Bible Commentaries

Romans 12:13 — 12:13: communicating to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality. God’s people have some obligations towards fellow church members. Some of these duties are listed in this verse. The first responsibility (“communicating,”

Romans 13:6-7 — of the Jewish authorities. According to Matthew 17:24, Jesus entered into Capernaum. The authorities, who would soon seek to have the Lord killed, asked Peter for tax money (24b, “they that received the half-shekel”). Jesus paid this tax (Matthew 17:27). At a later time, this same fund was used to pay Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 26:15; Matthew 27:3). The Lord put money into the very fund that was used to later pay for His betrayal! Matthew added that those who controlled this fund

Romans 15:1-3 — 15:1-3: Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying. 3 For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The

Romans 16:25-27 — 16:25-27: Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal, 26 but now is manifested, and by the scriptures

Romans 7:4 — 7:4: Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, (even) to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God. Paul presented a principle and here

Romans 8:35-37 — 8:35-37: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for

1 Corinthians 1:13 — 1:13: Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized into the name of Paul? The first four chapters in this book deal with the problem of division, and this subject consumes the most space of any subject discussed in this epistle.

1 Corinthians 1:26-27 — 1:26-27: For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, (are called): 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things

1 Corinthians 10:23-24 — 10:23-24: All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things edify. 24 Let no man seek his own, but (each) his neighbor’s (good). The wording in verse 23 is also found in 6:12. In the commentary

1 Corinthians 10:4 — 10:4: and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ. A final similarity between Israel and Christianity is a “spiritual drink” (i.e. the water provided by God).

1 Corinthians 11:23 — 11:23: For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread; This verse is very similar to 1 Corinthians 15:3 (Paul “received” information and “delivered”

1 Corinthians 11:26 — 11:26: For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death till he come. The word “proclaim” (katangello) is translated “shew” in the KJV. Good definitions for this word are “proclaim”

1 Corinthians 12:13 — 12:13b: and were all made to drink of one Spirit. Since the Holy Spirit has revealed the word of God (John 16:13), and those who obey that word are brought together in “one body” (13a), Paul was able to say that all Christians have been

1 Corinthians 12:29-30 — 12:29-30: Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all (workers of) miracles? 30 have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? The questions in verses 29-30 are rhetorical and the implied answer for each

1 Corinthians 14:30 — 14:30: But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence. Here Paul pictured a setting where Christians had “come together” (verse 26), presumably for worship. As one Christian offered instruction, “another”

1 Corinthians 15:16-18 — 15:16-18: For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised: 17 and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. Verse 16 must have shocked

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 — 15:3-4: For I delivered unto you first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures; The word “delivered”

1 Corinthians 7:26-28 — 7:26-28: I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, (namely,) that it is good for a man to be as he is. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. 28 But shouldest

1 Corinthians 8:12 — 8:12: And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ. This is a very potent passage. Twice in this verse Paul used the word “sin” (hamartano), and each time the verb is in the

1 Corinthians 9:17 — 9:17: For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me. In the previous verse Paul said he preached out of “necessity.” He was not like someone who on a whim thought,