Quotes About Corinthians

Se o pecado não for confrontado, pode fazer com o crente o que a kriptonita pode fazer com o Super-Homem, chegando inclusive a ponto de causar morte. Ainda sobre isso, Paulo, como pai espiritual amável que era, alerta a igreja de Corinto, e a nós, a respeito dos efeitos da kriptonita.

El conocimiento de la Palabra de Dios sin amor es una fuerza destructora, porque nos llena de orgullo y legalismo (1 Corintios 8:1-3), lo cual hace que nos justifiquemos en lugar de arrepentirnos por la falta de perdón.

Whoever, therefore, hath this ability to know the mysteries of the gospel, he hath it by free gift or donation from God. He hath received it, and may not boast as if it were from himself, and that he had not received it, as the apostle speaks, 1 Cor. iv.

The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean freedom of the will.

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. -I Corinthians 13:13

And this is the appointment of God himself; for as, under the law, those who ministered about holy things lived of the things of the temple, so hath the Lord ordained that those who preach the gospel should live of the gospel, 1 Cor. 9:11, 13, 14.

We all know that it's no good simply telling people to love one another. One more exhortation to love, to patience, to forgiveness, may remind us of our duty. But as long as we think of it as duty we aren't very likely to do it. The point of 1 Corinthians 13 is that love is not our duty; it is our destiny.

Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.

So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.