1 Corinthians 1:4-9

The church at Corinth was a seriously troubled church.  Paul diagnosed the problem: pride and a lack of true love in the church.

A new command Jesus gave us….to love God above all and every person as much as we do ourself having empathy and compassion for them and showing His great and abiding love for all His creation that as many as possible will be saved.

Rest in His mercy and grace remaining humble as you walk with the Holy Spirit knowing that it has nothing to do with your goodness or any other created person but everything to do with Jesus the Christ and His birth, death and resurrection. To God be all the glory!

Paul does not praise the Corinthians for their good works as he does some other churches; instead, he praises God who works in them. 

When we focus on people’s faults, hope soon wanes and discouragement follows. But when we concentrate on the Lord, even the darkest hours can be filled with praise.

1 Corinthians 1:4-9

⁴ I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, ⁵ that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, ⁶ even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, ⁷ so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁸ who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

¹⁰ when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. 

2 Thessalonians 1:10

⁶ who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 

1 Timothy 2:6

²⁰ For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 

Philippians 3:20

¹³ looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 

Titus 2:13

⁶ being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; 

Philippians 1:6