1 Corinthians 1:8

1:8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:17

1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel – and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless.

1 Corinthians 2:16--3:1

2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Immaturity and Self-deception

3:1 So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:3

4:3 So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

1 Corinthians 4:8

4:8 Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

1 Corinthians 5:5

5:5 turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:29

7:29 And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

1 Corinthians 8:5

8:5 If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

1 Corinthians 9:24

9:24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

1 Corinthians 9:27

9:27 Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 10:7

10:7 So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

1 Corinthians 11:32

11:32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

1 Corinthians 12:12

Different Members in One Body

12:12 For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body – though many – are one body, so too is Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:22-23

14:22 So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 14:23 So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

1 Corinthians 15:45

15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 16:6

16:6 and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go.