Amens: 1 Corinthians

Taken from The Message translation. 

• 1 Corinthians 1:25 - Human wisdom is so tinny, so impotent, next to the seeming absurdity of God.  Human strength can't begin to compete with God's "weakness."
• 1 Corinthians 1:30 - Everything that we have - right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start - comes from God by way of Jesus Christ.  That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God."
• 1 Corinthians 2:16 - Isaiah's question, "Is there anyone around who knows God's Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?" has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ's Spirit.
• 1 Corinthians 7:17 - Where you are right now is God's place for you.  Live and obey and believe right there.
• 1 Corinthians 7:20 - Slavery is no roadblock to obeying and believing.
• 1 Corinthians 7:24 - Friends, stay where you were called to be.  God is there. Hold the high ground with him at your side.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29,30,31 - Keep it simple - in marriage, grief, joy, whatever.  Even in ordinary things - your daily routines of shopping and so on.  Deal as sparingly as possible with the things the world thrusts on you.  This world as you see it is on its way out.
• 1 Corinthians 8:3 - ...sometimes our humble hearts can help us more than our proud minds. We never really know enough until we recognize that God alone knows it all.
• 1 Corinthians 8:7 - But knowing isn't everything.  If it becomes everything, some people end up as know-it-alls who treat others as know-nothings.  Real knowledge isn't that insensitive.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6-12 - (lessons learned from the Isrealites mistakes in the desert) ... be on guard so that we never get caught up in wanting our own way...we must not turn our religion into a circus....We must never try to get Christ to serve us instead of us serving him...We must be careful not to stir up discontent.
• 1 Corinthians 10:12 - Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence.
• 1 Corinthians 13:8,9 - Love never dies.  Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit.  We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete.