Category Archives: Bible

2 Corinthians INTRODUCTIONPaul’s second Letter to the Corinthians was written a short time after the first. Though some of his instructions were followed, many in Corinth still seem to have rejected the apostle’s authority. This most open and revealing of Paul’s letters is an “apology”: a defense of his apostleship and a compelling revelation ofContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

RESURRECTION AHEAD1 Corinthians 15–16 “So it will be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised aContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

CHURCH PRIORITIES1 Corinthians 14 “I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified” (1 Cor. 14:5–6). We gather to worship and build one another up. BackgroundMore about tongues. Modern exercise of the gift of “speaking in tongues”Continue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

TRUE SPIRITUALITY1 Corinthians 12–13 “Love is patient, love is kind. . . . It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres” (1 Cor. 13:4, 7). Love is the true test of spirituality. BackgroundTongues in Corinth. In first-century pagan culture, ecstatic expression and trances had long been associated with religion. Oracles, such as the famousContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”

WOMEN AND WORSHIP1 Corinthians 11 “In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman” (1 Cor. 11:11). Worship is still too significant to be conducted in an unworthy manner. BackgroundWomen and social customs. First Corinthians 11 is one of the most difficult biblical passages to interpret—and one ofContinue reading “The 365-Day Devotional Commentary”