13 Letters – 1st Corinithians

// May 15th, 2010 // 13 letters, dv8

Here’s an outline for the book of 1st Corinthians.  We’ll be covering it this week during our study of Paul’s 13 Letters.

1 Corinthians

  1. Introduction   (1:1-9)
  2. Divisions Revealing Carnality and Immaturity Rather than Growth under the Lordship of Christ   (1:10-4:21)
    1. Fragmentized by a party spirit   (1:10-17)
    2. Christ crucified: a stumbling block to the world in its wisdom, yet the power and wisdom of God   (1:18-31)
    3. Paul’s preaching by the power of God, not by the wisdom of the world  (2:1-5)
    4. God’s wisdom revealed to those having the mind of Christ   (2:6-16)
    5. The inability of the Corinthians to receive the full message of the gospel   (3:1-9)
    6. Responsibility and judgment   (3:10-23)
    7. The role of the apostles–”ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God”   (4:1-13)
    8. The intent of Paul’s rebuke–not to shame but to admonish   (4:14-21)
  3. Problems of Sexual Immorality   (5:1-6:20)
    1. A case of incest   (5:1-8)
    2. The right attitude and relationship of the church to fornicators  (5:9-13)
    3. Litigation in pagan courts   (6:1-8)
    4. The right attitude and relationship of the church to fornicators  (6:9-11)
    5. The error of antinomianism in relation to sex   (6:12-20)
  4. Marriage and Celibacy   (7:1-40)
    1. The sexual relation in marriage   (7:1-7)
    2. Advice to the unmarried in view of the sex drive   (7:8-9)
    3. Admonition to Christian partners to remain married   (7:10-11)
    4. The Christian’s responsibility when the marriage partner is not a Christian   (7:12-24)
    5. Circumstances under which Paul advised the unmarried to remain as they were   (7:25-35)
    6. The responsibility of a father for his virgin daughter   (7:36-38)
    7. Advice to widows   (7:39-40)
  5. Meat Offered to Idols and Christian Liberty   (8:1-11:1)
    1. Liberty and responsibility in relation to meat offered to idols   (8:1-13)
    2. Paul’s own surrender of apostolic privileges   (9:1-23)
    3. The necessity for self-discipline   (9:24-27)
    4. Admonition from Israel’s wilderness history   (10:1-13)
    5. The impossibility of partaking both of the table of the Lord and the table of demons   (10:14-22)
    6. A summary of guiding principles   (10:23-11:1)
  6. Problems in Public Worship   (11:2-14:40)
    1. The veiling of women   (11:2-16)
    2. Disorders connected with the Lord’s Supper   (11:17-34)
    3. Spiritual gifts and the supremacy of love   (12:1-14:40)
  7. The Resurrection   (15:1-58)
    1. The resurrection of Jesus   (15:1-29)
    2. The relevance of the hope of the resurrection for the struggles of this life   (15:30-34)
    3. The resurrection of the body   (15:35-58)
  8. Practical and Personal Matters   (16:1-24)

Holman Bible Dictionary.

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