Bible Studies
We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.
Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.
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This week's theme: Justice and Sacrifice
10 May 2022
Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know 'all of us possess knowledge'. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. (v. 1)
1 Corinthians 8:1-8
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
21 Mar 2017
“Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; 3but anyone who loves God is known by him.” (vv. 2-3)
1 Corinthians 8:1-8
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
23 Feb 2015
“But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.” (v. 9)
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
9 Sep 2010
"If others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed. But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall." (v.10-13)
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
22 Mar 2017
“But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed. But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.” (vv. 9-13)
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
17 Mar 2020
Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall. (v. 13)
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
14 Mar 2023
But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling-block to the weak. (v. 9)
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
16 May 2019
But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling-block to the weak. (v. 9)
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
23 Mar 2017
“What then is my reward? Just this: that in my proclamation I may make the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my rights in the gospel.” (v. 18)
1 Corinthians 9:15-27
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
18 Mar 2020
I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. (v. 22b)
1 Corinthians 9:15-27
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
17 May 2019
I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. (v. 22b)
1 Corinthians 9:15-27
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians
15 Mar 2023
I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings. (vs 22-23)
1 Corinthians 9:15-27
- Bible Book: 1 Corinthians