Biblical in one year 2/27/2022 1 Corinthians 1-3
By
Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce
Christian
Arts Ministries: Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry & counseling
Introduction to the first letter of
Paul to the Corinthians
The city of Corinth-
Located
on the narrow isthmus between the Aegean and Adriatic Seas, Corinth was a port
city and wealthy commercial center. Ships wanting to avoid the dangerous trip
around the southern tipoff Greece were dragged across that isthmus. The City
boasted an outdoor theater that accommodated 20,000 people; athletic games
second only to the Olympics; a Greek, Roman, and Oriental population; and the
great temple of Aphrodite with its 1000 prostitutes. The immoral condition of
Corinth is vividly seen in the fact that the Greek term Korinthiazomai
(Literally, to act the Corinthian) came to mean “ to practice fornication.”
There were taverns on the south side of the marketplace, and many drinking
vessels have been dug up from those liquor lockers. Corinth was noted for
everything sinful.
The church in Corinth -
The
gospel was first preached in Corinth by Paul on his second missionary journey
(A.D.50). While living and working with Aquila and Priscilla, he preached in the
synagogue until opposition forced him to move next door, to the house of Titius
Justus. The Jews accused him before the Roman governor Gallio but the charge
was dismissed, and Paul remained eighteen months in the
city(Acts18:1-17;1Cor.2:3). After leaving, Paul wrote the church a letter which
has been lost (5:9), but disturbing news about the believers and questions they
asked Paul in a letter they sent to him (7:1) prompted the writing of 1
Corinthians. Problems there included divisions in the church (1:11), immorality
(chap.5;6:9-10), and the questions concerning marriage, food, worship and the
resurrection. Aberrant beliefs and practices of an astonishing variety
characterized this church.
The
place of writing
This letter was written from Ephesus (16:8)
Contents
The
letter is largely practical in emphasis, dealing with spiritual and moral
problems and questions. It is a casebook of pastoral theology. Important
emphases include: the judgment seat of Christ (3:11-15), the temple of the Holy
Spirit (6:19-20), the glory of God (10:31), the Lord’s Supper (11:23-24), love
(chap.13), the exercise of gifts (chaps12-14), and resurrection (Chap.15).
1 Corinthians Chapter 1
1:1 Paul, called to be
an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
1:3 Grace and peace to
you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving
1:4 I always thank God
for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.
1:5 For in him you
have been enriched in every way--in all your speaking and in all your
knowledge--
1:6 because our
testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
1:7 Therefore you do
not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be
revealed.
1:8 He will keep you
strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
1:9 God, who has
called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
A Church Divided Over
Leaders
1:10 I appeal to you, brothers,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so
that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united
in mind and thought.
1:11 My brothers, some
from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
1:12 What I mean is
this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow
Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I
follow Christ."
1:13 Is Christ
divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
1:14 I am thankful
that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
1:15 so no one can say
that you were baptized into my name.
1:16 (Yes, I also
baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I
baptized anyone else.)
1:17 For Christ did
not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel--not with words of human
wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ Crucified Is
God’s Power and Wisdom
The causes of Divisions- the misunderstanding
of God’s message of the cross
1:19 For it is
written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the
intelligent I will frustrate."
1:20 Where is the wise
man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God
made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1:21 For since in the
wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased
through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
1:22 Jews demand
miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom,
1:23 but we preach
Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
1:24 but to those whom
God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of
God.
1:25 For the
foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is
stronger than man's strength.
1:26 Brothers, think
of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human
standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
1:27 But God chose the
foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the
world to shame the strong.
1:28 He chose the
lowly things of this world and the despised things--and the things that are
not--to nullify the things that are,
1:29 so that no one
may boast before him.
1:30 It is because of
him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is,
our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
1:31 Therefore, as it
is written: "Let him who boasts boast
in the Lord."
Verse 10 to 12 “divisions” or “schisms”, “parties” This
letter was written to a church divided over personalities (v.12). Though
severely condemned, these factions were allowed to exist in order that approved
believers could be recognized (11:19).
Perfectly united. Paul appeals for adjustments to be mad in these
personality divisions so that there might be unity in the church. Other issues that
divided the church included libertinism (6:13), the relation of men and women in
the church (11:2-16), food laws (8:10;10:25), speaking in tongues (chps.14) and
resurrection of the dead (chapt.15) quarrels. Or strife, which, according to
Gal.5:20, is a work of the flesh, or old nature. The party of Apollos apparently
preferred a polished style in preaching (Acts18:24). The party of Cephas (Peter) appealed to the traditionalists who wanted
a leader who had walked with Christ. The
party of Christ included those who disdained attachment to any group and flaunted
their liberty in Christ. (6:12)
『憑神旨意，蒙召作基督耶穌使徒的保羅，和弟兄所提尼，』林前一1
『寫信給在哥林多神的召會，就是給在基督耶穌裏被聖別，蒙召的聖徒，同著所有在各處呼求我們主耶穌基督之名的人；祂是他們的，也是我們的；』林前一2
『願恩典與平安，從神我們的父，並主耶穌基督歸與你們。』林前一3
『我因神在基督耶穌裏所賜給你們的恩典，常常為你們感謝我的神，』林前一4
『因為你們在基督裏，在一切的發表和知識上，樣樣都得以富足，』林前一5
『正如我們為基督所作的見證，在你們裏面得以堅固，』林前一6
『以致你們在恩賜上一無所缺，熱切等待我們主耶穌基督的顯現；』林前一7
『祂也必堅固你們到底，使你們在我們主耶穌基督的日子無可指責。』林前一8
『神是信實的，你們乃是為祂所召，進入了祂兒子我們主耶穌基督的交通。』林前一9
『弟兄們，我藉我們主耶穌基督的名，懇求你們都說一樣的話，你們中間也不可有分裂，只要在一樣的心思和一樣的意見裏，彼此和諧。』林前一10
『因為，我的弟兄們，革來氏家裏的人曾對我題到你們的事，說你們中間有爭競。』林前一11
『我是說，你們各人說，我是屬保羅的，我是屬亞波羅的，我是屬磯法的，我是屬基督的。』林前一12
『基督是分開的麼？保羅為你們釘了十字架麼？或者你們是浸入保羅的名裏麼？』林前一13
『我感謝神，除了基利司布並該猶以外，我沒有浸過你們一個人，』林前一14
『免得有人說，你們是浸入我的名裏。』林前一15
『我也浸過司提反家；此外浸過別人沒有，我就記不得了。』林前一16
『基督差遣我，原不是為施浸，乃是為傳福音；並不用言論的智慧，免得基督的十字架落了空。』林前一17
『因為十字架的話，對那正在滅亡的人為愚拙，對我們正在得救的人卻為神的大能。』林前一18
『因為經上記著：“我要滅絕智慧人的智慧，廢棄通達人的通達。”』林前一19
『智慧人在那裏？經學家在那裏？這世代的辯士在那裏？神豈不是使世上的智慧成為愚拙麼？』林前一20
『既然照著神的智慧，世人憑自己的智慧，未曾認識神，神就樂意藉著所傳之事的愚拙，拯救那些信的人。』林前一21
『猶太人是求神蹟，希利尼人是尋求智慧，』林前一22
『我們卻是傳揚釘十字架的基督，對猶太人為絆腳石，對外邦人為愚拙；』林前一23
『但對那蒙召的，無論是猶太人、或希利尼人，基督總是神的能力，神的智慧。』林前一24
『因神的愚拙總比人智慧，神的軟弱總比人強壯。』林前一25
『弟兄們，你們看你們蒙召的，按著肉體有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，出身尊高的也不多；』林前一26
『神卻揀選了世上愚拙的，叫那有智慧的羞愧；神又揀選了世上軟弱的，叫那強壯的羞愧；』林前一27
『神也揀選了世上出身卑下的，以及被人藐視的，就是那些無有的，為要廢掉那些有的，』林前一28
『使一切屬肉體的人，在神面前都不能誇口。』林前一29
『但你們得在基督耶穌裏，是出於神，這基督成了從神給我們的智慧：公義、聖別和救贖，』林前一30
『為使，如經上所記：“誇口的當在主裏誇口。”』林前一31
1 Corinthians Chapter 2
2:1 When I came to
you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed
to you the testimony about God.
2:2 For I resolved to
know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
2:3 I came to you in
weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
2:4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and
persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,
2:5 so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom,
but on God's power.
2:6 We do, however, speak
a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the
rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
2:7 No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God
destined for our glory before time began.
2:8 None of the rulers
of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory.
2:10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
2:11 For who among men
knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way
no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
2:12 We have not
received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may
understand what God has freely given us.
2:13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by
human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in
spiritual words.
2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the
things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and
he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2:15 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is
not subject to any man's judgment:
2:16 "For who has
known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
『因為我曾定了主意，在你們中間不知道別的，只知道耶穌基督，並這位釘十字架的。』林前二2
『我在你們那裏，又軟弱，又懼怕，又甚戰兢。』林前二3
『我說的話，講的道，不是用智慧動聽的言語，乃是用那靈和能力的明證，』林前二4
『叫你們的信不在於人的智慧，乃在於神的能力。』林前二5
『然而在長成的人中，我們也講智慧，但不是這世代的智慧，也不是這世代有權有位正被廢掉之人的智慧。』林前二6
『我們講的，乃是從前所隱藏，神奧祕中的智慧，就是神在萬世以前，為使我們得榮耀所豫定的；』林前二7
『這智慧，這世代有權有位的人，並沒有一個知道，因為他們若知道，就不會把榮耀的主釘十字架了。』林前二8
『只是如經上所記：“神為愛祂的人所豫備的，是眼睛未曾看見，耳朵未曾聽見，人心也未曾想到的。”』林前二9
『但神藉著那靈向我們啟示了，因為那靈參透萬事，甚至神的深奧也參透了。』林前二10
『因為除了在人裏面人的靈，在人中間有誰知道人的事？照樣，除了神的靈，也沒有人知道神的事。』林前二11
『我們所領受的，並不是世上的靈，乃是那出於神的靈，使我們能知道神白白恩賜我們的事；』林前二12
『這些事我們也講說，不是用人智慧所教導的言語，乃是用那靈所教導的言語，用屬靈的話，解釋屬靈的事。』林前二13
『然而屬魂的人不領受神的靈的事，因他以這些事為愚拙，並且他不能明白，因為這些事是憑靈看透的。』林前二14
『惟有屬靈的人看透萬事，卻沒有一人看透他。』林前二15
『誰曾知道主的心思能教導祂？但我們是有基督的心思了。』林前二16
1 Corinthians Chapter 3
The Church and Its Leaders
3:1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ.
3:2 I gave you milk,
not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not
ready.
3:3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy
and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere
men?
3:4 For when one says, "I follow Paul,"
and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
3:6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but
God made it grow.
3:7 So neither he who
plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
3:8 The man who plants
and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
3:9 For we are God's
fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
3:10 By the grace God
has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is
building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds.
3:11 For no one can lay
any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 If any man builds
on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
3:13 his work will be
shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be
revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.
3:14 If what he has built survives, he will receive his
reward.
3:15 If it is burned up,
he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through
the flames.
3:16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's
temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
3:17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will
destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
3:18
Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards
of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise.
3:19 For the wisdom of
this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches
the wise in their craftiness";
3:20 and again,
"The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
3:21 So then, no more
boasting about men! All things are yours,
3:22 whether Paul or
Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the
future--all are yours,
3:23 and you are of
Christ, and Christ is of God.
『弟兄們，我從前對你們說話，不能把你們當作屬靈的，只能當作屬肉的，當作在基督裏的嬰孩。』林前三1
『我給你們奶喝，沒有給你們乾糧，因為那時你們不能喫，就是如今還是不能，』林前三2
『因你們仍是屬肉體的。因為在你們中間有嫉妒、爭競，你們豈不是屬肉體，照著人的樣子而行麼？』林前三3
『有的說，我是屬保羅的，另有的說，我是屬亞波羅的；你們豈不是屬肉體的人麼？』林前三4
『亞波羅算甚麼？保羅算甚麼？照著主所賜給他們各人的，不過是執事，藉著他們，你們信了。』林前三5
『我栽種了，亞波羅澆灌了，惟有神叫他生長。』林前三6
『可見栽種的算不得甚麼，澆灌的也算不得甚麼，只在那叫他生長的神。』林前三7
『栽種的和澆灌的都是一樣，但將來各人要照自己的勞苦，得自己的賞賜。』林前三8
『因為我們是神的同工，你們是神的耕地，神的建築。』林前三9
『我照神所給我的恩典，好像一個智慧的工頭，立好了根基，有別人在上面建造，只是各人要謹慎怎樣在上面建造。』林前三10
『因為除了那已經立好的根基，就是耶穌基督以外，沒有人能立別的根基。』林前三11
『然而，若有人用金、銀、寶石，木、草、禾秸，在這根基上建造，』林前三12
『各人的工程必然顯露，因為那日子要將它指明出來；它要在火中被揭露，這火要試驗各人的工程是那一種的。』林前三13
『人在那根基上所建造的工程若存得住，他就要得賞賜。』林前三14
『人的工程若被燒燬，他就要受虧損，自己卻要得救；只是這樣得救，要像從火裏經過的一樣。』林前三15
『豈不知你們是神的殿，神的靈住在你們裏面麼？』林前三16
『若有人毀壞神的那殿，神必要毀壞這人，因為神的那殿是聖的，你們就是這殿。』林前三17
『人不可自欺；你們中間若有人自以為在這世代中有智慧，他就該變作愚拙，好成為有智慧的。』林前三18
『因這世界的智慧，在神看是愚拙，如經上記著：“主叫智慧的人中了自己的詭計。”』林前三19
『又說，“主知道智慧人的意念是虛空的。”』林前三20
『所以誰都不可拿人誇口，因為萬有全是你們的，』林前三21
『或保羅、或亞波羅、或磯法、或世界、或生命、或死亡、或現今的事、或要來的事，全是你們的，』林前三22
『但你們是基督的，基督又是神的。』林前三23
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