Answers – To Difficult Questions (1 Corinthians)

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1 Cor 1:1 – Who was Sosthenes?

1 Cor. 1:12 – Is personal discipleship biblical?

1 Cor 1:17—Did Paul oppose water baptism?

1 Cor. 1:18-31 – Is Christianity foolish?

1 Cor 1:19 – Should we acquire wisdom or not?

1 Cor. 1:31 – Why does Paul quote Jeremiah 9:23-24?

1 Cor. 2:6-8 – Who are the “rulers of this age?”

1 Cor. 2:9 – Why does Paul quote Isaiah 64:4 and 65:17?

1 Cor 2:14 – Are non-Christians unable to understand the Bible or be persuaded by evidence?

1 Cor 2:16 – Why does Paul quote Isaiah 40:13?

1 Cor 3:11 – Who is the foundation of the church, Christ or the apostles?

1 Cor 3:13–15 – Does this passage support the Roman Catholic view of purgatory?

1 Cor. 3:12-15 – Does a “bema seat” reward contradict the concept of grace?

1 Cor 3:17 – Will God destroy someone for smoking?

1 Cor 3:19—How could Paul consider the words of Eliphaz inspired when God rebuked Eliphaz for saying them to Job?

1 Cor. 4:5 – Can we judge people or not?

1 Cor 4:13 – Did Paul swear?

1 Cor. 4:21 – Was Paul really going to beat them with a rod?

1 Cor. 5:1-13 – Does this passage teach excommunication from the church?

1 Cor. 5:5 – Handed over to Satan?

1 Cor 5:9—If Paul wrote an inspired epistle, how could God allow it to be lost?

1 Cor 6:2–3 – How will the saints judge the world and angels?

1 Cor 6:9 – Was Paul’s condemnation of homosexuality merely his private opinion?

1 Cor 6:9 – Was Paul against all homosexual acts or only offensive ones?

1 Cor 6:9-10 – Are sinners not getting into heaven?

1 Cor 6:13 – If God is going to destroy the body, then how can it be resurrected?

1 Cor. 6:13 – Will we not have stomachs or food in heaven?

1 Cor 7:8 – Is Paul against marriage?

1 Cor. 7:9 – Did Paul have a low view of marriage?

1 Cor 7:10-11 – Does Paul allow abandonment as permission for divorce and remarriage?

1 Cor 7:10-12, 25 – Are these portions of Scripture not inspired?

1 Cor 7:10–16 – Does Paul contradict what Jesus said about divorce?

1 Corinthians 7:12 – How can Paul’s words be inspired if he says he is merely giving his own opinion?

1 Cor 7:14 – What does sanctified mean here?

1 Cor 8:1 – Is it “arrogant” to be knowledgeable?

1 Cor 8:4 – If idols are nothing, why does God condemn idolatry?

1 Cor 8:5 – How many Gods are there, one or many?

1 Cor 8:5-6 – Is there one God or not?

1 Cor. 8:11 – Can believers be “ruined” or “destroyed” and go to hell for eating idol-meat?

1 Cor 9:9 – Why does Paul cite Deuteronomy 25:4?

1 Cor 9:24 – Does Paul encourage or discourage running to obtain a spiritual goal?

1 Cor 10:1-5 – Did Paul allegorize the OT?

1 Cor. 10:7 – Why does Paul cite Exodus 32:6?

1 Cor 10:8 – Does Paul make a mistake in quoting how many people died?

1 Cor 10:8 – Were there 23,000 or 24,000 slain?

1 Cor 10:33 – Was Paul a man-pleaser or not?

1 Cor 11:2 – Should we follow traditions or not?

1 Cor 11:3 – Does the Bible teach that men have authority over women?

1 Cor 11:4 Is it wrong for a man to wear a baseball cap while praying?

1 Cor 11:5 – Should women wear veils when they pray?

1 Cor 11:5-6 – Is it wrong for a woman to have her head uncovered while praying?

1 Cor 11:7-9 – Are women made in God’s image or man’s?

1 Cor. 11:10 – What does it mean that a woman has “authority” (exousia) on her head?

1 Cor 11:14 – How can nature teach that long hair is wrong for a man when length of hair is culturally relative?

1 Cor 11:4 – Is it wrong for a man to wear a baseball cap while praying?

1 Cor. 11:27 – Taking the Lord’s Supper in an unworthy manner?

1 Cor 11:29 – Is Paul referring to transubstantiation in this passage? Or something else?

1 Cor 12:3 – Is it impossible for a false teacher to say the phrase “Jesus is Lord”?

1 Cor. 12:28 – Are the spiritual gifts equal or not?

1 Cor 12:31 – If coveting is wrong, why does Paul encourage coveting the best gifts?

1 Cor. 13:7 – Should Christians believe all things?

1 Cor 13:8-13 – Are prophecy and tongues temporary?

1 Cor 13:13 – Why does Paul place love above faith and hope?

1 Cor. 14:21 – Why does Paul quote Isaiah 28:11?

1 Cor. 14:22 – Are tongues a sign for non-Christians?

1 Cor 14:33 – If God is not the author of confusion, what about the Tower of Babel?

1 Cor. 14:34-35 – Are women supposed to keep silent?

1 Cor 15:2 – Does this passage threaten eternal security?

1 Cor 15:3-5 – Was this an early Christian statement of faith?

1 Cor 15:3-5 – Was this an early Christian statement of faith?

1 Cor 15:5–8 – Did Jesus only appear to believers?

1 Cor 15:5–8 – Why did Jesus appear to only a select few?

1 Cor 15:10 – Was Paul’s boasting contrary to Scripture?

1 cor 15:22 – Do the sons bear the sins of the fathers or not?

1 Cor 15:29 – Doesn’t advocating baptism for the dead contradict Paul’s teaching that each person must believe individually?

1 Cor 15:29 – What is baptism for the dead?

1 Cor 15:32 – Why does Paul quote Isaiah 22:13?

1 Cor 15:37 – Is Paul teaching that the resurrection body is a different one from the one that is sown—a kind of reincarnation?

1 Cor 15:44 – Is the resurrection body material or immaterial?

1 Cor. 15:44 – Will we have physical bodies or spiritual?

1 Cor 15:45 – Was Christ a life-giving spirit after His resurrection, or did He have a physical body?

1 Cor. 15:52 – The last trumpet?

1 Cor 16:2 – Do we have to meet on Sunday for church?

1 Cor 16:20 – Should we greet each other with a holy kiss?