Verse by Verse

Verse by Verse Teachings offers in-depth, live Bible studies every Sunday morning. Shawn McCraney unpacks scripture with historical, linguistic, and cultural context, helping individuals understand the Bible from the perspective of Subjective Christianity and fulfilled theology.

1 Corinthians 15 Part 7 Bible Teaching

Paul's teachings highlight Jesus as mediator, emphasize resurrection's importance, challenge Corinthian beliefs, and warn against corrupt influences, urging spiritual awakening.

2 Corinthians 7 Part 1 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching highlights personal choice in spiritual matters, emphasizing cleansing from impurities for holiness, spiritual adoption as God's children, and living by the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15 Part 6 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching focuses on Christ's resurrection as "first-fruits," eschatology's impact on faith, spiritual kingdom, and Christ's mediatorial reign, emphasizing internal transformation.

2 Corinthians 6 Part 3 Bible Teaching

Paul urges Corinthians to open hearts, avoid unbelievers, maintain spiritual purity, and live as God's temple. Emphasizes separation from worldly influences for faith unity.

2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Part 2 Bible Teaching

Paul and Shawn highlight genuine love for God through faith in Jesus, overcoming human flaws. Embrace the Word, righteousness, and spiritual wealth despite life's trials.

1 Corinthians 15 Part 5 Bible Teaching

Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 highlights Christ's resurrection as the "first-fruits," assuring believers of future resurrection and victory over death.

2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Part 1 Bible Teaching

Paul's message in 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 highlights apostles as co-laborers with God, urging believers to embrace grace, maintain integrity, and endure hardships with patience and love.

1 Corinthians 15 Part 4 Bible Teaching

Paul: Resurrection of Jesus is foundational; without it, faith is meaningless. Shawn: Resurrection offers eternal life; without it, faith and preaching are in vain.

1 Corinthians 15 Part 3 Bible Teaching

Paul affirms Jesus' resurrection ensures universal resurrection, with judgment based on deeds. Resurrection is rooted in scripture, promising eternal life for believers.

2 Corinthians 5:18-21 Bible Teaching

Paul and Shawn teach reconciliation through Christ, emphasizing renewal, righteousness, and spiritual growth. Apostles as ambassadors, believers as new creations, and God's grace.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching on 2 Corinthians 5:17 highlights spiritual rebirth in Christ, transforming believers into new creations with renewed hearts and minds, emphasizing faith and unity with Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15 Part 2 Bible Teaching

The teaching highlights Christ's resurrection as the core of the Gospel, witnessed by many, with Mary Magdalene as a key proclaimer, emphasizing grace and redemption.

2 Corinthians 5:17 – End Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching on 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 emphasizes Christ's death and resurrection, urging believers to live transformed lives in Christ, focusing on spiritual identity and eternal purpose.

1 Corinthians 15 Part 1 Bible Teaching

Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 15 emphasizes the resurrection's truth, addressing Greek skepticism, and outlines resurrection's reality, nature, and benefits for believers.

2 Corinthians 5:13-15 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching on 2 Corinthians 5:13-15 highlights Paul's actions driven by Christ's love, urging believers to live for Christ, emphasizing universal atonement and personal acceptance.

1 Corinthians 14:26-40 Bible Teaching

Paul advises order in spiritual gifts, limits tongues without interpretation, emphasizes peace, and controversially insists on women's silence. Shawn highlights cultural context, gender equality in Christ, and questions apostolic relevance today. Resurrection is central, ensuring victory over death and encouraging steadfast faith.

1 Corinthians 14:10-20 Bible Teaching

Paul and Shawn stress intelligible communication in worship, emphasizing understanding and interpretation of tongues for edification, unity, and spiritual maturity.

2 Corinthians 5:5-11 Bible Teaching

Paul: Assurance of eternal life, Spirit's pledge, enduring trials, living to please God, divine accountability, preparation for Jesus' return.
Shawn: Faith by choice, free will, unseen truths, living by belief, eternal vs. worldly actions.

2 Corinthians 5:1-4 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching on 2 Corinthians 5:1-5 highlights Paul's assurance of eternal life, spiritual transformation, and the profound knowledge of faith, contrasting earthly and heavenly bodies.

1 Corinthians 14:1-9 Bible Teaching

Paul prioritizes prophecy over tongues for church edification, emphasizing clear communication, understanding, and orderliness to foster unity and spiritual growth.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 Bible Teaching

Paul and Shawn teach that earthly sufferings are temporary, urging believers to focus on eternal glory. Emphasizing spiritual transformation, they advocate living for Christ.

1 Corinthians 13 Part 4 Bible Teaching

Shawn teaches that Godly love is eternal, surpassing temporary spiritual gifts like prophecy and tongues. Emphasizing agape love leads to spiritual maturity and unity.

1 Corinthians 13 Part 3 Bible Teaching

1st Corinthians 13 highlights sacrificial Agape love, contrasting worldly love. It emphasizes selflessness, patience, kindness, and humility, avoiding pride and self-interest.

2 Corinthians 4:14-18 Bible Teaching

Faith compels believers to speak, not for salvation but as a natural outcome. Genuine faith leads to honest communication. Paul highlights dual identities: carnal vs. spiritual.

2 Corinthians 4:5-8 Bible Teaching

Shawn's teaching highlights Apostle Paul's focus on Jesus as Lord and Savior, not explicitly as God, emphasizing divine revelation, endurance in trials, and spiritual transformation.

1 Corinthians 13 Part 2 Bible Teaching

Paul and Shawn emphasize Agape love's supremacy, requiring faith and action over feelings. True love is patient, kind, and free from envy, essential for genuine faith.

2 Corinthians 4:1-4 Bible Teaching

Paul's ministry is more glorious than Moses's, emphasizing transformation through the Holy Spirit. Shawn highlights truth in the Gospel, rejecting deceit. The Good News is now Great News, with Jesus's victory over evil. Conscience and free will are key in accepting truth. Satan blinds the lost, but Jesus's triumph offers redemption.