New Testament

Book of 1 Corinthians

16 chapters, 437 verses, in the World English Bible.

Chapters

Reflections on 1 Corinthians

A 3,156-pound pumpkin and a grower who shares the credit
1 Corinthians 3:6

A 3,156-pound pumpkin and a grower who shares the credit

Ron Wallace turned down bigger prizes to weigh his giant at home, then thanked the rivals who share their secrets. Paul's garden line goes one step further.

Amish schools owe New York $118,000. Measles is spreading upstate.
1 Corinthians 8:9

Amish schools owe New York $118,000. Measles is spreading upstate.

The Amish want the Supreme Court to stop New York's vaccine fines as measles spreads upstate. Paul guarded the conscience and the neighbor in one letter.

The Senate capped what the players who fill the seats earn
1 Corinthians 9:9-10

The Senate capped what the players who fill the seats earn

This week the Senate voted 77-22 to cap what college athletes can earn. The loudest objectors were on the free-market right.

A gift, itemized and sold
1 Corinthians 15:42-44

A gift, itemized and sold

Harvard will pay $53 million after its morgue manager stole and sold donated bodies. The settlement can compensate; it cannot undo what the theft actually violated.

Seattle Gave Jimothy the Crooked Raccoon a City Proclamation
1 Corinthians 12:22-24

Seattle Gave Jimothy the Crooked Raccoon a City Proclamation

A hunchbacked raccoon earned a councilmember's proclamation for being lovable precisely because he's imperfect. Scripture says the body owes its weakest parts the greater honor.

Five Years After a Nervous Post, Strangers Grew Her a Harvest
1 Corinthians 3:6

Five Years After a Nervous Post, Strangers Grew Her a Harvest

She asked forty neighbors to let her farm their yards. Half a decade later, the anniversary is circulating, and the gates are still open.

Her Body Turned on Itself. Then It Learned.
1 Corinthians 12:25-26

Her Body Turned on Itself. Then It Learned.

A single infusion taught one woman's immune system to stop attacking her own body, raising a question as old as Paul's letters.

Cambodia Built a Monument for a Rat
1 Corinthians 1:27-28

Cambodia Built a Monument for a Rat

A three-pound rat cleared more landmines than most military units. Cambodia carved him a seven-foot statue. Scripture saw this pattern first.