Welcome back to Scripture Central. I'm Lynn Hilton Wilson to talk with you about the Come Follow Me lesson, 1 Corinthians, Chapter 8 through 13.

And in this chapter, Paul discusses a lot of misunderstandings.

He wants to correct their misunderstandings on dietary needs and idolatry, on ordinances and gifts of the spirit. And this is one of the best chapters

in all scripture on the gifts of the spirit. I absolutely love this section of scriptures and

hope that you can feel the Spirit of the Lord as you study these chapters. Just by way of review,

if you want to go back and look at some of these charts that I've used from John W. Welch's charting the

New Testament. You can see where the book of Corinthians falls in place. It's quite early. It's during

his third mission. He's already spent 18 months with them. Last week, in chapters 1 through 6,

it addressed the disturbing reports that were made about the Corinthian Church. But now in chapter 7

through 15, we're talking about these answers to the Corinthian Church. But now in chapter 7 through 15, we're talking about these

answers to the Corinthian questions. Today we're starting in chapter 8, but it's all part of these

answers to the questions. Paul actually wrote probably seven letters back and forth, but we've only

got two of them. So we only know a portion of the story and we don't know all the issues and as a

result, it's very confusing at times. Also, this is a letter of the story and we don't know all the issues and as a result it's very confusing at times.

Also, this is a letter of correction. He's constantly correcting them and so it is easy to

misunderstand, especially if we're just reading the King James translation. I think some of the words

in the ancient 16th century make it even more difficult to understand. So I'd encourage

you to pray before you read the scriptures and to check other translations. Just as a reminder,

he is writing this from Ephesus, probably during the spring time, and he's telling them that

he's going to be coming there. And as you look at the book of Acts, you can see

where this book falls chronologically. Between Acts chapters 18 and 21 is when he's on his time

both in his second mission, serving in Corinth, in Greece, and then his third mission when he's

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