As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12 NABRE Paul understands the Christ to be absolutely everything. Jesus makes a transition from human to anointed, and Paul has said He…
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For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. 1 Corinthians 11:26 NABRE . Paul is responding to the community at Corinth about division. The people are coming together for the Lord’s Supper celebration and they are…
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I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and an arrogant man, but I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief. 1 Timothy 1:13 NABRE Paul in writing to a disciple, Timothy, speaks about his experience in encountering Christ. Paul is converted from Jewish…
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Although I am free in regard to all, I have made myself a slave to all so as to win over as many as possible. 1 Corinthians 9:19 NABRE Paul begins to speak to the community about his role. He sees himself as a witness to the Gospel, Christ’s message…
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For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Romans 8:29 NABRE Paul writing a treatise to the community formed in Rome, a community not of his own creation, likely a community founded…
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