Apostle Paul finishes the Corinthian congregation’s questions concerning the married, the young single -the virgins, those thinking about divorce, those thinking about marriage, and sex with advice concerning the covenant bond of marriage. Does the bond last beyond the grave? Can they marry another? Paul states in verses 8 and 9 that it would be […]
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1 Corinthians 7:32-35. Please, Please Thee. Today’s BDBD.
The year before I was born, an album and song were recorded that began a rock ‘ n ‘ roll group’s very long, popular career. “Please Please Me” was the name of The Beatles’ first album and hit. The not-so-subtle request in the title stands in opposition to the selfless sacrifice presented in this paragraph. […]
1 Corinthians 7:1-2. But Since. Today’s BDBD.
Corinth was on a peninsula. Ships needing to get from two important shipping seas would be taken across land at Corinth. Sailors would have several hours to explore the city as their ships traversed the land. The temple prostitutes for the goddess Aphrodite numbered in the hundreds, even thousands, at Corinth, profiting from the sailors. […]
1 Corinthians 7 Overview. Today’s BDBD.
Chapter 7 is long, with a lot of advice about husbands and wives, marriage, divorce, and indirectly sex. Paul is answering questions they had while continuing the subject at the end of the previous chapter. Corinth was the center of much immorality, causing the new congregation to be confused about many things involving marriage and […]
1 Corinthians 6:14-17. Union. Today’s BDBD.
Continuing his point in truth, countering a misrepresentation of grace, Apostle Paul presents the resurrected Christ and our future resurrection (14). Jesus was raised from the dead, and we will be bodily raised too. Why? We will be raised because we are united with him in body. Those who believe in Jesus has a been […]
