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7 Famous Bible Verses From The Book Of 1st Corinthians

7 Famous Bible Verses From The Book Of 1st Corinthians

Last updated on: October 30, 2015 at 5:03 pm by Jack Wellman

7 Famous Bible Verses From The Book Of 1st Corinthians 2015-10-30T17:03:48-05:00 Jack Wellman

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Here are seven famous Bible verses that are found in the Book of 1st Corinthians

First Corinthians 2:9 “But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.”

Paul was caught up to the third heaven, perhaps in Paradise or into the presence of the Lord, we don’t know as Paul wrote “whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows” (2nd Cor 12:2) so apparently he cannot even describe what God has prepared for those who love Him and those who love Him obey those things He commanded (John 14:15). The glory that is to be revealed to us cannot be put into words (Rom 8:18).

First Corinthians 3:7 “So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.”

This verse gives the witness hope. It shows that a person’s salvation is not their responsibility. Someone else may have come before us to water with the Word and so we may be fertilizing that Word, but it is actually “God who gives the growth” to the church. It is not our responsibility to save anyone; it is their response to His ability but it our responsibility to tell them (Matt 28:19-20).

First Corinthians 10:31 “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

We can glorify God in whatever we do or we can bring shame to the cause of Christ. Paul wrote 1st Corinthians 10:31 in the paragraph of and in the context of judging one another over what they ate and what they drank. Paul asked “why should my liberty be determined by someone else’s conscience” (1st Cor 10:29) and his point was, it didn’t matter as long as one does it for God’s glory.

First Corinthians 12:18 “But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.”

There is much debate over who is placed in one position in a church while others are not, however the Bible teaches that it is not of man’s choice nor did it originate from the will of man. Man is not the one to place the members of the church as they see fit, rather it is God Who has “arranged the members in the body” “as he chose.” Jesus is the conductor of the orchestra of the church (the Body of Christ) since He is the Head of the Church and this requires that each member play an intricate and crucial part in order to orchestrate for God’s glory. Each individual member is particularly suited for where God places them. He is the Master Potter and He does what is best for the church in general and for each clay vessel.

First Corinthians 13:1 “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.”

If we are not speaking in love, then our spiritual gifts that are intended for the church are just a lot of noise (gong!). One of the pagan religions required the worshiper to bang on a gong and clang cymbals so that the god or gods would take notice and come into their presence. If we do not love one another then we’re just making a lot of useless noise just as the pagan gods were in reality, nothing.

First Corinthians 15:6-8 “Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.”

Here is evidence of Jesus’ appearance after His crucifixion, death, and resurrection. In the Old Testament and the New Testament, there was a requirement to have two or more witnesses for something to be established as true testimony (Duet 19:15; Matt 18:16; 2nd Cor 13:1) but here we see that there are “more than five hundred brothers at one time” no less, that saw the resurrected Jesus. That is concrete evidence to be sure and if you took that evidence into a court of law, it would be considered valid testimony.

First Corinthians 15:22 “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.”

Here is the fulcrum of human history. It swings or hinges on the New Man, Jesus Christ, in whom we “shall be made alive” because in Adam alone, we “all die.” It was the turning point for mankind. Now we can be made alive after repentance and faith and then on the day of Jesus’ arrival, “the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality…Death is swallowed up in victory” (1st Cor 15:54) which allows us to say “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting” (1st Cor 15:55)? I am so ready for that! Amen?

Conclusion

The Book of 1st Corinthians relates very well with the sexually immoral society in which we live in. The expression used for sexually immoral activity in Paul’s day was to “Corinthianize.” That literally meant to be engrossed in a lewd and sexually immoral lifestyle, however that had been overcome by most of the Corinthians but only because of the victory over sin and death by Jesus Christ. He swallowed death and its sting up for all time. He took the sting out of death because He took the sting of death for us. Now when the beloved Christian dies, it’s not goodbye but “see you later.” That gives us all hope, however if you haven’t yet bent the knee and humbled yourself before God, then you’ve got sting to come and it is an everlasting one (Rev 20:12-15), therefore repent and be saved today while it’s still called today (2nd Cor 6:2).

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.

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