1 Corinthians
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| 1:1 Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus through the intentions of God, and Sosthenes our brother: 2 To the assembly of those called out, the church of God [a] which is in Corinth, having already been devoted inside of Christ Jesus together with all those in every place calling on the name of our Lord and theirs, Jesus Christ. 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God always concerning you, • for the grace of God has already been given to you inside of Christ Jesus, 5 that in everything you have abounded and been made rich inside of Him in all speaking of word and in all knowledge, 6 just as the witness of Christ was established inside of you, 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift • as you eagerly welcome the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who also will establish and sustain you to full completion, without blame, in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 10 I encourage you, brothers and sisters, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there not be any divisions among you, • that you be one, since you already have been perfectly fitted together inside of the same mind and inside of the same purpose. 11 Indeed, it was shown to me concerning you, my brothers and sisters, by those of Chloe, that there have been quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this, that each of you says either, “I am of Paul,” or, “I am of Apollos,” or, “I am of Peter,” or “I am of Christ.” 13 Has Christ been divided into parts? Was Paul crucified for you? Or, were you immersed into the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I immersed none of you in water except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that none of you should say that you were immersed into my name. 16 Yet I also immersed the household of Stephanas, but I don’t think I immersed anyone else. 17 For Christ did not send me to immerse in water, but to bring good news, not in the wisdom of intellectual words, so that the cross of Christ should not be deprived of recognition. • 18 For the word of the cross is indeed foolishness to those perishing; but to those of us who are being saved, it is the power of God. 19 As it is written, “Indeed, I will eliminate the wisdom of the wise and annul and set aside the reasoning of the intelligent” (Isaiah 29:14). 20 Where is the wise? Where is the writer? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 Since indeed in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God; it pleased God, through the foolishness of preaching, to save those who are believing. 22 We see that Judeans (b) ask for a sign and that Greeks seek wisdom; 23 we, on the other hand, preach Christ having been crucified, a stumbling block to the Judeans and foolishness to the Greeks. • 24 To us who are called, however, both Judeans and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 Consider your calling and summoning brothers and sisters, that not many wise according to the flesh were called, not many powerful, not many of noble birth. 27 But the foolish things of the world God has chosen, that He might shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God has chosen, that He might shame the strong, 28 and the low-born of the world and those who are despised God has chosen, and that which is not, so that He might bring to nothing that which is existing, • 29 so that no flesh might boast inside the presence of God. • 30 Rather, out from God, you are inside of Christ Jesus, who has become as us wisdom from God and just innocence and also as us devotion and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord” (Jeremiah 9:23-24) [c]. |
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| • Covenant: Grace, the gift of a shared life with God, is found inside of Jesus inside of us. We are made rich inside of Jesus through speaking Christ made personal as us, that we might know the Father. To be established as witnesses of Christ is to be made just like Jesus, the Covenant. • Kingdom: We are filled with all spiritual gifts to build up one another even as we welcome every moment the Apocalypse, the Unveiling of Jesus Christ, seeing Him as He is and being made just like Him. It is the Lord Jesus Christ who establishes us together inside of all completion, the Kingdom. Even as God, in all faithfulness takes us into, opens to us, makes us part of, the Fellowship of His Son, the enjoyment of divine Fellowship. • The Form for God through Jesus: The Church is the Body of Christ, the Form for Jesus inside of creation. This Form is us, walking together inside of Love. This Form for Jesus is fitted together perfectly right from the start (See Ephesians 1:23). We are one, yet not outwardly. Rather, we respect and honor one another’s uniqueness. We together are made just like Jesus (through His name), and we share the same purpose, that Father might come Home. We speak the same thing together, for we each speak Christ made personal as us. • Ruling Verse 5: The Word of the Cross is best expressed by Galatians 2:20. We wake up into Life to discover that all that was in us that once opposed God is gone forever, we know not how. Believing such a thing is foolishness to most. We are SAFE inside of Jesus. And this same Jesus is now the Wisdom and Power of God towards us, making us to be just like Himself (saved) in a shared intimacy, deep and personal. • Ruling Verse 5: There is no human path from death to Life. It is God alone who places us into Jesus, inside of Jesus, right from the start, in one mighty action, entirely separate from our own doing. All we are required to do is to acknowledge what God has already done, to believe “into” Jesus. Jesus Himself, having come into union with us first, now lives as us, in just innocence and devotion, for we are redeemed. |
a.The Greek word “ecclesia,” I continue to translate as “Church,” but with the meaning of the gathering together of those called into Christ Jesus, both locally and universally. b. The Greek word is “Judean,” not “Jew.” I stay strictly with “Judean” throughout because of the confusion of terms in our day. As John said, there are many who call themselves “Jews,” though they are not descended from Jacob. c. That is, proclaiming Christ made personal as you, the only way not to “boast in self.” . |