If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (NLT)
26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. 27 Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. 28 God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 29 As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
30 God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. 31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”
- God called you.
- God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise.
- God chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
- God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.
- God has united you with Christ Jesus.
- God made Christ Jesus to be wisdom itself.
- Christ Jesus made us right with God.
- Christ Jesus made us pure and holy.
- Christ Jesus freed us from sin.
- If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.
If you only want one bullet point:
- God does it all.
I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
(1 Corinthians 1:2 NLT)
“Reflections on 1 Corinthians” will be continued in future posts.
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