To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clad and roughly treated, we wander about homeless 1 Corinthians 4:3 NABRE Paul is sharing in his letter to the community at Corinth how inconsequential are the luxuries and pleasantries of the world. He wants the community to…
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It does not concern me in the least that I be judged by you or any human tribunal; I do not even pass judgment on myself; 1 Corinthians 4:3 NABRE Paul is so committed to a life in God, whom he considers the only judge, that any other judgement does…
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God, for it is written: “He catches the wise in their own ruses,” 1 Corinthians 3:19 NABRE Paul recognizes there are two views, the way the world sees things and the way God sees things. In the world…
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for you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving in an ordinary human way? 1 Corinthians 3:3 NABRE Paul recognizing a split in the community at Corinth speaks to them not about who is better to…
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For “who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 NABRE Paul is speaking to the community at Corinth about wisdom and the difference between the wisdom of a natural person and a spiritual person. The…
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