Category: 1 Corinthians
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The Paschal Lamb
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 1 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV) Passover – How many of us have referred to Christ as our Passover lamb who was sacrificed for our sins? This verse from Paul is…
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Baptism and Circumcision
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 1 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV) 12. As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they…
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Not with Old Leaven
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV) Not with old leaven – Today is the last day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It’s a High Sabbath today, and I’d like…
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Paul, a First Century Jew
The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. 35 If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35…
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Separation Destroys Us
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 1 Corinthians 14:21 (KJV) In the law it is written – I find it interesting that Paul, a man who had Torah…
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Your Body
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 1 Corinthians 6:19 (KJV) Your – In English, the word “your” can be singular or plural. It’s difficult to know which is implied unless there’s something in context…