1Cr 1:27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1Cr 1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
1Cr 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1Cr 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1Cr 1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Context is your friend. :)
Fits perfectly, context and all.
Thanks.
Rogator says: Wow! How amazing that you have a direct pipeline to St. Paul. (Well, actually we do. It's called the "Epistles" E-p-i-s-t-l-e-s.) Are you channeling him after a seance or something like that?
We don't have to. It's called "Reading" (R-e-a-d-i-n-g).
The passage that applies to all of this is 1 Cor. 1:13: "Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?"
Paul is telling us he is not the object of devotion, veneration, reverence, future prayers. He himself told Timothy: "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" (1 Tim. 2:5). There are not thousands of prayerful mediators.