Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of god. Pauls purposes for writing the corinthians were several. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading 1 corinthians. Finally we come to the heart of 1 corinthians 1, the source of our wisdom. In the thinking of that part of the ancient world, to eat at the same table with someone indicated friendship and fellowship with that person. Paul is acknowledged as the author both by the letter itself 1. For this weeks bible study of the week, were digging deep into the book of 1 corinthians from the macarthur study bible. Enduring word bible commentary 1 corinthians chapter 10. Paul directly compares loves value to faith, hope, prophecy, sacrifice, knowledge, and the gift of tongues and indirectly with all other gifts of god mentioned in chapter 12. All the thoughts of our minds and all the motives of our hearts should be an open book so that when observed by others, our life proclaims all to the glory of.
Then they saw god send the water back to drown the egyptian army exodus 14. Whether therefore ye eat or drink which may principally refer to eating things sacrificed to idols, and drinking the libations of wine offered to them, since this is the subject of the apostles discourse. Now to each one the manifestation of the spirit is given for the common good. An exegetical and theological exposition of holy scripture the new american. The same is the end of all christs actions, as man and mediator. Old forms of identity, old ways of understanding oneself and ones neighbor. This unity is not contrary to the diversity of members and their functions but rather shows a.
A study of 1 corinthians from the macarthur study bible. He in no way denigrates the others usefulness to life and gods purpose, but none can compare in importance to love. Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of god. Carnal corinth was the sin center of the roman empire in pauls day.
Some believers saw nothing evil in eating meat that had been offered to idols 1 corinthians 8. So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of god. So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of god. An exegetical and theological exposition of holy scripture the new american commentary book 28 kindle edition by taylor, mark. The wisdom of christ in discipleship 1 corinthians 1. The book of 1 corinthians books of the bible difficulties in the church. The holy bible book 46 1 corinthians kjv dramatized. Introduction to 1 corinthians bible exposition commentary.
Following is an excerpt of the introduction, which is found at the beginning of 1 corinthians, and you can get a free download of the entire book of 1 corinthians using our download link below. His first purpose was to deal with several moral problems and the divisions that had formed as people had divided into fanclubs and were proclaiming. Corinth was an important and wealthy city on the isthmus narrow strip of land separating northern and southern greece. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The word partakers is the same word koinonia for communion in 1 corinthians 10. In i corinthians, the bible reveals loves supreme importance to life. But when paul says it here in 1 corinthians he has something very specific. Visit our library of inductive bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the bible you can use in your small group. Gods glory is the end of all his works and actions. Our lives belong to god for his glory and his names sake.
In corinth, much of the meat available for human consumption had been sacrificed to idols. The working preacher team believes that god uses good biblical preaching to change lives. To close the present point with a general rule, applicable not only in this, but in all cases, see to it that whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do in all things whatsoever, whether of a religious or civil nature, in all the common as well as sacred actions of life, keep the glory of god in view, and steadily pursue, in all, this. David guzik commentary on 1 corinthians 10, where paul addresses the. The question sets the stage for the universal principle about how to exercise our christian rights, which follows in 1 cor. The gospel good news of jesus christ does not just affect our sundays, but also our monday mornings and beyond. We learn by the epistle that the sexual immorality of the city of corinth had influenced some of the assembly 1 corinthians 5. What a wonderful book is the bible, written at intervals during a period of. When this happens, believers are despised and persecuted 1 corinthians 4. Its location was about 40 miles west of athens on a narrow isthmus between pelopon.
We have enlisted hundreds of friends biblical scholars, theologians, homileticians and pastors dedicated to the craft of biblical preaching to provide you timely, compelling and trustworthy content. This is the holy book of 1 corinthians, known as the first epistle of paul the apostle to the corinthians. Working preacher is a ministry brought to you by luther seminary. The word glory refers especially to his splendid beauty as. They were, by a miracle, led through the red sea, where the pursuing egyptians were drowned.
Verse 1 for i would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea. The apostle paul spent 18 months there on his second missionary journey and established a. Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of god. His authorship was attested by clement of rome as early as a.
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