1 Corinthians // Pastor Gene Pensiero

Since in Corinth it was considered shameful for a woman to pray or prophesy without a head covering, Paul said, “For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul tells the believers in Corinth that the ends of the ages has come and he urges them to follow him as he follows Jesus (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul speaks to the Corinthians about knowing when to waive your rights in the church and the world as you navigate life with the Gospel as your focus (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Believers who continued to attend meals in the pagan temples were encouraging others to join them, thereby becoming stumbling-blocks to their brothers and sisters. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul suggested that the believers remain in whatever marital situation they were called, but what did that mean to those who were engaged? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Believers in Corinth were to remain married to their nonbelieving spouses and thereby have a sanctifying influence in their homes (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Some of the believers in Corinth were professing abstinence from sex even though they were married (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Instead of justifying sex with prostitutes, Paul tells the believers in Corinth to “flee sexual immorality” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Paul was upset because believers were suing their brothers in Jesus Christ (Pastor Gene Pensiero)