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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am going to speak about the testimony of the apostle Peter concerning his Lord, but we will first read together part of the writings of his “beloved brother Paul,” that we may see how these eminent servants of Christ agreed in their witness-bearing. 1-3. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
1, 2. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, -Note the humility of Paul in associating with himself an almost unknown brother, Sosthenes. Although the letter is written by Paul alone, yet, as if he did not care to stand in isolation even for a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. A church should be made up of sanctified persons, those who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: The epistles were written to distinct churches, but they have a bearing upon all Christians; hence the apostle says, “With all that in every...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; Paul is a great preacher of grace, and therefore he is a great giver of thanks. Grace should be followed with thankfulness. “I thank my God.” What a beautiful expression!...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; It is something to be thankful for God’s goodness to yourself, but it is a higher virtue to be thankful for God’s goodness to others. How grateful we might be all day long if we had a quick eye to see the grace of God in our fellow-Christians, and if we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was very wise of Paul...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; The church of Corinth was a church of all the talents: it was not, however, a church so much of all the graces, and so it was a very poor example for us. I sometimes think that its mode of worship is recorded rather as a warning beacon than as an example to us. It...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: This is a fine trait in their character, they did look to the second Advent; it operated upon them, it helped them in many ways. We cannot now mention all the holy uses which is in the waiting for the coming of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, Blessed be his name that he is. We are often very unfaithful. Man is always so, but “God is faithful.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Where it is not so, the life of piety seems...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel: There were other people who could baptize for him: it was enough for that he should concentrate all his energies upon that one matter of preaching the gospel, not that he neglected the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. A very remarkable passage! Paul could have used the wisdom of words. In some of his epistles he gives us a specimen of his mighty rhetoric. He was a born master of speech. There was a touch of poetry in him, and always a high logical power, but he would not use it in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, Some miracle, something that shall attest it in a supernatural way.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Beloved, you know how true this is. It has been a wonderful power in you, and this day it is the only wisdom which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. And yet you will perceive that the church is always looking after wise men after the flesh. If it can find these, it straightway cringes before them, and asks these learned doctors to teach it something more than the simplicities of Christ. This is the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: There are a few such. Remember how the Countess of Huntingdon used to say that she was very thankful for that letter “m,” for it does not say “not any noble,” but “not many noble are called.”