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1 Cor 12:12-14 Paul compares the church to a body. At the same time as we all belong together, we are also different. What brings believers together and unites them into a “body” is the “baptism” of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit who removes the enmity between Jews and Greeks, slaves and free, and makes them “brothers …
1 Cor 12:1 There are three topics that Paul believes it is important for us Christians not to be ignorant of: 1) the spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:1), 2) God’s plan for Israel (Romans 11:25), and 3) the return of Jesus (1 Thessalonians 4:13). It is important to remind yourself of these three topics from time to time, otherwise they …
1 Cor 11:17-22 The original Eucharist was not a ceremony inside a church building where people queued up to see a priest who handed out a wafer to be dipped in a cup of wine. No, the original communion was a ceremony in the context of a meal (Matt 26:26-30, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:19-20, Acts 2:42-47), as is evident from …
1 Cor 11:1-16 This text is often used to state that man is above woman in authority in the same way that Jesus is above man in authority. But my assessment is that this text is not about authority at all. The only time the word “authority” is mentioned is in verse 10 where it talks about the authority of …