Study Desk

Christ has made me know that everything in itself is clean. But if a person thinks something is not clean, then to him it is not clean.

Do not destroy what God has done just because of some food. All food is good to eat. But it is wrong to eat anything that will make someone fall into sin.

But if he has doubts about the food he eats, God says he is guilty when he eats it. It is because he is eating without faith. Anything that is not done in faith is sin.

But now I am finished with my work here. I have been wanting to come and visit you for many years.

But now I am going to Jerusalem to hand the Christians the gift of money.

Everyone knows you have obeyed the teaching you received. I am happy with you because of this. But I want you to be wise about good things and pure about sinful things.

But now it is for us to know. The early preachers wrote about it. God says it is to be preached to all the people of the world so men can put their trust in God and obey Him.

I remember I did baptize the family of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing any others.

Preaching about the cross sounds foolish to those who are dying in sin. But it is the power of God to those of us who are being saved from the punishment of sin.

But we preach that Christ died on a cross to save them from their sins. These words are hard for the Jews to listen to. The Greek people think it is foolish.

God's plan looked foolish to men, but it is wiser than the best plans of men. God's plan which may look weak is stronger than the strongest plans of men.

But God has chosen what the world calls foolish to shame the wise. He has chosen what the world calls weak to shame what is strong.

What I had to say when I preached was not in big sounding words of man's wisdom. But it was given in the power of the Holy Spirit.

But the person who is not a Christian does not understand these words from the Holy Spirit. He thinks they are foolish. He cannot understand them because he does not have the Holy Spirit to help him understand.

For who has the thoughts of the Lord? Who can tell Him what to do? But we have the thoughts of Christ.

My teaching was as if I were giving you milk to drink. I could not give you meat because you were not ready for it. Even yet you are not able to have anything but milk.

I planted the seed. Apollos watered it, but it was God Who kept it growing.

As for me, my heart tells me I am not guilty of anything. But that does not prove I am free from guilt. It is the Lord Who looks into my life and says what is wrong.

We are thought of as fools because of Christ. But you are thought of as wise Christians! We are weak. You are strong. People respect you. They have no respect for us.

You may have 10,000 Christian teachers. But remember, I am the only father you have. You became Christians when I preached the Good News to you.