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1:17 Paul didn't use some fancy rhetoric of his own words to persuade people to believe in Jesus, lest the powerful action at the center - Jesus Christ - be trvialized into mere words.
1:19 Isa 29:14
1:20 Isa 19:12
2:4 Like 1:17, Paul emphasized that it is the Message itself that impressed people, not any "persuasive" or human intellectual words.
2:5 1 Thessalonians (1Th) 1:5
3:2 Indeed, I'm acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast.
3:19 Job 5:13
3:20 Ps  94:11
4:1 【執事】means "servants"
4:6 Don't give subjective opinions on anything or anyone, "over-interpreting" the Scriptures, to inflate or deflate reputations based on mere hearsay.
4:7 A verse to me...= =:
5:6 【這自誇】means "flip and callous arrogance". Corinthinans thought these were "small things", but Paul said these were "yeast", very influential and contagious.
6:12 "I can do anything!" was a slogan then. Paul quoated this delibrately to alter their mistaken concepts about their behavior by adding a "consequent" - "But not everything is benefitial" following the "antecedence".
6:16 Ge 2:24
6:20 God owns both our spiritual and physical parts at a very, very high price - the sacrifice of Jesus Christ!
7:20 "Stay where you were when God called your name." means we don't have to "change" our social status to meet His need or call. He values us not by where we stay or what post we are in.
8:1-2 Do we really "know" many things? Human knowledge does help us understand more about God? Rather our humble hearts, much more than our proud minds!
9:9 Dt 25:4, Pr 27:18 "He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored."
9:13 Nu 18:8-31
9:16 "I'm compelled to do it, and doomed if I don't!" It is a very humble way of saying that Paul was "called" and "chosen" by God. God loves Paul and chose him; Paul loved God, and he was so willing to serve Him.
9:20-23 這樣看來，真正的誠實是甚麼？羅校長，你真該好好看看這一段啊。
9:24 The spirit and resolution we should bear in mind being apostles!
9:25 The tips to be transformed...^^
10:1-4 Ex 13:21-22, 14:21-22, 16:4-35, and 17:5-7
10:5 Nu 14:26-45
10:7 Ex 17:2,7, Nu 21:5,6-9
10:10 Nu 14:2-29
11:3-16 God - Men - Women; this has totally nothing to do with "equality". It is the system itself. That's the machenism as it is. We have our own posts and duties respectively. Dedication to Feminists!
11:10 Angels are the protectors for all the creation of God. In order to bring forth the sucess and peace when brethrens get together for God's purposes, Angels will be at scene too, making sure if everything is going fine. Paul mentioned about Angels many times. 1 Pe 1:12, 1 Ti 5:21
11:14 Men's head should be bared, or at least not be covered, to show the reflection of God's glory. Shortly-cut might be better...
12:10 The ability to distinguish "spirits" - good ones and the evil ones.
12:24 To show the most natural forms of our bodies is to show the most beautiful decoration of our own.
12:28 Teachers are also counted in!
13:4-8 First thing first is "never give up"! Then "care more for others than self"! 3. "Don't want what you don't have." 4. "Don't strut." 5. "Don't have a swelled head." 6. "Don't force your love on others." 7. "Never be 'me first'". 8. "Don't fly off the handle." 9. "Don't keep score of the sins of others." 10. "Don't revel when others grovel." 11. "Pursue the flowering of truth." 12. "Put up with anything." 13. "Always trust God." 14. "Always look for the best." 15. "Never look back. Wait and hope to the end!"
14:11 "Babarians", whose language the Greek people at their times didn't understand with disdain.
14:21 Isa 28:11-12
14:23 This is a respect to those who still don't understand and accept Jesus as their only Master. To respect is to love; to be considerate is to love.
15:3 Ps 22, Isa 53
15:4 Ge 1:9-13, 2Ki 20:8, Ps 16:9-11, Hosea (Hos) 6:2, Jonah (Jnh) 1:17, and 2:10
15:8 Jesus appeared in front of Paul, specially for his sake, as an exception, about 33 years after His resurrection.
(About A.D. 33) (Acts 9:1-8)
15:27 Ps 8:6
15:45 Ge 2:7
15:51 Paul implied that not every one has to experience the process of death, yet all will have to "change", in a very short moment.
15:54 Isa 25:8
16:21 Maybe because of his eye ailment, the so-called "big thorn" in his body.