First Corinthians, Where Life and the Bible Meet

Aa – First Corinthians, Where Life and the Bible Meet

Ab – Outline of First Corinthians

Ac – First Corinthians from a Messianic Jewish Perspective

Ad – Glossary

Ae – Social Relations in Corinth

Af – Religious Influences in Corinth

Ag – Founding of the Church at Corinth

Ah – Grace and Peace 1: 1-9

Ai – Divisions in the Church at Corinth 1:10 to 4:21

Aj – Causes of Division in the Church at Corinth 1:18 to 4:13

Ak – Splits and Division in the Church at Corinth 1: 10-17

Al – A Faulty View of the Good News 1:18 to 3:4

Am – The World’s Wisdom vs the Good News 1:18 to 2:5

An – The Foolishness of Worldly Wisdom 1: 18-31

Ao – The Cross and the Good News 2: 1-5

Ap – True Wisdom and the Spirit of God 2:6 to 3:4

Aq – The Maturity of the Spiritual Believer 2: 6-16

Ar – The Immaturity of the Worldly Believer 3: 1-4

As – A Faulty View of God’s Shepherds 3:5 to 4:5

At – Only God Makes Things Grow 3: 5-9

Au – God is the Master Builder 3: 9b-15

Av – God’s Spirit Lives in God’s Temple 3: 16-23

Aw – God’s Shepherds are Merely His Servants

Ax – A Faulty View of God’s Gifts 4: 6-13

Ay – Marks of a Spiritual Father 4: 14-21

Az – Disorders in the Church at Corinth 5:1 to 6:20

Ba – Failure to Discipline an Immoral Brother 5: 1-13

Bb – Failure to Resolve Personal Disputes 6: 1-11

Bc – Failure to Exercise Sexual Purity 6: 12-20

Bd – Difficulties in the Church at Corinth 7:1 to 14:40

Be – Concerning Marriage 7: 1-40

Bf – To Marry or Not to Marry 7: 1-9

Bg – A Biblical View of Divorce 7: 10-16

Bh – Grow Where You’re Planted 7: 17-24

Bi – Reasons for Remaining Single 7: 25-40

Bj – Concerning Our Freedom in Messiah 8:1 to 11:1

Bk – The Limits of our Freedom in Messiah 8: 1-13

Bl – Let Love Control Knowledge 8: 1-6

Bm – The Weaker Brother or Sister 8: 7-13

Bn – Paul’s Own Example 9: 1-27

Bo – Laying Aside Rights 9: 1-14

Bp – Refusing to Use Your Freedom in Messiah 9: 15-27

Bq – The Danger of Overconfidence 10: 1-22

Br – Blessings and Abuses of Freedom in Messiah 10: 1-13

Bs – The Truth About Idolatry 10: 14-22

Bt – Using Freedom for God’s Glory 10:23 to 11:1

Bu – Men and Women in Worship 11:2 to 14:40

Bv – Head Coverings in Worship 11: 2-16

Bw – The Head of a Wife is Her Husband 11: 2-10

Bx – Man is Born of Woman 11: 13-16

By – Issues Surrounding the Lord’s Supper 11: 17-34

Bz – The Problem: The Abuse of the Poor 11: 17-22

Ca – The Problem: The Abuse of the Lord 11: 23-26

Cb – The Answer: Honor the Body 11: 27-32

Cc – The Answer: Wait for Each Other 11: 33-34

Cd – Spiritual Gifts During Worship 12:1 to 14:40

Ce – The Pagan Background of Counterfeit Spiritual Gifts

Cf – The Unity and Diversity of Spiritual Gifts 12: 1-31a

Cg – The Source and Testing of Counterfeit Spiritual Gifts 12: 1-3

Ch – Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gifts 12: 4-26

Ci – The Source and Purpose of Spiritual Gifts 12: 4-7

Cj – The Varieties of Spiritual Gifts 12: 8-11

Ck – The Word of Wisdom 12: 8a

Cl – The Word of Knowledge 12: 8b

Cm – The Gift of Faith 12: 9a

Cn – The Gifts of Healing 12: 9b

Co – The Effecting of Miracles 12: 10a

Cp – The Gift of Prophecy 12: 10b

Cq – The Distinguishing of Spirits 12: 10c

Cr – Unified and Diversified 12: 12-19

Cs – Interdependence, Not Independence 12: 20-31a

Ct – The Priority of Love Over Spiritual Gifts 12:31b to 13:13

Cu – The Necessity of Love 12:31b to 13:3

Cv – Love is Patient 13: 4a

Cw – Love is Kind 13: 4b

Cx – Love Does Not Envy 13: 4c

Cy – Love Does Not Brag 13: 4d

Cz – Love is Not Proud 13: 4e

Da – Love is Not Rude 13: 5a

Db – Love is Not Selfish 13: 5b

Dc – Love is Not Easily Angered 13: 5c

Dd – Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs 13: 5d

De – Love Rejoices in the Truth 13: 6

Df – Love Covers All Things 13: 7a

Dg – Love Believes All Things 13: 7b

Dh – Love Hopes All Things 13: 7c

Di – Love Endures All Things 13: 7e

Dj – The Permanence of Love 13: 8-13

Dk – The Priority of God’s Word over Tongues 14: 1-40

Dl – The Word that Builds Up 14: 1-5

Dm – The Truth About Tongues 14: 6-12

Dn – Pagan Gibberish is Unproductive 14: 13-19

Do – Tongues are a Sign 14: 20-25

Dp – Order in Public Worship 14: 29-40

Dq – The Resurrection of the Dead 15: 1-58

Dr – The Evidence for Messiah’s Resurrection 15: 1-11

Ds – The Importance of Messiah’s Resurrection 15: 12-19

Dt – Messiah: The Firstfruits of Those Who Have Fallen Asleep 15: 20-28

Du – Resurrection Incentives 15: 29-34

Dv – Our Resurrection Bodies 15: 35-49

Dw – The Rapture: Victory Over Death First Corinthians 15:50-58, and First Thessalonians 4:15-18

Dx – A Timeline of the Resurrection

Dy – Dedicated to Giving 16: 1-24

Dz – Giving to God’s Work 16: 1-4

Ea – Doing God’s Work 16: 5-12

Eb – Principles for Powerful Living 16: 13-14

Ec – Signs of Love in the Fellowship 16: 15-24

Ed – End Notes

Ee – Bibliography