The Corinthians are the church of God in Corinth.
To the church of God that is in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus.
The Corinthians are the church Paul planted in Corinth. He stayed a year and six months. The letters correct division, immorality, lawsuits, the Supper, gifts, and the resurrection. They are sanctified in Christ and called to be saints, and they are the church that most needed the correction. Paul calls them his children. The early church in that city is not a model of order. It is a church Christ had claimed, and an apostle would not abandon.
- Aquila and Priscilla were there. The church met, and it split into party names.
- Not many were wise or powerful by the world’s count. God chose them.
- The collection for the saints was asked of this church.
The church of God that is in Corinth.
Sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints.
I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
- The Corinthians are the church in Corinth.
- Paul planted it and wrote to correct it.
- They are called saints while being rebuked.
- Division, the Supper, and the resurrection are the great subjects.
- Not many were impressive. God chose them.
- He calls them his children in the gospel.
- The City – Corinth.
- The Planter – Paul.
- The Call – Saints, while still corrected.
- The Fights – Parties, the table, the resurrection.
- The Gift – The collection.
- The Father – Paul, through the gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 1:2 – “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints.”
- Acts 18:9-11 – “I have many in this city who are my people… he stayed a year and six months.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:26-27 – “Not many of you were wise according to worldly standards… God chose what is foolish.”
- 1 Corinthians 4:15 – “I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:11-12 – “There is quarreling among you… each one of you says, I follow Paul, or I follow Apollos.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:1 – “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:20 – “When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 – “How can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?”
- 2 Corinthians 1:1 – “To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia.”
- 2 Corinthians 7:8-9 – “I made you grieve with my letter… you were grieved into repenting.”
To the church of God that is in Corinth.
Called to be saints.
I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
The Corinthians are that church. Claimed, corrected, and not abandoned.
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