Category Archives: corinthians

“There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. Even so ye, forasmuch as yeContinue reading “Intelligible Language (1 Corinthians 14:6-12)”

“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. . . He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.” (1 Corinthians 14:1, 4, KJV) I used to work for a company in a German speaking part of Switzerland and very often would haveContinue reading “Communication or Confusion (1 Cor 14:1-5)”

“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” (1 Corinthians 13:13, KJV) Throughout history, there have been renaissance men. The phrase refers to people who have many talents. The concept was understood by the ancient Greeks in the concept of polymath, a transliteration of polymathes, which comes fromContinue reading “The Greatest (1 Cor 13:13)”

“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through aContinue reading “The End of Childishness (1 Cor 13:8-12)”

“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.” (1Continue reading “The Pinnacle (1 Cor 13:4-7)”

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have notContinue reading “Do not waste your life (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)”

“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the giftsContinue reading “Motives (1 Corinthians 12:27-31)”

“For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer withContinue reading “Supporting (1 Cor 12:24b-26)”

“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body.” (1 Corinthians 12:18–20, KJV) One of the most frightening movies I saw as a childContinue reading “Orderly Body (1 Cor 12:14-24a)”

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 12:12–13,Continue reading “Bound Together (1 Cor 12:12-13)”