Text: 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 Theme: Paul didn’t just go; sometimes he stayed to make a bigger impact. Key verses: “I am coming to visit you after I have been to Macedonia…Perhaps I will stay awhile with you, possibly all winter, and then you can send me on my way to my next destination. This time ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 Theme: Paul believed firmly in planning and procedures in ministry. Key verses: “Now regarding your question about the money being collected for God’s people in Jerusalem. You should follow the same procedure I gave to the churches in Galatia. On the first day of each week, you should each put aside ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:56-58 Theme: Enthusiasm for His work should spring from our victory through His Son. Key verses: “But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:50-55 Theme: Complete transformation is coming for all who know Him. Key verses: “But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 Theme: Paul goes out of his way to illustrate the stark change in us after resurrection. Key verses: “But someone may ask, ‘How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have? What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:12-34 Theme: The dead will be raised. It just makes sense. Key verses: “Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:2-11 Theme: Paul established the Gospel as the priority and common message of the apostles. Key verses: “I passed on to you what was most important and what had been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 14:36-15:2 Theme: Paul had no issue bouncing from harsh correction to kind compliments. Key verses: “Or do you think God’s word originated with you Corinthians? Are you the only ones to whom it was given?” (14:36). “But if you do not recognize this, you yourself will not be recognized. So, my dear ...
Text: 1 Corinthians 14:34-40 Theme: Everything in gathered worship times should be proper and in order. Key verses: “the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their ...