Tag: 1 Corinthians 2
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Impossible to Know God
Paul continues to address the problem of worldly wisdom in the church at Corinth—a problem that puffs people up and leads to division in the body. In the remaining verses of Chapter 2, Paul presents an epistemology. He reveals, basically, what it means to have the wisdom of Christ rather than of the world. 1…
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Why I Determine to Know Nothing
Paul’s goal is to encourage the church at Corinth toward unity through maturity in the knowledge of Christ (1:10). He explicitly mentioned the wisdom of the world as a source of conflict in the Corinthian church (1:22-23). Today, there is much worldly wisdom in our society and in the church that leads to great division.…