Chapter fourteen begins with almost a repeat of 1 Corinthians 12:31. Paul encouraged the Corinthians to pursue the love he just explained and still be eager for the spiritual gifts, but now he began to emphasize one gift – prophecy – especially over speaking in tongues. Apparently, the Corinthians were elevating tongues above the other […]
Chapter thirteen is the famous “love chapter,” a part of which is often used in weddings and such to demonstrate the greatness of selfless love. What is often overlooked is that this is right in the middle of Paul’s teaching on spiritual gifts, and love was the comparison Paul used to show which gifts were
Chapters twelve through fourteen comprise the longest section in the entire Bible on spiritual gifts. The Corinthians had no lack of these gifts (1 Corinthians 1:5-7), yet they apparently misused them because they were “ignorant” about them, which Paul intended to correct (1 Corinthians 12:1-3). In 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Paul set out an initial discussion
