To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit; to another miraculous results; …
Word Study Gems
Bible Gem 427 – For the Common Good (1 Cor 12:7)
1 Corinthians 12:7 To each person has been given the ability to display the Spirit for the common good. (ISV) A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. (NLT) The Spirit has given each of us a special …
Bible Gem 426 – Charismata and Charismatic (1 Cor 12:4-6)
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in …
Bible Gem 425 – Discerning Spiritual Things (1 Cor 12:1-3)
What I want to talk about now is the various ways God’s Spirit gets worked into our lives. This is complex and often misunderstood, but I want you to be informed and knowledgeable. Remember how you were when you didn’t know God, led from one …
Bible Gem 368 – Playing With Words (1 Cor 7:6)
I say this as a concession, not a command. What does that mean? I suggested that you look at the various versions yesterday. (ASV) But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment. (BBE) But this I say as my opinion, and not …
Bible Gem 367 – Prayer or Sex? (1 Cor 7:3-6)
A husband should fulfil his obligation to his wife, and a wife should do the same for her husband. A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn’t have authority over his own …
Bible Gem 366 – Fondling / Touching (1 Cor 7:1-2)
The spread of usage on verse one of chapter seven is set between the ends of the continuum – from “touching/fondling” to “marry”. Touch is used 15 times and marry is used 5 times out of 25 translations. The question we have to ask ourselves …
Bible Gem 365 – It’s good for a man not to . . . (1 Cor 7:1)
Did any of you think to look at the various versions to see if they shed any light on things? 1 Corinthians 7:1 (BBE) Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do …
Bible Gem 360 – The use of “naos” not “heiron” (1 Cor 3:16 & 6:19)
Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you? God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Don’t you …
Bible Gem 359 – Why the Plural “You” in 1 Cor 6:19
Firstly, Paul’s use of the your-body-is-the-temple-of-God/Holy-Spirit argument” is interesting. In each case he is countering something that is heinous to him. He is trying to remind the Corinthians of the sense that God indwells them. If God indwells us then how can they allow those …