1 Corinthians

The First Letter to the Corinthians was composed by the Apostle Paul to addresses the many problems in the church in Corinth.

CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

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SUMMARY

AUTHOR. There is little doubt that it was Paul the Apostle.

RECIPIENTS. The Christians believers in Corinth. Paul had founded their community in about 51 AD, during his first missionary journey (see Acts 18).

PLACE AND DATE. About 56 AD, while Paul was in Ephesus on his third missionary journey.

PURPOSE: Paul addresses the many problems in the church in Corinth: divisions, incest, discrimination against unmarried believers, misuse of charismatic gifts, idolatry, and a lack of understanding of the resurrection.

He calls them to become imitators of Jesus Christ

THEME. A message of purpose and hope for profoundly misdirected people.

 


OUTLINE

GREETING

1 Corinthians 1:1-3. We Christians are called to be saints

1 Corinthians 1:4-9. We were given Gifts of the Holy Spirit

PROBLEMS WITHIN THE CHURCH IN CORINTH

1 Corinthians 1:10-17. We should overcome divisions and be unified

1 Corinthians 1:18-31. We matter to God Almighty

1 Corinthians 2:1. Paul recalls his arrival in Corinth

1 Corinthians 2:2-5. Paul’s resolution for ministry in Corinth

1 Corinthians 2:6-16. What we offer people is spiritual wisdom

1 Corinthians 3:1-7. Partisanship is infantile

1 Corinthians 3:8-23. A Rock Foundation survives the fire

1 Corinthians 4:1-7. Leaders are to be faithful stewards

1 Corinthians 4:8-13. The resume of an authentic apostle

1 Corinthians 4:14-21. Leaders care for them like a parent

1 Corinthians 5:1-13. Banish immoral Christians

1 Corinthians 6:1-11. Lawsuits between believers

1 Corinthians 6:12-18. Christian believers have freedom

1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit

ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS

1 Corinthians 7:1-4. Authorized to give sexual pleasure

1 Corinthians 7:5. Temporary abstinence from sex during marriage

1 Corinthians 7:6-9. Singleness is simpler

1 Corinthians 7:10-31. The Pauline privilege

1 Corinthians 7:32-40. Single people can be more devoted to God

1 Corinthians 8:1-13. Eating food sacrificed to idols

1 Corinthians 9:1-18. Financially support those who sow the faith

1 Corinthians 9:19-27. The urgency of Evangelism

1 Corinthians 10:1-13. Warnings from the Old Testament

1 Corinthians 10:14-22. Flee from idolatry

1 Corinthians 10:23-30. All things are permissible

1 Corinthians 10:31-33. Do all for the glory of God

1 Corinthians 11:1-2. Imitate the example we see in Paul

1 Corinthians 11:3-16. Are women still required to wear head-coverings?

1 Corinthians 11:17-34. Factions among Christians nullify the Lord’s Supper

1 Corinthians 12:1-2. Do not ignore the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:3. The basis of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:4-7. The Gifts are diversified on purpose

1 Corinthians 12:8-27. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:28-31. Gifted individuals in the local assembly

1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Love is greater than any supernatural gift

1 Corinthians 14:1-33. Prophecy benefits everybody

1 Corinthians 14:34-40. Paul wants women in Corinth to be silent in church

THE RESURRECTION

1 Corinthians 15:1-11. The resurrection of Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 15:12-34. The resurrection of the dead

1 Corinthians 15:35-49. The resurrection body

1 Corinthians 15:50-58. The resurrection is victory itself

CONCLUSION

1 Corinthians 16:1-4. The collection for Jerusalem

1 Corinthians 16:5-11. Paul’s missionary travel plans

1 Corinthians 16:12-18. Final instructions

1 Corinthians 16:19-24. Conclusion

 


MEMORIZE

1 Corinthians 1:17. For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

1 Corinthians 1:22. For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

1 Corinthians 1:23. but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

1 Corinthians 1:26. For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;

1 Corinthians 1:27. but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world that he might put to shame the things that are strong.

1 Corinthians 2:2. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 2:12. But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

1 Corinthians 3:13. each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

1 Corinthians 3:14. If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

1 Corinthians 3:16. Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

1 Corinthians 4:13. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. (NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:20. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. (NAB)

1 Corinthians 6:19. Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

1 Corinthians 6:20. for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Corinthians 9:14. In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel. (NIV translation)

1 Corinthians 9:24. Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

1 Corinthians 10:13. No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 10:31. Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 12:7. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. (NIV translation)

1 Corinthians 12:26. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. (NIV translation)

1 Corinthians 13:1. If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:2. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:3. If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:4. Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

1 Corinthians 13:5. doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

1 Corinthians 13:6. doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

1 Corinthians 13:7. bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:8. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

1 Corinthians 13:9. For we know in part and we prophesy in part;

1 Corinthians 13:10. but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.

1 Corinthians 13:11. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 13:12. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

1 Corinthians 13:13. But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 15:3. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:57. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:58. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 16:13. Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. (NIV)

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1 CORINTHIANS

CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

RESOURCES: SummaryOutline, Memorize

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