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The First Epistle of Paul
to the
Corinthians

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Introduction to 1 Corinthians:
Author: The apostle Paul (1:1; 9:1-2), twenty-five years after he was called (Acts 9:3-6, 15-16) and fourteen years after he was sent to the Gentiles (Acts 13:1-4, 8).Time of Writing: Approximately A.D. 59, near the end of Paul's three-year stay in Ephesus (Acts 20:31; 1 Cor. 16:8).Place of Writing: Ephesus (Acts 19:21-22; 1 Cor. 16:3-8, 19).Recipients: The saints—the church—in Corinth and all who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place (1:2).

Subject of 1 Corinthians:
Christ and His Cross as the Solution
to All Problems in the Church

First Corinthians

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I. |Introduction—the initial gifts and the participation in Christ — 1:1-9

1|Cor.|1:1|-|Paul, a |1a|called apostle of Christ Jesus through the |2b|will of God, and |3|Sosthenes the brother,
1|Cor.|1:2|-|To the |1a|church of God which is |2|in |b|Corinth, |3|to those who have been |4c|sanctified |5|in Christ Jesus, the |6d|called saints, |7|with all those who |8e|call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is |9f|theirs and ours:
1|Cor.|1:3|-||a|Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1|Cor.|1:4|-|I |a|thank my God always concerning you |1|based upon the |b|grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,
1|Cor.|1:5|-|That in everything you were |a|enriched in Him, in all |1|utterance and all |b|knowledge,
1|Cor.|1:6|-|Even as the |1a|testimony of Christ was confirmed |2|in you,
1|Cor.|1:7|-|So that you do not lack in any |1a|gift, eagerly awaiting the |2b|revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1|Cor.|1:8|-||1|Who will also |2a|confirm you until the end |b|unreprovable in the |3c|day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1|Cor.|1:9|-||1|God is |a|faithful, through whom you were |b|called |2|into the |c|fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

II. |Dealing with divisions — 1:10-4:21

A. |Christ and His cross, the unique solution to all problems in the church — 1:10-31
1. |Christ not divided — vv.|10-17
1|Cor.|1:10|-|Now I beseech you, brothers, through the |1a|name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all |2b|speak the same thing and that there be no |3c|divisions among you, but that you be |4|attuned in the |d|same mind and in the same |5e|opinion.
1|Cor.|1:11|-|For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of the household of |1|Chloe, that there are |a|strifes among you.
1|Cor.|1:12|-|Now I mean this, that each of you says, |1a|I am of |b|Paul, and I of |c|Apollos, and I of |d|Cephas, and I of |2|Christ.
1|Cor.|1:13|-|Is |1|Christ |a|divided? Was Paul |2|crucified for you? Or were you |b|baptized into the name of Paul?
1|Cor.|1:14|-|I thank God that I baptized none of you except |a|Crispus and |b|Gaius,
1|Cor.|1:15|-|That no one may say that you were baptized into my name.
1|Cor.|1:16|-|And I did baptize the household of |a|Stephanas also; beyond that I do not know if I baptized any other.
1|Cor.|1:17|-|For Christ did not |1|send me to baptize but to announce the gospel, not in |2a|wisdom of speech that the |3b|cross of Christ may not be made void.
2. |Christ crucified, God's power and God's wisdom — vv.|18-25
1|Cor.|1:18|-|For the |1a|word of the cross is to those who are |b|perishing |c|foolishness, but to us who are being |d|saved it is the |e|power of God.
1|Cor.|1:19|-|For it is written, |a|“I will destroy the wisdom of the |1b|wise, and the understanding of those who understand I will set aside.”
1|Cor.|1:20|-|Where is the |a|wise? Where is the |1b|scribe? Where is the disputer of |c|this age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world |d|foolish?
1|Cor.|1:21|-|For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, God |1|was well pleased through the |a|foolishness of the |2|preaching to |b|save those who believe.
1|Cor.|1:22|-|For indeed Jews require |1a|signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
1|Cor.|1:23|-|But we |a|preach |1|Christ |b|crucified, to Jews a |c|stumbling block, and to Gentiles |d|foolishness,
1|Cor.|1:24|-|But to |1|those who are |a|called, both |b|Jews and Greeks, Christ the |2c|power of God and the |d|wisdom of God.
1|Cor.|1:25|-|Because the |a|foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
3. |Christ, our wisdom: righteousness, sanctification, and redemption — vv.|26-31
1|Cor.|1:26|-|For consider your calling, brothers, that there are not many |a|wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many |1|wellborn.
1|Cor.|1:27|-|But God has |1a|chosen the foolish things of the |b|world that He might shame those who are wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the |b|world that He might shame the things that are strong,
1|Cor.|1:28|-|And the |1|lowborn things of the world and the |2|despised things God has chosen, things which |3a|are not, that He might |b|bring to nought the |4|things which are,
1|Cor.|1:29|-||1|So that no flesh may |a|boast before God.
1|Cor.|1:30|-|But |1a|of Him you are |b|in Christ Jesus, who became |c|wisdom to us from God: both |2d|righteousness and |e|sanctification and |f|redemption,
1|Cor.|1:31|-|That as it is written, |a|“He who boasts, let him |b|boast in the Lord.”

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