1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Part 2
STAND FIRM We began a study on 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 yesterday with the first part of the verse in focus, “be watchful”. Today we move on to the next 5 words of the text, which are “stand firm in the faith.” What does it mean to stand firm? When I served in the military stand firm meant holding your ground against enemy attack. When you were standing firm in the face of danger. The text here is very much the same. The greek word steko ( steko) literally means to stand firm in faith, to be constant, to persevere, to remain steadfast, to continue in a state, to be persistent . Paul gives a good antithesis to standing firm in 1 Corinthians 6:18 when he tells the church in Corinth to “Flee immorality” to literally continue to fun from it, and keep running from it. As much as the word flee means to run as hard and fast as we can away from something steko, stand firm, means to be immovable. Within the text of 1 Corinthians 16 Pau...