12.What questions does Paul ask the Christians? .

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Who made you better than someone else? What do you have that was not given to you? If it was given to you, why are you boasting as though it were not given to you?

In verse eight, Paul speaks to the Corinthian believers as to children. They think they are full. They believe they are rich. In their own opinion they are living as kings. When reading this letter, we notice that Paul did not agree with their opinion of themselves.

Paul says, "I wish you were kings so we could rule with you."

Corinth was a large city, having a population of nearly one-half million residents. It was prosperous and immoral. Being close to Athens there was much emphasis on philosophy and other learning.

It appears that the immature disciples of Corinth were filled with the worldly pride that infects the citizens of the centers of civilization.

Paul proceeds to inform the "rich" Corinthian believers that the Apostles of the Lamb, who had given to them all that these believers possessed of Christ, were not living lives of luxury and ease.

The Gospel of the Kingdom is for the poor in spirit, not for those who are rich in the things and ways of the present world.