Believers in Christ are transformed, washed, sanctified, and justified. All actions are lawful but not all are beneficial. Focus on spiritual renewal, avoid sin, live in liberty.

Paul critiques the Corinthians for using secular courts, urging internal resolution of disputes, emphasizing believers' capacity to judge, and highlighting unity and spiritual integrity.

Shawn's teaching highlights the Last Supper's significance, spiritual rebirth, and transformation through Christ's life, death, and resurrection, emphasizing faith-driven living.

Paul and Shawn emphasize expelling immorality, using leaven as a metaphor for sin. They stress humility, sincerity, and purity, avoiding pride and corrupt influences.

Paul addresses immorality in Corinth, urging removal of a man with his father's wife to prevent corruption. He criticizes pride, stresses church purity, and uses apostolic authority.

Paul urges Corinthians to imitate him as he follows Christ, emphasizing unity, integrity, and spiritual authority over eloquence. True faith is shown by inner transformation and love.

Paul asserts his apostolic authority, contrasting genuine guidance with false teachings, emphasizing love and spiritual fatherhood. Shawn highlights believers as spiritual parents through the Gospel. The Word of God is powerful, with Jesus as its embodiment, connecting humanity to God.

Paul contrasts self-important teachers with apostles who endure hardships, emphasizing humility, spiritual power, and genuine devotion to Christ over worldly pursuits.

Paul and Shawn emphasize unity, humility, and accountability to Christ, rejecting human judgment and divisions. They stress God's ultimate judgment and the futility of self-exaltation.

Paul and Shawn teach that believers are the true temple of God, emphasizing faith in Christ over human wisdom. Christ's sacrifice shifts focus from punishment to rewards, with salvation through faith and spiritual integrity. Believers are urged to prioritize their relationship with Christ, avoiding division and glorifying individuals.

Paul's teaching: Saved by grace, rewarded by labor. Build on Christ's foundation with valuable teachings (gold, silver), not unstable doctrines (wood, hay). Actions over feelings.

Paul and Shawn teach unity in faith, emphasizing God's role in growth. Believers should avoid divisions, focus on Christ, and recognize all roles as equal under God.

Paul contrasts God's unknowable mind with believers' access to Christ's mind, stressing spiritual maturity through the Spirit. Shawn McCraney likens the Trinity to human body, soul, spirit unity. Believers must mature from "milk" to deeper faith, embodying love and spiritual fruits, overcoming worldly distractions, and understanding God's will.

Paul and Shawn emphasize the distinction between worldly and divine wisdom, highlighting spiritual discernment, peace, and understanding through the Holy Spirit.

The teaching highlights the dynamic, spiritual interpretation of scripture, the Spirit's role in understanding divine truths, and the feminine aspects of the Holy Spirit.

Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 focuses on Christ's crucifixion, God's power over human wisdom, humility, and faith, avoiding eloquence and worldly intellect.

God uses the weak to fulfill His purposes, ensuring no boasting. Believers gain righteousness, sanctification, and redemption through faith in Christ, not human wisdom.

Shawn's teaching on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 emphasizes God's use of the foolish and weak to confound the wise, highlighting humility over pride and spiritual wisdom over worldly wisdom.

Paul emphasizes unity in Christ, discourages allegiance to human leaders, focuses on the Gospel's simplicity, and highlights salvation through Jesus' sacrifice.

Paul and Shawn both emphasize unity among believers, focusing on love, avoiding divisions, and spiritual maturity. They stress moving from basic teachings to deeper understanding.