1 Corinthians

Question 1

1 Corinthians 1

Answer 1

1. INTRODUCTION (1:1–9)
   A. Greeting (1:1–3)
   B. Thanksgiving (1:4–9)
2. ADDRESSING PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH (1:10–6:20)
   A. Exhortation for church unity (1:10–4:21)
   i. Strife over ministers (1:10–17)
   ii. Strife and wisdom (1:18–2:16)
   a. The cross and wisdom (1:18–25)
   b. Wisdom and calling (1:26–31)

Question 2

1 Corinthians 2

Answer 2

c. Preaching and wisdom (2:1–5)
d. True wisdom revealed (2:6–16)

Question 3

1 Corinthians 3

Answer 3

iii. Strife and wrong estimates of ministers (3:1–9)
iv. God’s judgment of ministers (3:10–17)
v. The foolishness of secular wisdom (3:18–23)

Question 4

1 Corinthians 4

Answer 4

vi. The role of ministers (4:1–5)
vii. Rebuke for worldliness (4:6–13)
viii. Admonition to repent (4:14–21)

Question 5

1 Corinthians 5

Answer 5

B. Problems of church purity (5:1–6:20)

i. Exhortation to discipline (5:1–13)
a. Situation and response (5:1–5)
b. Old Testament foundation (5:6–8)
c. Explaining the admonition (5:9–13)

Question 6

1 Corinthians 6

Answer 6

• Ungodly lawsuits (6:1–11);
• The body the Lord’s temple (6:12-20)

Question 7

1 Corinthians 7

Answer 7

3. ANSWERS TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE CHURCH (7:1–16:4)
   A. Marriage matters (7:1–24)
   i. Instructions for the married (7:1–7)
   ii. Instructions for the unmarried and widows (7:8–9)
   iii. Instructions regarding divorce (7:10–11)
   iv. Instructions regarding divorce when married to an unbeliever (7:12–16)
   v. Principle: remain in your calling (7:17–24)
   B. Instructions about virgins (7:25–40)
   i. A measured response (7:25–28)
   ii. Eschatological realities and implications (7:29–31)
   iii. The advantages of singleness (7:32–35)
   iv. Final words on virgins (7:36–38)
   v. A concluding thought (7:39–40)

Question 8

1 Corinthians 8

Answer 8

C. Idol food: edification and danger (8:1–11:1)

i. Edifying brothers and sisters (8:1–13)
a. Love and knowledge (8:1–3)
b. Significance of the oneness of God and lordship of Christ (8:4–6)
c. Do not scandalize the weak (8:7–13)

Question 9

1 Corinthians 9

Answer 9

ii. Paul’s example (9:1–27)
a. Paul’s legitimacy as an apostle (9:1–2)
b. Arguments supporting apostolic payment (9:3–14)
c. Paul’s refusal to accept payment (9:15–18)
d. The rationale for Paul’s cultural adaptation (9:19–23)
e. Self-discipline to receive the final reward (9:24–27)

Question 10

1 Corinthians 10

Answer 10

iii. Danger to ‘knowers’ (10:1–22)
a. Israel’s example and the danger of apostasy (10:1–13)
b. Flee idolatry (10:14–22)
iv. Instructions for eating private meals (10:23–11:1)

Question 11

1 Corinthians 11

Answer 11

D. Order and worship (11:2–34)

i. Women’s adornment (11:2–16)
a. Proper adornment (11:2–6)
b. Theological foundations (11:7–12)
c. An argument from nature (11:13–16)
ii. The Lord’s Supper (11:17–34)
a. Scandalous behaviour (11:17–22)
b. Tradition of the Lord’s Supper (11:23–26)
c. Call to self-examination (11:27–32)
d. Final words (11:33–34)

Question 12

1 Corinthians 12

Answer 12

E. Spiritual gifts (12:1–14:40)

i. Unity and diversity (12:1–31a)
a. Lordship of Christ (12:1–3)
b. Diversity of gifts (12:4–13)
c. Unity and diversity of the body of Christ (12:14–31a)

Question 13

1 Corinthians 13

Answer 13

ii. Love: the pre-eminent way (12:31b–13:13)
a. Gifts useless without love (12:31b–13:3)
b. Description of love (13:4–7)
c. Permanence of love (13:8–13)

Question 14

1 Corinthians 14

Answer 14

iii. Purpose of gifts: edification (14:1–40)
a. Prophecy superior to tongues (14:1–5)
b. Unedifying: untranslated languages (14:6–19)
c. Function of tongues and prophecy (14:20–25)
d. Order in worship (14:26–36)
e. Final admonitions (14:37–40)

Question 15

1 Corinthians 15

Answer 15

F. The resurrection (15:1–58)

i. The gospel and the witnesses to Christ’s resurrection (15:1–11)
ii. Resurrection of Christ and believers indivisible (15:12–19)
iii. Christ as the firstfruits of the final resurrection (15:20–28)
iv. Experiential arguments for resurrection (15:29–34)
v. Foolishness of denying the resurrection body (15:35–58)
a. Analogies to the resurrection (15:35–41)
b. Discontinuity between the present and the future body (15:42–49)
c. Promise of future transformation (15:50–57)
d. Final exhortation (15:58)

Question 16

1 Corinthians 16

Answer 16

G. Collection for the believers in Jerusalem (16:1–4)

4. CONCLUSION (16:5–24)
   A. Travel plans (16:5–9)
   B. Timothy and Apollos (16:10–12)
   C. Exhortations (16:13–18)
   D. Greetings (16:19–21)
   E. A warning, grace and love (16:22–24)