CLXIII. The Use of the Scriptures.
1 COR. x. 11. " Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are…
CLXII. The Spiritual Rock.
1 COR. x. 4. "And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." THERE is an…
CLXI. The Doubt of St. Paul.
1 COR. ix. 27. "But I keep under the body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means when I have preached to others I myself should be…
CLX. The Battle of Life.
1 COR. ix. 7. “Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?" I. WE have here an inspiriting metaphor. It is wise to begin the battle of life…
CLIX. Knowledge and Love.
1 COR. viii. 1. "Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." I. THE error of the party of knowledge in the Corinthian Church was not in giving its full value to…
CLVIII. Bought with a Price.
1 COR. vi. 19,20. "Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price: there- fore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."…
CLVII. The Old Leaven.
1 COR. v. 7, 8. "Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened, for even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for…
CLVI. Christ our Passover.
1 COR. v. 7. “Even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.” THE allusion in the text may have been suggested to the apostle either by the time of year,…
CLV. Man’s Judgment.
1 COR. iv. 3. "With me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment." ST. PAUL was far from being indifferent…
CLIV. Paul’s Salutation.
ROM. xvi. 1. "I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea." BY means of the light supplied by this paragraph,…