Essay on Analysis of Corinthians 2:1-17

Christian ought to examine himself and seek to bear his own sins. As motivation to do good, Paul

Paul’s letter to the Church in Colossae is powerful as well as informative, it not only addresses the specific problem of heresy, but Paul is stating himself to be specifically chosen by God to demonstrate the role of intercessory prayer and suffering as demonstrated in Colossians 1:9-14.

     The meaning of the passage to Paul is to strengthen his brothers in the faith. Paul wrote this to show them that things will not always be perfect and that some times they will face trials but with Jesus all things are possible. Paul also encourages himself through the encouragement of the church of Colosse. I think that when Paul writes to the church’s and tell them what he thinks, encourages them , prays for them, or even just telling them what he face for the gospel, that it gives him a sense of accomplishment or even a sense of why he is doing what he is doing.

He taught practical lessons about how Christian life and loving one another, so that they would know right from wrong. In this letter to the church at Corinth, Paul covered a different issues related to both life and doctrine: divisions and quarrels, sexual immorality, marriage and singleness, freedom in Christ, order in worship, and the right use of spiritual gifts, Paul faced a huge challenge he had to convince these people immorality of sexual activities that had been a part of their old lives. Paul stressed the power of unity. The apostle expected that Christian people would live according to Christian ideals, or as he told them, “You have been bought

Sometime after his initial visit to Corinth, probably while he was ministering in Ephesus, Paul wrote a letter to the church, a letter to which he alludes in 1 Cor. 5:9, “I wrote to you in my epistle not to have any company with fornicators.” As D. Guthrie points out (p. 426), the gist of the contents of that previous letter may be inferred from 1 Cor. 5:9-13.

Paul was writing to the Christians in Rome. These believers were from a wide range of teachings; Gentiles who had come from pagan worship and Old Testament following Jews who believed in Jesus as the Messiah. Because Rome had Christians from multiple backgrounds problems evidently started to arise. Jews wanted the Gentiles to follow their Old Testament teachings and were not showing grace or promoting unity with their demands. Both Jews and Gentile believers lacked sound teaching in the areas of grace and other doctrinal truths, this is what appears to have prompted

Paul begins his letter with honesty and speaks of his genuine dealings with the church of Corinth. He goes on to

Basically in a nut shell, everyone has offended God, but God has a solution. Paul was focused on building up the kingdom of God (Wright 995), and he was not afraid to share and teach the gospel. However, Paul had not visited the church in Rome and was unfamiliar with their problems. So this letter is a bit different than his others. It is not written in the form that we are used too. Paul had already finished his work in the Mediterranean and really wanted to travel to Spain (Osiek 1829). So scholars say that heading to Rome and teaching the Romans would help finance this trip. Seeing how he was from there, it might have crossed his mind to help him. This seemed like a really good plan for Paul. However, being a converted follower of Jesus could present some unforeseen

After a brief greeting Paul states his concern for the church in Galatia (1:1-6). The church is rejecting the message that Paul gave them in favor of different teaching. Paul condemns any gospel apart from the one he gave them and backs this up with a brief history of how he received and delivered the gospel to them (1:6-2:10). He reminds them of how he even rebuked Peter for not acting in accordance with the gospel (2:11-21). He then points to Scripture to back up his argument against the false gospel of legalism being preached in Galatia (3:1-4:31). After this he encourages the Galatians to live in the freedom of Christ, which he explains to them (5:1-6:10). He then ends his letter while reiterating the importance of not listening to the false gospel (6:11-18).

In the Book of Romans Paul wrote many letters answering questions about the human world, mankind’s relations with God, the natural world and most importantly the plan of salvation. Paul wrote these letters to tell the truth, to tell that no matter what race or religion, we are all sinner and the only way to truly become righteous is though faith in Jesus Christ. In Rome at that time you had two extremes of people, the heathens, and those who thought they were holier than thou (Jews). In todays society we still have those two extremes but we also have a middle ground, those who are straddling the fence. Paul just wanted the entire human race to know that we are guilty before God for both past and

The previous section of the letter is the introduction and Paul’s note of thanks for the Corinthian believers. There is a distinct note of commendation and love in the first section before Paul begins to condemn and exhort the Corinthians for their poor behavior. Much of this behavior is linked to their boasting about their wisdom, or the wisdom of those whom they choose to follow. Therefore, much of Paul’s teaching is in relation to true wisdom, as opposed to worldly wisdom. Paul continues to address the issue of factions in the church by further concentrating on the issue of wisdom, before he begins approaching other issues from the report in chapters 5 and 6. Following this, Paul begins to address the questions posed by the

To start off, it is important to understand what caused Paul to write the letter. This could also be recognized as the setting of the letter that provides some minor background information. The people in Galatia and the people of the church in Galatia came to successfully discredit Paul’s position to be spreading the Christian Gospel. They also are questioning the accuracy of his interpretations of the Gospel. One of the main concerns is that Paul is not in a legitimate place of authority to be spreading the Gospel. The churches and followers even went so far as to charge that he was an impostor and was guilty of misleading the churches. In response to these accusations, Paul wrote the Letter to the Galatians. The reoccurring question from the people in Galatia and the Churches is whether Paul’s claims of being an apostle to Jesus Christ can be trusted and whether or not Jesus Christ himself actually gave Paul the permission to continue the

Paul’s letter continues to teach in Romans 1:18-25 and 8:18-25 that in creation God revealed himself. Nevertheless, even though he showed his power and gave people no reason for excuses, believers chose to not live by his ways. They turned their backs to God and worship things that were not of him. They lived in lust and sexual immoral behaviors. God designed a man and a woman to be fruitful, but they chose sinful desires and gave into same sex relations. And those who chose to live in their wickedness and live their life with being the only ones in control, God allowed them to live in their shamefulness. Furthermore, Paul tries to convey to the Christian eye that we should be focused on where we are with the lord and where we are taking the rest of the creation. Human nature and humanity were central focus in Romans 1:26-32 and 3:9-20 at essence their human nature was on no level of good. Humanity nature was corrupt. For they knew of God, but choose to live in unrighteousness. No one had a desire to

Church is an important part of being a Christian. It isn’t about the building or what it looks like, but it is about the community and learning about God. When saying we love Jesus, but hate the church we have to understand that saying this is impossible. In 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, talks about how Jesus is the head of the church and we are the body. If we hate the church it is like hating the head of the body. People get so involved in what the church may look, whether it has a modern day feel to it or if the building hasn’t changed since they were kids. After being a part of a church for so many years you get comfortable with the surrounds. I found this project interesting because I got to see how different churches worship Jesus. Especially

Even though this is good news, Paul knew that not everyone viewed this as good. Of those that choose to reject the saving message of salvation in Christ Jesus consistently, he tells them that God turns that person over to the fulfillment of the shameful inclinations of their own mind. This is shown in chapter 1, beginning at verse 18. Because of the rejection of God, the human situation only gets more and more depraved. We descend to fulfilling our carnal, base cravings, and that is get involved in everything that