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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I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling 1 Corinthians 2:3 NABRE Paul is not on a pedestal, not bringing a message of his own, he shares Christ’s message. Paul does not speak with an eloquent voice, he does not speak powerfully, rather Paul recognizes he is…
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Consider your own calling, brothers. Not many of you were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 1 Corinthians 1:26 NABRE Paul writes to the community at Corinth, a community that is very alive and passionate, needing constant care and correction by all…
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Therefore I will again deal with this people in surprising and wondrous fashion: The wisdom of the wise shall perish, the prudence of the prudent shall vanish. Isaiah 29:14 NABRE . Reading the prophet Isaiah we witness another moment when the people have disappointed God. Despite their show of piety,…
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