Outline of First Corinthians
First Corinthians from a Jewish Perspective (Ac)
Glossary (Ad)
Social Relations in Corinth (Ae)
Religious Influences in Corinth (Af)
Founding of the Church at Corinth (Ag)
I. Grace and Peace – 1:1-9 (Ah)
II. Divisions in the Church at Corinth – 1:10 to 4:21 (Ai)
A. Causes of Division in the Church at Corinth – 1:18 to 4:13 (Aj)
B. Splits and Division in the Church at Corinth – 1:10-17 (Ak)
1. A Faulty View of the Good News – 1:18 to 3:4 (Al)
a. The World’s Wisdom vs the Good News – 1:18 to 2:5 (Am)
1) The Foolishness of Worldly Wisdom – 1:18-31 (An)
2) The Cross and the Good News – 2:1-5 (Ao)
b. True Wisdom and the Spirit of God – 2:6 to 3:4 (Ap)
1) The Maturity of the Spiritual Believer – 2:6-16 (Aq)
2) The Immaturity of the Worldly Believer – 3:1-4 (Ar)
2. A Faulty View of God’s Shepherds – 3:5 to 4:5 (As)
a. Only God Makes Things Grow – 3:5-9a (At)
b. God is the Master Builder – 3:9b-17 (Au)
c. God’s Spirit Lives in God’s Temple – 3:18-23 (Av)
d. God’s Shepherds are merely God’s Servants – 4:1-5 (Aw)
3. A Faulty View of the God’s Gifts – 4:6-13 (Ax)
C. Marks of a Spiritual Father – 4:14-21 (Ay)
III. Disorders in the Church at Corinth – 5:1 to 6:20 (Az)
A. Failure to Discipline an Immoral Brother – 5:1-13 (Ba)
B. Failure to Resolve Personal Disputes – 6:1-11 (Bb)
C. Failure to Exercise Sexual Purity – 6:12-20 (Bc)
IV. Difficulties in the Church at Corinth – 7:1 to 14:40 (Bd)
A. Concerning Marriage – 7:1-40 (Be)
1. To Marry or Not to Marry – 7:1-9 (Bf)
2. A Biblical View of Divorce – 7:10-16 (Bg)
3. Grow Where You’re Planted – 7:17-24 (Bh)
4. Reasons for Remaining Single – 7:25-40 (Bi)
B. Concerning Our Freedom in Messiah – 8:1 to 11:1 (Bj)
1. The Limits of Our Freedom in Messiah – 8:1-13 (Bk)
a. Let Love Control Knowledge – 8:1-6 (Bl)
b. The Weaker Brother or Sister – 8:7-13 (Bm)
2. Paul’s Own Example – 9:1-27 (Bn)
a. Laying Aside Rights– 9:1-14 (Bo)
b. Refusing to Use Your Freedom in Messiah – 9:15-27 (Bp)
3. The Danger of Overconfidence – 10:1-22 (Bq)
a. Blessings and Abuses of Freedom in Messiah – 10:1-13 (Br)
b. The Truth About Idolatry – 10:14-22 (Bs)
4. Using Freedom for God’s Glory – 10:23 to 11:1 (Bt)
C. Men and Women in Worship – 11:2 to 14:40 (Bu)
1. Head Coverings in Worship – 11:2-16 (Bv)
a. The Head of a Wife is Her Husband – 11:2-10 (Bw)
b. Man is Born of Women – 11:11-16 (Bx)
2. Issues Surrounding the Lord’s Supper – 11:17-34 (By)
a. The Problem: The Abuse of the Poor – 11:17-22 (Bz)
b. The Problem: The Abuse of the Lord – 11:23-26 (Ca)
c. The Answer: Honor the Body – 11:27-32 (Cb)
d. The Answer: Wait for Each Other – 11:33-34 (Cc)
3. Spiritual Gifts During Worship – 12:1 to 14:40 (Cd)
a. The Pagan Background of Counterfeit Spiritual Gifts (Ce)
b. The Unity and Diversity of Spiritual Gifts – 12:1-31a (Cf)
1) The Source and Testing of Counterfeit Spiritual Gifts – 12:1-3 (Cg)
2) Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gifts – 12:4-26 (Ch)
a) The Source and Purpose of Spiritual Gifts – 12:4-7 (Ci)
b) The Varieties of Spiritual Gifts – 12:8-11 (Cj)
aa) The Word of Wisdom – 12:8a (Ck)
bb) The Word of Knowledge – 12:8b (Cl)
cc) The Gift of Faith – 12:9a (Cm)
dd) The Gifts of Healing – 12:9b (Cn)
ee) The Effecting of Miracles – 12:10a (Co)
ff) The Gift of Prophecy – 12:10b (Cp)
gg) The Distinguishing of Spirits – 12:10c (Cq)
c) Unified and Diversified – 12:12-19 (Cr)
d) Interdependence, Not Independence – 12:20-31a (Cs)
c. The Priority of Love Over Spiritual Gifts – 12:31b to 13:13 (Ct)
1) The Necessity of Love – 12:31b to 13:3 (Cu)
2) Love is Patient – 13:4a (Cv)
3) Love is Kind – 13:4b (Cw)
4) Love Does Not Envy – 13:4c (Cx)
5) Love Does Not Brag – 13:4d (Cy)
6) Love is Not Proud – 13:4e (Cz)
7) Love is Not Rude – 13:5a (Da)
8) Love is Not Selfish – 13:5b (Db)
9) Love is Not Easily Angered – 13:5c (Dc)
10) Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs – 13:5d (Dd)
11) Love Rejoices in the Truth – 13:6 (De)
12) Love Covers All Things – 13:7a (Df)
13) Love Believes All Things – 13:7b (Dg)
14) Love Hopes All Things – 13:7c (Dh)
15) Love Endures All Things – 13:7d (Di)
d. The Permanence of Love – 13:8-13 (Dj)
e. The Priority of God’s Word over Tongues – 14:1-40 (Dk)
1) The Word that Builds Up – 14:1-5 (Dl)
2) The Truth about Tongues – 14:6-12 (Dm)
3) Pagan Gibberish is Unproductive – 14:13-19 (Dn)
4) Tongues are a Sign – 14:20-28 (Do)
5) Order in Public Worship – 14:29-40 (Dp)
V. The Resurrection of the Dead – 15:1-58 (Dq)
A. The Evidence for Messiah’s Resurrection – 15:1-11 (Dr)
B. The Importance of Messiah’s Resurrection – 15:12-19 (Ds)
C. Messiah: The Firstfruits of Those Who Have Fallen Asleep – 15:20-28 (Dt)
D. Resurrection Incentives – 15:29-34 (Du)
E. Our Resurrection Bodies – 15:35-49 (Dv)
F. The Rapture: Victory Over Death – 15:50-58 (Dw)
G. The Timeline of the Resurrection (Dx)
VI. Dedicated to Giving – 16:1-24 (Dy)
A. Giving to God’s Work – 16:1-4 (Dz)
B. Doing God’s Work – 16:5-12 (Ea)
C. Principles for Powerful Living – 16:13-14 (Eb)
D. Signs of Love in the Fellowship – 16:15-24 (Ec)
End Notes (Ed)
Bibliography (Ee)
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