1 Corinthians
New Testament · Pauline Epistles · 32 chapter studies
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- Intro 1 Corinthians - Overview
- 1 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 - Called into the Fellowship of the Son Before correcting Corinth, Paul names the faithful work of God that calls, sanctifies, gifts, sustains, and draws the Church into communion with Christ.
- 1 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 - The Cross Against Party Spirit Paul confronts party spirit by bringing the Corinthians back to the undivided Christ, baptism into His Name, and the Cross that no human leader can own.
- 1 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 - Christ the Power and Wisdom of God Paul reveals the crucified Christ as God’s power and wisdom, overturning every claim to status and giving the Church Himself as her righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- 2 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 - The Spirit Reveals the Crucified Wisdom The Father’s hidden wisdom is revealed in the crucified Lord of glory, taught by the Holy Spirit, and received by the Church as the mind of Christ.
- 3 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 - God’s Field, God’s Building, God’s Temple Paul heals factional boasting by showing that the Church is God’s field, God’s building, and God’s temple, founded on Christ and tested by God.
- 4 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 - Stewards, Fathers, and Apostolic Humility Paul places ministry beneath Christ’s judgment, exposes boasting through the apostles’ cruciform life, and exercises authority as Gospel fatherhood in the Spirit’s power.
- 5 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 - A Little Leaven: Discipline and Holiness Paul teaches the Church to mourn tolerated sin, cleanse the old leaven through Christ our Passover, and practice truthful discipline ordered toward repentance and salvation.
- 6 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 - Judgment, Inheritance, and Cleansing Paul exposes brother against brother litigation as a defeat of Christian communion, warns that persistent unrighteousness cannot inherit the Kingdom, and proclaims the cleansing...
- 6 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 - Your Body Is a Temple of the Holy Spirit Paul reveals Christian freedom as freedom from mastery because the body belongs to the risen Lord, is a member of Christ, and is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
- 7 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 - Marriage, Mutual Fidelity, and Peace Paul answers questions about marriage and celibacy by placing bodily life under mutual self giving, faithful prayer, Christ's command, household holiness, and God's call to peace.
- 7 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 - Called by Christ Within a Fallen Social Order Paul places circumcision, slavery, freedom, and social station beneath God's call and Christ's prior claim on the believer.
- 7 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 - Undivided Devotion, Virginity, and Widowhood Paul gives trustworthy counsel about marriage, celibacy, widowhood, and undivided devotion while refusing to turn spiritual counsel into a noose.
- 8 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 - Knowledge That Wounds, Love That Builds Up Paul subjects knowledge and freedom to the Cross: love builds the brother for whom Christ died, while loveless knowledge can lead him back toward bondage.
- 9 1 Corinthians 9:1-27 - Freedom, Discipline, and the Gospel Paul shows that Gospel freedom is proved by surrendered rights, servant love under Christ's law, and disciplined hope for the imperishable crown.
- 10 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 - Israel's Warnings and God's Faithfulness Paul teaches the baptized Church to read Israel's wilderness history as her own warning, receive holy gifts without presumption, and endure temptation through God's faithful help.
- 10-11 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1 - The Table of the Lord and the Glory of God Paul teaches that communion in Christ's Body and Blood excludes rival worship and transforms freedom into thanksgiving, love for the neighbor, and glory to God.
- 11 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 - Reverence, Headship, and Embodied Honor in Worship Paul calls the Church to receive apostolic worship with embodied reverence, mutual dependence in the Lord, and freedom from both domination and contentious self display.
- 11 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 - Discerning the Body in the Holy Eucharist Paul teaches that the Holy Eucharist must be received with repentance, reverence for Christ's Body and Blood, and love for the gathered Body of the Church.
- 12 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 - Many Gifts, One Spirit Paul teaches that the Holy Spirit makes Jesus known as Lord, gives diverse graces for the Church's benefit, and frees every member from pride, envy, and spiritual display.
- 12 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 - One Body, Many Members Paul teaches that the one Spirit forms the Church as Christ's Body, where many members have different functions, weaker members receive honor, and ordered ministries must never...
- 12-13 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 - The More Excellent Way of Love Paul reveals love as the surpassing way that gives spiritual gifts their Christian form, heals rivalry in the Body, and abides when partial knowledge reaches fulfillment.
- 14 1 Corinthians 14:1-25 - Gifts That Build Up the Church Paul teaches that spiritual gifts become acts of love when hearers can understand, answer Amen, repent, and worship God in the gathered Church.
- 14 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 - Let All Things Be Done Decently and in Order Paul teaches the assembled Church to discern spiritual speech, yield voluntarily, receive apostolic order, and reveal the God of peace.
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 - The Gospel Received and Delivered Paul recalls the Gospel the Church received and holds fast: Christ died for our sins, was buried, was raised bodily, appeared to witnesses, and transformed a persecutor into an...
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 - If Christ Is Not Risen Paul shows that Christ's Resurrection and the resurrection of the dead are one saving reality: without them preaching is empty, sin remains, the departed are lost, and Christian...
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 - Christ the Firstfruits and the Defeat of Death Christ's risen body is the firstfruits of humanity's resurrection, His reign ends every hostile power, and His filial concord with the Father brings the saving work to its goal.
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:29-34 - Dying Daily and Waking to Righteousness Paul tests resurrection denial against Baptism, apostolic endurance, and moral sobriety, showing that the future resurrection of the body gives present Christian life its shape.
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 - The Spiritual Body and the Last Adam Paul answers how the dead are raised by teaching that the body sown in corruption will be raised in incorruption, and that those who bear Adam's dust will bear the image of the...
- 15 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 - Victory over Death Paul closes the resurrection chapter by teaching that mortality must be changed, death is swallowed up in Christ's victory, and believers must abound in the work of the Lord.
- 16 1 Corinthians 16:1-12 - The Collection, Travel, and Shared Ministry Paul shows resurrection hope becoming ordered generosity, accountable service, submitted planning, courageous mission, and honorable shared ministry.
- 16 1 Corinthians 16:13-24 - Watch, Stand Fast, Love, and Grace Paul closes 1 Corinthians by placing courage, authority, reconciliation, warning, grace, and love under the lordship of Christ.