1 Corinthians - General
1 Corinthians 1:7-8 - Paul tells the Corinthians to be good until "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." So he expected Jesus to return within their lifetimes.
1 Corinthians 1:10 - "Now I exhort you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you should all speak in agreement, and that there should not be divisions among you, but that you may be fitly united in the same mind and in the same line of thought." The Governing Bodies of many churches uses this verse to control the thoughts and beliefs of members. They are instructed not to accept or read the religious literature of others, not to listen to criticism of their teachings, and to fight against independent thinking.
1 Corinthians 1:14-16 - Poor Paul is confused. First he says that he baptized no one. Well, except for Crispus and Gaius. And maybe Stephanus and his household. He can't remember if he did it to anyone else.
1 Corinthians 1:19 - Paul says God will destroy wisdom and understanding, even though Proverbs 4:7 says God greatly values these attributes.
1 Corinthians 1:21 God saves fools and is pleased with their foolishness.
1 Corinthians 2:2-5 - If you are to be a good Christian you must try to know nothing.
1 Corinthians 2:15 - If you want to be "spiritual" then you must disobey Jesus (Mt.7:1) and judge everyone and everything.
1 Corinthians 3:17 - If you defile the temple of God (your body), then God will destroy you.
1 Corinthians 3:18-19 - Christians who want to be wise must become fools. But then they'll have a problem since fools shall not stand in the sight of God (Ps.5:5).
1 Corinthians 4:10 - Christians are "fools for Christ's sake" and therefore shall not stand in the sight of God (Ps.5:5).
1 Corinthians 5:1-5 - Paul, judging from rumours alone, complains that there are fornicators among his followers in Corinth; he is even worried that some have had sex with their fathers' wives. He says that those who have done these things should be "delivered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh" so that their soul can be saved.
1 Corinthians 5:3, 12-13, 6:2-3 - Paul, contrary to the admonition of Jesus against judging (Mt.7:1, Lk.6:37), judges others and advises his followers to do likewise.
1 Corinthians 5:5 - Paul delivers someone's body to Satan so that his flesh can be destroyed and his soul saved.
1 Corinthians 5:9-13 - "Put away from among yourselves that wicked person." Certain Christian groups use this verses to justify “disfellowshipping” those who fail to follow the teachings of the specific church.
1 Corinthians 5:11 – Members of certain christen groups are told to shun disfellowshipped family and friends. They are not to speak to them or share a meal with them. If a witness is caught doing so, they will be disfellowshipped as well.
1 Corinthians 6:1,5 – Certain Christian groups / sects (like the Jehovah's Witnesses) believe that they should not take another member of their church to court. Consequently, members who report incidents of sex abuse are often disfellowshipped.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 - Paul lists ten things that will keep you out of heaven, including homosexuality and being "effeminate."
1 Corinthians 6:12 - Everything is lawful to Paul, and he submits himself to no law.
1 Corinthians 7:1-2 - Paul would prefer that no one marry. but he says "to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife."
1 Corinthians 7:5 - Paul wishes that men and woman would abstain from sex, but tells them to "come together" to avoid being tempted by Satan.
1 Corinthians 7:7 - Paul's advice not to marry is contrary to that given in Gen.2:18 and Pr.18:22.
1 Corinthians 7:9 - Finally, after discouraging marriage for eight verses, Paul concedes that "it is better to marry than to burn."
1 Corinthians 7:12 - "But to the rest speak I, not the Lord." Really? So this stuff is in scripture but is not inspired by God!
1 Corinthians 7:15 - Paul contradicts Jesus by allowing divorce when the 'unbelieving' partner chooses to leave.
1 Corinthians 7:18 - Paul says those who are circumcised should "not become uncircumcised." (It's pretty hard to undo!)
1 Corinthians 7:21, 23 - Slaves should not desire their freedom. Yet they should not be the servants of men. Go figure.
1 Corinthians 7:25 - "Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment." So this is just Paul's opinion and is not divinely inspired scripture!
1 Corinthians 7:27 - Paul advises (contrary to Pr.18:22) those that are "loosed from a wife" not to get married again.
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Paul, like Jesus and the other New Testament writers, expects the end to come soon. "The time is short." So there's no time for sex, anyway, since the world will be ending soon.
1 Corinthians 8:13 - Do as Paul says, not as he does. Don't eat meat.
1 Corinthians 9:1 - In an apparent reference to his supposed encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul asks, "Have I not seen Jesus?" Well, if we can believe Acts, he didn't. That account says he was blinded and saw no one (Acts 9:8).
1 Corinthians 9:9-10 - Paul quotes Dt.25:4, "Thou shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn." That sounds like a nice humane law. Until Paul explains it, that is. He asks, "Does God care about oxen?", and then answers his own rhetorical question by saying, "Hell no. The law is for our sakes." According to Paul, God doesn't give a damn about animals.
1 Corinthians 10:7 Don't be an idolater. If you do, God will make you sit down to eat and then rise up to play.
1 Corinthians 10:8 - Paul claims that God killed 23,000 in a plague for "committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab," but Numbers 25:9 says that he killed 24,000.
1 Corinthians 10:9 - If you tempt Christ (How could you tempt Christ?), then you will die from snakebites.
1 Corinthians 10:10 - If you murmur, then you'll be destroyed by the destroyer (God).
1 Corinthians 10:11 - Paul says that the end of the world will come during his lifetime.
1 Corinthians 10:20 - Gentiles sacrifice to devils. If you have gentile friends, then you are friends with devils.
1 Corinthians 10:23 - Everything is lawful to Paul.
1 Corinthians 10:25 - Paul says you can eat anything you like, contrary to the laws given in Dt.14:7-8.
1 Corinthians 10:33 - In Galatians 1:10 Paul says, "If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." In this verse he says, "I please all men in all things." Therefore Paul is not the servant of Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:1 - Paul says that everyone should follow HIM, not Jesus. He'll take care of all that for you. That is defiantly where the Roman Catholic dogma started by having a pope between you and god.
1 Corinthians 11:3 - Paul says "the head of the woman is the man," meaning that the women are to be subordinate to men.
1 Corinthians 11:3 - According to Paul, Jesus is subordinate to God; therefore, Jesus cannot be God. But this contradicts many verses implying that Jesus is God.
1 Corinthians 11:4 - Every man who prays or prophesies while wearing a hat dishonours his head.
1 Corinthians 11:5 - Women must cover their heads in church. Why has Christians decided to ignore this and other rules that are clearly documented in the bible. It is a free-for-all these day’s. Every Christian church, group or sect decide what to obey and what to ignore.
1 Corinthians 11:6 - If a woman refuses to cover her head, then her hair must be cut off.
1 Corinthians 11:7-9 - Men are made in "the image and glory of God," but not women; they are "the glory" of men. Paul concludes that women are made from and for men.
1 Corinthians 11:14 - It is unnatural and shameful for a man to have long hair.
1 Corinthians 11:26 - "For as often as you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you keep proclaiming the death of the Lord, until he arrives." If Christ arrived in 1914, as the governing body teaches, then why do Jehovah's Witnesses continue to partake of the bread and wine? Shouldn't they have stopped in 1914?
1 Corinthians 13:7 - Contrary to the advise given in Proverbs 14:15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Paul recommends that we believe everything.
1 Corinthians 13:11 - Paul says we should "put away childish things" (like believing in the bible?), yet Jesus said one must become childish in order to go to heaven (Mt.18:3, Mk.10:15, Lk.18:37).
1 Corinthians 14:8-9 - Speak clearly. Too bad the whole Bible doesn't follow this principle!
1 Corinthians 14:20 - Unlike Jesus, who told his followers to become like little children (Mt.18:3, Mk.10:15, Lk.18:17), Paul tells his followers to "be not children in understanding."
1 Corinthians 14:33 - Paul says that God is not the author of confusion, but of peace. But Exodus 15:3 says that God "is a man of war."
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 - Women are commanded by Paul to be silent in church and to be obedient to men. He further says that "if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in church."
1 Corinthians 14:38 Paul says that the ignorant should stay ignorant.
1 Corinthians 14:39 - The tenth commandment forbids coveting (Ex.20:17, Dt.5:21), but Paul highly recommends it.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 - These verses claim that the scriptures prophesied that Jesus would suffer, die, and be resurrected from the dead. But where are the prophecies that are referred to here? Hosea 6:2 perhaps? But this verse refers to the people living at the time (hence "us") and therefore cannot be fulfilled by the death and resurrection of Jesus.
1 Corinthians 15:5 - Paul claims that Jesus was first seen by Cephas and then by all twelve apostles (including Judas) after Judas' suicide and before Jesus' resurrection. It should be noted that this was before Matthias was selected to replace Judas.
1 Corinthians 15:6 - Paul claims that Jesus appeared to more than five hundred believers before his ascension. But Acts 1:15 says that after the ascension the number of believers "were about a hundred and twenty."
1 Corinthians 15:8 - In an apparent reference to his encounter on the road to Damascus, Paul says, "And last of all he was seen by me." But Acts 9:5 says he saw no one because he was blinded.
1 Corinthians 15:29 - This is the verse that the Mormons use to justify their belief in the baptism of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:33 - "Do not be mislead. Bad associations spoil useful habits." (NWT) This verse is used to discourage any contact with non-JW's. ("Bad associations" refers to any contact with non-JW's.)
1 Corinthians 15:36 - Paul calls people fools, thereby making himself eligible for "hell fire" (according to the words of Jesus in Mt.5:22).
1 Corinthians 15:36 - Paul shows his ignorance (and God's) of biology by saying that only dead seeds will germinate. Actually, a seed must be alive to germinate.
1 Corinthians 16:22 - Romans 12:14 says, "Bless, and curse not." But in this verse Paul curses those who don't love Jesus and says that they are to be "anathema" (damned). So how should we treat our enemies?
2 Corinthians - General
2 Corinthians 5:10 - We will be judged according to what we do, not what we believe.
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 - Keep away from unbelievers. Neither marry nor be friends with them. To JW’s, everything outside of the Watchtower Organization is controlled by Satan. The Governing Body uses theses verses to condemn all holidays, civic activities, and association with non-JW’s. Have you abandoned your unbelieving friends yet?
2 Corinthians 10:5 - Christians cannot be freethinkers, since all their thoughts and imaginings must be brought into captivity in obedience to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:8 - Paul set an example for televangelists by robbing some churches.
2 Corinthians 12:16 - In 1 Thessalonians 2:3, Paul claims to be without guile. but here he says, "being crafty, I caught you with guile."
