Paul for everyone. 1 Corinthians / (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tom Wright.
• Authors: Wright, N. T (Nicholas Thomas)
• Contents: Thankful for God's grace -- Beware of divisions! -- God's folly -- Boasting in the Lord -- The powerful message of the cross -- God's strange wisdom -- Spiritual or merely human? -- God's farm, God's building -- The coming day, the coming fire -- Everything belongs to you -- Judgment then rather than now -- Apostles on display -- Puffed up or powerful? -- Scandal and judgment -- Get rid of the 'leaven'! -- Lawsuits in the church -- Inheriting God's kingdom or not -- What is the body for? -- Life within marriage -- Marriage and divorce -- Stay the way you were called -- On remaining unmarried -- Divided loyalties -- Meat offered to idols -- Respecting weak consciences -- The 'rights' of an apostle -- Giving up rights for the gospel -- The apostle's freedom to be enslaved to everyone -- The Christian athlete -- The first exodus -- Don't make the same mistake again! -- The table of the Lord and the table of demons -- Do everything to God's glory -- Male and female in the worshipping church -- Rich and poor at the table of the Lord -- Recognizing the body -- The same spirit at work -- Many members, one body -- The responsibilities of each member -- Gifts and ministries -- The need for love and the character of love -- Love: the bridge to God's future -- Priorities in worship -- Speaking clearly in church -- Praying with mind as well as spirit -- Signs for believers and unbelievers -- Final instructions for worship -- The gospel of the Messiah, crucified, buried and risen -- Resurrection gives meaning to present Christian living -- The transformed resurrection body -- The mystery and the victory -- The collection and Paul's plans -- Timothy and Apollos -- The love that stitches it all together.
• Publisher Details: London Louisville, KY : SPCK Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 227.206; RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament; RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters; Electronic books; Commentaries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781611640403; 1611640407; 9780281062713; 0281062714
• Related ISBNs: 0664227910; 9780664227913; 0281053057; 9780281053056; 9780281071944; 0281071942
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