How the Stone the Builders Rejected Became the Cornerstone

How Can We Build On The Foundation Of Christ?

(1st Corinthians chapter 3)

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This week’s Bible study of the writings of the apostle Paul will be on the third chapter of Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. In this passage of Scripture, Paul is teaching about building on the foundation of Christ as a way to avoid divisions within the church, and he was doing so in the context of the state of the early Church at that time. Paul addressed specific issues that had been brought up previously by this congregation regarding disagreements and arguments about The Way (as Christianity was called in the days of the early Church), and its interpretation. In the early part of this chapter Paul finds himself having to rebuke this congregation for their lack of unity due to disputes among them concerning their views on what it meant to be Christian. We will begin at the first verse as usual.

Part One of This Week’s Bible Verses for Study and Memorization

“Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly — mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are…