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The First Epistle of Paul
to the
Corinthians
I. |Introduction—the initial gifts and the participation in Christ—1:1-9II. |Dealing with divisions—1:10-4:21A. |Christ and His cross, the unique solution to all problems in the church—1:10-31
1. |Christ not divided—vv.|10-17
2. |Christ crucified, God's power and God's wisdom—vv.|18-25
3. |Christ, our wisdom: righteousness, sanctification, and redemption—vv.|26-31
B. |Christ crucified, the center of the apostle's ministry—2:1-16
1. |The way of the apostle's ministry—vv.|1-5
2. |God's wisdom in a mystery—Christ as the deep things of God—vv.|6-10
3. |Interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words to spiritual men—vv.|11-16
C. |The church, God's cultivated land and God's building—3:1-23
1. |Growth in life needed—vv.|1-9
2. |Built with transformed materials, not with natural things—vv.|10-17
3. |All things for the church and the church for Christ—vv.|18-23
D. |Stewards of the mysteries of God—4:1-21
1. |Faithful servants of Christ—vv.|1-5
2. |A spectacle both to angels and to men—vv.|6-9
3. |The offscouring of the world and the scum of all things—vv.|10-13
4. |The begetting father—vv.|14-21
III. |Dealing with an evil brother—5:1-13A. |The evil one judged—vv.|1-5B. |Keeping the Feast of Unleavened Bread—vv.|6-8C. |Removing the evil one from the church—vv.|9-13IV. |Dealing with lawsuits among believers—6:1-11A. |The judgment of the church—vv.|1-8B. |Those not qualified to inherit the kingdom of God—vv.|9-11V. |Dealing with the abuse of freedom—6:12-20A. |A basic principle—v.|12B. |The use of the body—vv.|13-20VI. |Dealing with marriage life—7:1-40A. |Concerning the gift not to marry—vv.|1-7B. |Concerning the unmarried and the widows—vv.|8-9C. |Concerning the married—vv.|10-16D. |Remaining in the status of one's calling—vv.|17-24E. |Concerning keeping virginity—vv.|25-38F. |Concerning remarriage—vv.|39-40VII. |Dealing with the eating of things sacrificed to idols—8:1-11:1A. |An inadvisable eating—8:1-13
1. |Not according to love, which builds up—vv.|1-3
2. |Idols being nothing—vv.|4-7
3. |Food not commending us to God—v.|8
4. |Stumbling weak brothers—vv.|9-13
B. |The apostle's vindication—9:1-27
1. |His qualifications—vv.|1-3
2. |His rights—vv.|4-15
3. |His faithfulness—vv.|16-23
4. |His endeavor—vv.|24-27
C. |The type of Israel—10:1-13
1. |Baptized unto Moses—vv.|1-2
2. |Eating the same spiritual food and drinking the same spiritual drink—vv.|3-4
3. |Most of them strewn along in the wilderness—vv.|5-13
D. |Keeping the Lord's table from idolatry—10:14-22
1. |The fellowship of the Lord's blood and body—vv.|14-18
2. |The separation of the Lord's table from the demons' table—vv.|19-22
E. |The proper eating—10:23-11:1
1. |Building up others, seeking their advantage—10:23-30, 32-33
2. |To the glory of God—10:31
3. |Imitating the apostle—11:1
VIII. |Dealing with head covering—11:2-16A. |The headship in the universe—vv.|2-3B. |The head covering—vv.|4-6C. |The reasons—vv.|7-15D. |No contention—v.|16IX. |Dealing with the Lord's supper—11:17-34A. |The rebuking of the disorder—vv.|17-22B. |The review of the definition—vv.|23-26C. |The need of proving and discerning—vv.|27-29D. |The discipline of the Lord—vv.|30-34X. |Dealing with the gifts—12:1-14:40A. |The governing principle—12:1-3B. |The manifestation of the Spirit—12:4-11C. |One Body with many members—12:12-27
1. |The constitution of the Body—vv.|12-13
2. |The indispensability of the members—vv.|14-22
3. |The blending together of the members—vv.|23-27
D. |The placing of the gifts—12:28-31E. |The excellent way for exercising the gifts—13:1-13
1. |The need of love—vv.|1-3
2. |The definition of love—vv.|4-7
3. |The excelling of love—vv.|8-13
F. |The excelling of prophesying—14:1-25
1. |Building up the church more—vv.|1-19
2. |Convicting people more—vv.|20-25
G. |Functioning in the church—14:26-40
1. |Concerning each one—v.|26
2. |Concerning speaking in tongues—vv.|27-28
3. |Concerning prophesying—vv.|29-33a
4. |Concerning women—vv.|33b-38
5. |Conclusion—vv.|39-40
XI. |Dealing with the matter of resurrection—15:1-58A. |Christ's resurrection—vv.|1-11
1. |Preached—vv.|1-4
2. |Witnessed—vv.|5-11
B. |The rebuttal to "No resurrection"—vv.|12-19C. |The history of resurrection—vv.|20-28D. |The moral influence of resurrection—vv.|29-34E. |The definition of resurrection—vv.|35-49
1. |The body of resurrection—vv.|35-44
2. |A spiritual body—vv.|45-49
F. |The victory of resurrection—vv.|50-58
1. |Incorruption over corruption—vv.|50-53
2. |Life over death—vv.|54-57
3. |A motive for the work of the Lord—v.|58
XII. |Dealing with the collection of the gift—16:1-9A. |The apostle's direction—vv.|1-3B. |The apostle's desire—vv.|4-9XIII. |Conclusion—16:10-24A. |Intimate charges—vv.|10-18B. |Greetings and warning—vv.|19-24Outline of 1 Corinthians
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