by Will | Mar 17, 2021 | Scripture Meditations
1 Corinthians 9:1-12a (NIV)Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.This is...
by Will | Mar 16, 2021 | Scripture Meditations
1 Corinthians 8:7-13 (NIV)But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. But food does...
by Will | Mar 11, 2021 | Scripture Meditations
1 Corinthians 8:1-6 (NIV)Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God.So then,...
by Will | Mar 10, 2021 | Scripture Meditations
1 Corinthians 7:39-40 (NIV)A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the...
by Will | Mar 9, 2021 | Scripture Meditations
1 Corinthians 7:36-38 (NIV)If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. But the...
by Will | Mar 8, 2021 | Scripture Meditations
1 Corinthians 7:32-35 (NIV)I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife—and his interests are...
