Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 60
1 Corinthians 1; 1
Corinthians 2; 1 Corinthians 3; 1 Corinthians 4
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will
of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God in
Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together
with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ--their
Lord and ours: 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I always thank God for you
because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him
you have been enriched in every way--in all your speaking and in all your
knowledge-- 6 because our testimony about Christ was confirmed
in you. 7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you
eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.8 He will
keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our
Lord Jesus Christ.9 God, who has called you into fellowship with
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. 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. 11 My brothers, some
from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 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." 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul
crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul? 14 I
am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so
no one can say that you were baptized into my name. 16 (Yes, I
also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I
baptized anyone else.) 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. 18 For the message of
the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: "I
will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will
frustrate." 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? 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. 22 Jews
demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we
preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but
to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and
the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than
man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. 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.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. 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, 29 so that no one may boast
before him. 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. 31 Therefore, as it is written:
"Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
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 For
I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him
crucified. 3 I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much
trembling. 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise
and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5 so
that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power. 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. 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. 8 None of the rulers
of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory. 9 However, as it is written: "No eye has
seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those
who love him"-- 10 but God has revealed it to us by his
Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 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. 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. 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. 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. 15 The spiritual man makes
judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's
judgment: 16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord that
he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as
worldly--mere infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid
food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 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? 4 For when
one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos,"
are you not mere men? 5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what
is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has
assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos
watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants
nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The
man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be
rewarded according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow
workers; you are God's field, God's building. 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. 11 For
no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus
Christ. 12 If any man builds on this foundation using gold,
silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 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. 14If
what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15 If
it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one
escaping through the flames. 16 Don't you know that you
yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17 If
anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred,
and you are that temple. 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. 19 For the wisdom
of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches
the wise in their craftiness"; 20 and again, "The
Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile." 21 So
then, no more boasting about men! All things are yours, 22 whether
Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the
future--all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ, and Christ is
of God.
1 So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and
as those entrusted with the secret things of God. 2 Now it is
required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3 I
care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not
even judge myself. 4 My conscience is clear, but that does not
make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore
judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will
bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's
hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. 6 Now,
brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit,
so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond
what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against
another. 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What
do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you
boast as though you did not? 8 Already you have all you want!
Already you have become rich! You have become kings--and that without us! How I
wish that you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you! 9 For
it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the
procession, like men condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a
spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men. 10 We
are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are
strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very
hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are
homeless. 12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are
cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; 13 when
we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum
of the earth, the refuse of the world. 14 I am not writing
this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children. 15 Even
though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers,
for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore
I urge you to imitate me. 17 For this reason I am sending to
you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind
you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach
everywhere in every church. 18 Some of you have become
arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. 19But I will come to you
very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these
arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. 20 For
the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 21 What
do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a whip, or in love and with a gentle
spirit?
Revelation 6
Revelation 6 (New International Version, ©2010)
Revelation 6
The Seals
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day's wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day's wages,[d] and do not damage the oil and the wine!"
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[e] were killed just as they had been.
12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?"
Revelation 6
The Seals
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day's wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day's wages,[d] and do not damage the oil and the wine!"
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[e] were killed just as they had been.
12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?"
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