Paul is less concerned with what the Corinthians think about him personally than he is with what they think about Jesus Christ. He is concerned that as they turn away from the messenger, that they’re in danger of turning away from the message of Jesus Christ. When there’s tension or disagreement, it’s very easy to begin to think of our […]

In this passage, Paul talks about a messenger and a message. Paul himself being the messenger and the gospel of Jesus Christ being the message. And he’s concerned that the Corinthians have confused the two. And in rejecting the one, they are in danger of rejecting the other, and rejecting Paul, they are in danger of rejecting the message, Jesus […]

When Paul talks about boasting, he has in mind the idea of expressing where our confidence is. If you’re boasting in your wisdom, your intelligence, your strength, your beauty, your boasting is in something wrong. It’s prideful arrogance. But if your confidence is in the Lord, then your boasting is in that which is true. In Galatians, Paul says, God […]