dead 3) To notice the sequence of events which will occur at the end of time as presented in this chapter 4) To understand I thank God Christ did not send me to baptize, : For Paul, preaching was more important than baptizing, though he was certainly not opposed to baptism. 2. Our resurrection body will be a heavenly (. ) b. One minister of Christ may be justly preferred to another. At the first meeting of the resurrected Jesus with His disciples, Thomas was absent and Judas had killed himself. Surely, Paul remembered his converts, but the issue of baptism, though important, was not, , it is impossible to claim that Paul was a sacramentalist. In terms of what love "is not," Paul says it is not self-seeking, short-tempered, and offensive. But God cannot be found through human wisdom, but only through the message of the cross. The first trumpet meant, strike the tents and prepare to leave; the second trumpet meant, fall into line; the third and last trumpet meant march away. This last trumpet describes the Christians marching orders at the rapture of the Church. ii. The resurrection body of Jesus was material and could eat (Luke 24:39-43), yet it was not bound by the laws of nature (Luke 24:31, 24:36-37). God loves to rebuke the idolatry of human wisdom, and He often does it by choosing and using the foolish things of the world. They were not the spiritual achievements of the Corinthians, but the work of the. It is as if he says, You all may not recognize my apostolic credentials. When Paul first came to Corinth, the ruler of the synagogue was a man named Crispus. God loves them, bears them hearty good-will, and bestows on them his fatherly smiles and blessings. Their idolatry was to conceive of God as ultimate Reason, meaning of course what we deem to be reasonable. (Fee). ii. Jesus will take His rightful place as, He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet, : Paul here refers to the one-thousand-year reign of Jesus described in Revelation 20:1-6. , and the church also started preaching Jesus the Great Man and Jesus the Moral Example instead of Christ crucified. . The great Roman statesman Cicero said: The cross, it speaks of that which is so shameful, so horrible, it should never be mentioned in polite society. If we were witnesses to the trial of Jesus when the crowd was shouting out Crucify him! Then life is lived only under the sun, as is considered in Ecclesiastes. They preached the resurrection of Jesus, and the early Christians believed the resurrection of Jesus. iii. By which you are also saved, if you hold fast that word I preached to you. , he uses the term as a figurative title. No one was present in the tomb with Him when His body transformed into a resurrection body. Therefore, the resurrection of Jesus is not some add on to a more important work on the cross. It isnt. The weight of the body, pulling down on the arms and shoulders, tended to fix the respiratory muscles in an inhalation state, and hindered exhalation. The ancient Egyptians, at the end of a big banquet, often escorted a wooden image of a man in a coffin around the tables, telling people to have a good time now, because youll be dead sooner than you think. To remain willfully ignorant of the truth is sin. c. But that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment: The contrast to divisions is to be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. The idea is that we have been purchased to permanent freedom. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen. There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. It is the heart shown in God when it is said of the Lord, The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance ( 2 Peter 3:9 ). It is certain that a blind man is no judge of colours, a deaf man is no judge of sound, and a man who has never been quickened into spiritual life can have no judgment as to spiritual things. (Spurgeon). Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. No. Session 1: The God of All Comfort. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. Though he was a pagan, Menander told the truth at this point, and Paul (more properly, the Holy Spirit) had no problem quoting a pagan who did tell the truth at a particular point. He clearly denies here that he considers baptism essential to the remission of sin or the means of obtaining forgiveness. (Robertson), iii. It is important to understand that when Paul says, . But largely, the smarter one sees himself, the less regard he has for God. The idea is that we have been purchased to permanent freedom. Athena, Apollo, Poseidon, Hermes, Isis, Serapis, and Asclepius, among others, had temples to their honor in Corinth. i. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. And the Greek there is hard to translate. does not mean moral or ethical corruption, but physical, material corruption. f. At the last trumpet: What is the last trumpet? Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. , and each is suited to its own particular environment and needs. Or were you baptized in the name of Paul: Even more foolish than dividing Jesus is to center parties in the church around men. In these first 10 verses, Paul refers to Jesus in every verse, for a total of 11 times. Paul made it clear that to be absent from the body means to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8). d. To the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness: The Jews regarded Christ crucified as a stumbling block; perhaps this is better understood as an offense or a scandal. But Hodge recognizes that Paul isnt necessarily referring to only believers of. Many noble men and women have died horrible deaths for righteous causes through the centuries. The last trumpet may not refer to the last trumpet of the seven trumpets of Revelation at all, but simply refer to the last trumpet believers hear on this earth. They were not looking for the message of the cross. i. Paul came to Corinth from Athens, where he contended with the great philosophers of the day in terms they could understand (Acts 17:16-34). i. There was an old, contentious Quaker who went from one meeting to another, never finding the true church. Paul, knowing death is a defeated enemy because of Jesus work, can almost taunt death, and mock it. . One day, students in one of Albert Einsteins classes were saying they had decided that there was no God. Christ crucified was the ultimate oxymoron, and this was what Paul preached! Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. If one preaches the word with a reliance on wisdom of words, they can make the gospel of no effect. He recognizes that the gifts were not the problem, but wrong attitudes and beliefs about the gifts. We shall rise in a full and perfect age, (as is generally thought) and without those defects and deformities which may here make our bodies appear unlovely. (Poole), ii. (24-28) The resurrection of Jesus leads to the resolution of all things. iii. This conflict had made them divide up into parties or cliques, each party having its own leader., i. They are saints together with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. e. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed: In a single moment, Jesus will gather His people (both dead and on the earth) to Himself, for resurrection. i. But they were. For the grace which was given to you by Jesus Christ, : This was the specific reason for Pauls gratitude. f. See how important the truth of the resurrection is! Death has no power over the person found in Jesus Christ. This is the sharpest and the shrillest note, the boldest and the bravest challenge, that ever man rang in the ears of death Death is here out-braved, called craven to his face, and bidden to do his worst. (Trapp), ii. Later, in 2 Corinthians 6:1, Paul pleads that we might not receive the grace of God in vain: : Paul compares himself to the other apostles. At the core of the gospel are things that. Here, he simply states the fact: And has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep, of our resurrection in both senses. See passages such as Numbers 16:3, Numbers 20:4, Deuteronomy 23:1, and 1 Chronicles 28:8. was a secular term (referring to the gatherings of the citizenry in a city-state to discuss and decide on matters of public interest [Mare]), Paul calls the gathering of Christians in Corinth, . c. To the church of God which is at Corinth: Notice the contrast: The church of God (something good), which is at Corinth (someplace bad). Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Grace is always first, peace always second. was the ultimate oxymoron, and this was what Paul preached! d. There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory: Some take this to mean there will be different degrees of glory for believers in heaven. He has destroyed the wisdom of the wise, just as He said He would., was the man who wanted to dispute every issue and solve it by human reason. (Mare), The world through wisdom did not know God, : There is a constant tendency to think that the smartest and wisest humans will know the most about God. ii. 1 Corinthians 15:52 Commentaries: in a moment, in the twinkling of an
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