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