What potential did the Corinthians have while waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ?
The Corinthians came behind in no gift and were as potentially able to accomplish great things as anyone could be while waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Their confirmed testimony meant they could stand blameless before Him, not by their own merit, but on the basis of grace.
Les explains that the testimony of Christ was confirmed in the Corinthians, so they came behind in no gift. In other words, they were just as potentially able to accomplish great things as anybody could be, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Les also points to I Corinthians verse 8, where Paul says the Lord shall confirm them unto the end, that they may be blameless. Even with all their failures and weaknesses, if the Lord had come, they would have stood before Him blameless. Les emphasizes that this was not because they were blameless in themselves, but because it is grace.
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Why did the Corinthians come behind in no gift?
Because the testimony of Christ was confirmed in them, the Corinthians consequently came behind in no gift.
What does it mean that the Corinthians came behind in no gift because the testimony of Christ was confirmed in them?
Because the testimony of Christ was confirmed in the Corinthian believers, Paul says they came behind in no gift — meaning they were just as potentially able to accomplish great things as anyone, as they waited for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.