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a strange path to wisdom

OUR ONLY BOAST, OUR ONLY PLAN 1 Corinthians 3:18-20 18 No one should deceive himself in this matter. If anyone among you thinks that he is a wise leader for this age, let him become stupid so that he may … Continue reading

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our body is his temple

DON’T DESTROY US! 1 Corinthians 3:14-17 14 If the work which someone has built survives that fire, he will receive a reward. 15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will lose it. He himself will be saved, but only … Continue reading

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disclosure day

ARE YOU BUILDING WITH THE RIGHT STUFF? 1 Corinthians 3:10-13 10 By means of the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I placed a foundation, but another is building on it. So each … Continue reading

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significance in service

COMMITMENT, NOT COMPARISON 1 Corinthians 3:7-9 7 So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is significant, only God who is causing you to grow.   8 But the one planting and the one watering work together … Continue reading

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servants of the sovereign

STOP WORSHIPING SERVANTS 1 Corinthians 3:4-6 4 Because when someone says, “I am in Paul’s group,” and another, “I am in Apollos’ group,” are you not mere humans? 5 What then is Apollos, and what is Paul? We are servants … Continue reading

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carnal people

JEALOUSY AND RIVALRY ARE SIGNS OF IMMATURITY 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 1 Yet I, brothers, was not able to speak to you like you were spiritual people, but like you were carnal people, like you were infants in Christ. 2 It … Continue reading

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spiritual stupidity

WE GET IT — THEY DON’T 1 Corinthians 2:13-16 13 …truths which we can also communicate, just not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities using spiritual words. 14 But a … Continue reading

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God’s little secret

THE SECRET IS OUT 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 10 But God has uncovered it for us through the Spirit; because the Spirit probes all mysteries, even the deep ones from God.   11 Because who in humanity knows the secrets of a … Continue reading

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concealed wisdom

THIS GENERATION NEEDS THE GOSPEL   1 Corinthians 2:6-9 6 Yet we are speaking wisdom among the mature ones; but a wisdom which is not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are being brought to … Continue reading

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reverse strategy

PROCLAIM, LET GOD PERSUADE 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 1 Remember when I first came to you, brothers? I did not come with a lofty word or wisdom, as I proclaimed to you the testimony of God.   2 Because I had decided … Continue reading

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