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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

Chapter 1 of 16

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

1Co 1:1 - Paul, a 1acalled apostle of Christ Jesus through the 2bwill of God, and 3Sosthenes the brother,
1Co 1:2 - To the 1achurch of God which is 2in bCorinth, 3to those who have been 4csanctified 5in Christ Jesus, the 6dcalled saints, 7with all those who 8ecall upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is 9ftheirs and ours:
1Co 1:3 - aGrace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:4 - I athank my God always concerning you 1based upon the bgrace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus,
1Co 1:5 - That in everything you were aenriched in Him, in all 1utterance and all bknowledge,
1Co 1:6 - Even as the 1atestimony of Christ was confirmed 2in you,
1Co 1:7 - So that you do not lack in any 1agift, eagerly awaiting the 2brevelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Co 1:8 - 1Who will also 2aconfirm you until the end bunreprovable in the 3cday of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:9 - 1God is afaithful, through whom you were bcalled 2into the cfellowship 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
1Co 1:10 - Now I beseech you, brothers, through the 1aname of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all 2bspeak the same thing and that there be no 3cdivisions among you, but that you be 4attuned in the dsame mind and in the same 5eopinion.
1Co 1:11 - For it has been made clear to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of the household of 1Chloe, that there are astrifes among you.
1Co 1:12 - Now I mean this, that each of you says, 1aI am of bPaul, and I of cApollos, and I of dCephas, and I of 2Christ.
1Co 1:13 - Is 1Christ adivided? Was Paul 2crucified for you? Or were you bbaptized into the name of Paul?
1Co 1:14 - I thank God that I baptized none of you except aCrispus and bGaius,
1Co 1:15 - That no one may say that you were baptized into my name.
1Co 1:16 - And I did baptize the household of aStephanas also; beyond that I do not know if I baptized any other.
1Co 1:17 - For Christ did not 1send me to baptize but to announce the gospel, not in 2awisdom of speech that the 3bcross of Christ may not be made void.
2.  Christ crucified, God's power and God's wisdom — vv. 18-25
1Co 1:18 - For the 1aword of the cross is to those who are bperishing cfoolishness, but to us who are being dsaved it is the epower of God.
1Co 1:19 - For it is written, a“I will destroy the wisdom of the 1bwise, and the understanding of those who understand I will set aside.”
1Co 1:20 - Where is the awise? Where is the 1bscribe? Where is the disputer of cthis age? Has not God made the wisdom of the world dfoolish?
1Co 1:21 - For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, God 1was well pleased through the afoolishness of the 2preaching to bsave those who believe.
1Co 1:22 - For indeed Jews require 1asigns and Greeks seek wisdom,
1Co 1:23 - But we apreach 1Christ bcrucified, to Jews a cstumbling block, and to Gentiles dfoolishness,
1Co 1:24 - But to 1those who are acalled, both bJews and Greeks, Christ the 2cpower of God and the dwisdom of God.
1Co 1:25 - Because the afoolishness 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
1Co 1:26 - For consider your calling, brothers, that there are not many awise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many 1wellborn.
1Co 1:27 - But God has 1achosen the foolish things of the bworld that He might shame those who are wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the bworld that He might shame the things that are strong,
1Co 1:28 - And the 1lowborn things of the world and the 2despised things God has chosen, things which 3aare not, that He might bbring to nought the 4things which are,
1Co 1:29 - 1So that no flesh may aboast before God.
1Co 1:30 - But 1aof Him you are bin Christ Jesus, who became cwisdom to us from God: both 2drighteousness and esanctification and fredemption,
1Co 1:31 - That as it is written, a“He who boasts, let him bboast in the Lord.”

First Corinthians

Chapter 2 of 16

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B.  Christ crucified, the center of the apostle's ministry — 2:1-16
1.  The way of the apostle's ministry — vv. 1-5
1Co 2:1 - And I, when I acame to you, brothers, came not according to 1excellence of bspeech or of wisdom, announcing to you the 2cmystery of God.
1Co 2:2 - For I did 1not determine to know anything among you except 2Jesus aChrist, and 2this One bcrucified.
1Co 2:3 - And I was with you in 1aweakness and in 2bfear and in much trembling;
1Co 2:4 - And my aspeech and my proclamation were not in 1persuasive words of wisdom but in demonstration of the bSpirit and of cpower,
1Co 2:5 - In order that your faith would not 1stand in the 2wisdom of men but in the apower of God.
2.  God's wisdom in a mystery—Christ as the deep things of God — vv. 6-10
1Co 2:6 - But we do speak wisdom among those who are afull-grown, yet a bwisdom not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are being 1cbrought to nought;
1Co 2:7 - But we speak 1God’s wisdom in a amystery, the wisdom which has been hidden, which God bpredestined 2before the cages for our 3dglory,
1Co 2:8 - Which none of the arulers of this age have known; for if they had known, they would not have bcrucified the cLord of glory;
1Co 2:9 - But as it is written, a“Things which 1eye has not seen and ear has not heard and which have not bcome up 2in man’s heart; things which God has cprepared for those who 3dlove Him.”
1Co 2:10 - But to us God has 1arevealed them through the bSpirit, for the Spirit 2searches all things, even the 3cdepths of God.
3.  Interpreting spiritual things with spiritual words to spiritual men — vv. 11-16
1Co 2:11 - For who among men knows the things of man, except the 1aspirit of man which is in him? In the same way, the things of God also no one has known except the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 - But we have 1areceived not the spirit of the bworld but the cSpirit which is from God, that we may dknow the ethings which have been graciously given to us by God;
1Co 2:13 - Which things also we speak, not in awords taught by human wisdom but in words btaught by the Spirit, 1interpreting spiritual things 2with spiritual words.
1Co 2:14 - 1But a 2asoulish man does bnot receive the 3cthings of the Spirit of God, for they are dfoolishness to him and he is 4not able to know them because they are 5ediscerned 6spiritually.
1Co 2:15 - But the 1aspiritual man discerns all things, but he himself is discerned by no one.
1Co 2:16 - For who has known the amind of the Lord and will binstruct Him? But we 1have the cmind of Christ.

First Corinthians

Chapter 3 of 16

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C.  The church, God's cultivated land and God's building — 3:1-23
1.  Growth in life needed — vv. 1-9
1Co 3:1 - And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to 1aspiritual men, but as to 2bfleshy, as to 3cinfants in Christ.
1Co 3:2 - I 1gave you 2amilk to drink, not 2solid bfood, for you were cnot yet able to receive it. But 3neither yet now are you able,
1Co 3:3 - For you are still afleshly. For if there is 1bjealousy and cstrife among you, are you not fleshly and do you not walk 2according to the manner of man?
1Co 3:4 - For when someone says, aI am of Paul, and another, I of Apollos, are you not men of flesh?
1Co 3:5 - What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? aMinisters through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to beach one of them.
1Co 3:6 - aI 1planted, bApollos watered, but cGod caused the growth.
1Co 3:7 - So then 1neither is he who plants aanything nor he who waters, but God who causes the growth.
1Co 3:8 - Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but aeach will receive his own 1breward according to his own clabor.
1Co 3:9 - For we are 1God’s afellow workers; you are God’s 2bcultivated land, God’s cbuilding.
2.  Built with transformed materials, not with natural things — vv. 10-17
1Co 3:10 - According to the agrace of God given to me, as a wise 1master builder I have blaid a cfoundation, and danother ebuilds upon it. But let each man 2take heed how he fbuilds upon it.
1Co 3:11 - For 1aanother foundation no one is able to lay besides bthat which is laid, which is Jesus cChrist.
1Co 3:12 - 1But if anyone builds upon the foundation 2gold, silver, precious stones, 3wood, grass, stubble,
1Co 3:13 - The work of each will become amanifest; for 1bthe day will declare it, because it is revealed by 2cfire, and the fire itself will dprove each one’s work, of what sort it is.
1Co 3:14 - If anyone’s 1work which he has built upon the foundation remains, he will receive a 2areward;
1Co 3:15 - If anyone’s 1work is consumed, he will suffer 2loss, but he himself will be 3asaved, yet so as 4through bfire.
1Co 3:16 - Do you not know that you are the 1atemple of God, and that the bSpirit of God dwells in you?
1Co 3:17 - If anyone 1adestroys the temple of God, God will 2destroy him; for the temple of God is 3holy, and 4such are you.
3.  All things for the church and the church for Christ — vv. 18-23
1Co 3:18 - Let no one 1adeceive himself; if anyone 2bthinks that he is cwise among you in this age, let him 3become foolish that he may 4become wise.
1Co 3:19 - For the wisdom of this world is afoolishness with God; for it is written, b“He grasps the wise in their craftiness”;
1Co 3:20 - And again, a“The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are 1vain.”
1Co 3:21 - So then let no one aboast in men, for ball things are yours,
1Co 3:22 - Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or alife or death or things present or things to come; 1all are yours,
1Co 3:23 - But you are aChrist’s, and Christ is bGod’s.

First Corinthians

Chapter 4 of 16

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D.  Stewards of the mysteries of God — 4:1-21
1.  Faithful servants of Christ — vv. 1-5
1Co 4:1 - A man should 1account us 2in this way, as 3aservants of Christ and 4bstewards of the cmysteries of God.
1Co 4:2 - 1Here, furthermore, it is sought in stewards that one be found afaithful.
1Co 4:3 - But to me it is a very small thing that I should be 1aexamined by you or by 2man’s day; rather I do not even examine myself.
1Co 4:4 - For I am conscious of nothing against myself; but I am not justified in this, but He who examines me is the Lord.
1Co 4:5 - So then do not 1ajudge anything 2before the time, until the Lord bcomes, who will both bring to light the chidden things of darkness and make dmanifest the counsels of the hearts, and then there will be epraise to each from God.
2.  A spectacle both to angels and to men — vv. 6-9
1Co 4:6 - Now 1these things, brothers, I have 2transferred in figure to myself and aApollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us the matter of not going beyond 3what has been written, that none of you may be bpuffed up on behalf of cone, against the other.
1Co 4:7 - For 1who distinguishes you? And what do you have that you did not areceive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though not having received it?
1Co 4:8 - 1Already you are filled; already you have become arich; you have reigned without us. And I would have it indeed that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
1Co 4:9 - For, I think, God has set forth us the apostles 1last of all as 2doomed to adeath, because we have become a 3bspectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
3.  The offscouring of the world and the scum of all things — vv. 10-13
1Co 4:10 - We are 1afools because of Christ, but you are bprudent in Christ; we are 2cweak, but you are strong; you are 3glorious, but we are ddishonored.
1Co 4:11 - Until the present hour we both ahunger and thirst, and are naked and bbuffeted and wander without a home;
1Co 4:12 - And we labor, aworking with our own bhands. Reviled we cbless; dpersecuted we endure;
1Co 4:13 - 1Defamed we 2exhort. We have become as the 3aoffscouring of the world, the 3scum of all things, until now.
4.  The begetting father — vv. 14-21
1Co 4:14 - It is not to ashame you that I write these things but to admonish you as my beloved bchildren.
1Co 4:15 - For though you have ten thousand 1guides in Christ, yet you do not have many 2afathers; for bin Christ Jesus I have cbegotten you through the dgospel.
1Co 4:16 - I 1exhort you therefore, Become aimitators of me.
1Co 4:17 - Because of this I have sent aTimothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful bchild in the Lord, who will remind you of my 1ways which are in Christ, even as I teach 2everywhere in every cchurch.
1Co 4:18 - Now some have become apuffed up as though I were not coming to you.
1Co 4:19 - But I will acome to you shortly, if the Lord bwills, and I will ascertain not the speech of those who are puffed up but the power.
1Co 4:20 - For the 1akingdom of God is not in speech but in bpower.
1Co 4:21 - What do you want? Should I acome to you with a 1rod or in love and a 2bspirit of cmeekness?

First Corinthians

Chapter 5 of 16

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III.  Dealing with an evil brother — 5:1-13

A.  The evil one judged — vv. 1-5
1Co 5:1 - It is actually reported that there is 1afornication among you, and such fornication that does not even occur among the Gentiles, that someone has his 2bstepmother.
1Co 5:2 - And you are apuffed up? And have you not rather bmourned, that the one who has done this deed might be 1cremoved from your midst?
1Co 5:3 - For I, on my part, though being absent in the body but present 1in the aspirit, have already judged, as if being present, him who has thus done this,
1Co 5:4 - 1In the aname of our Lord Jesus, when you and 2my bspirit have been assembled, 1with the cpower of our Lord Jesus,
1Co 5:5 - 1To adeliver such a one to bSatan for the 2destruction of his 3flesh, 4that his spirit may be saved in the 5cday of the Lord.
B.  Keeping the Feast of Unleavened Bread — vv. 6-8
1Co 5:6 - Your 1aboasting is not good. Do you not know that a 2little 3bleaven leavens the whole lump?
1Co 5:7 - Purge out the old leaven that you may be a 1new lump, even as you are unleavened; for our 2aPassover, Christ, also has been sacrificed.
1Co 5:8 - So then let us akeep the 1feast, not with old bleaven, neither with the leaven of cmalice and evil, but with the dunleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
C.  Removing the evil one from the church — vv. 9-13
1Co 5:9 - I wrote to you in my letter anot to 1mingle with fornicators,
1Co 5:10 - But not altogether with the afornicators of this world, or with the covetous and rapacious, or idolaters, since then you would have to go bout of the world.
1Co 5:11 - But now I have written to you not to mingle with anyone who is called a abrother, if he is a 1fornicator or a covetous man or an bidolater or a reviler or a drunkard or a rapacious man, with such a one cnot even to eat.
1Co 5:12 - For what have I to do with judging those who are aoutside the church? Do you not bjudge those who are within the church?
1Co 5:13 - But those who are outside, God will judge. 1aRemove the evil man from among yourselves.

First Corinthians

Chapter 6 of 16

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IV.  Dealing with lawsuits among believers — 6:1-11

A.  The judgment of the church — vv. 1-8
1Co 6:1 - Does any one of you who has a 1case against another dare to be judged before the 2unrighteous and not before the saints?
1Co 6:2 - Or do you not know that the saints will 1ajudge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the 2smallest 3judgments?
1Co 6:3 - Do you not know that we will 1judge angels, not to mention things of this life?
1Co 6:4 - If then you hold ajudgments over things of this life, do you seat as judges 1those who are of no account in the church?
1Co 6:5 - I say this to your ashame. So there is no one wise among you, who will be able to discern between his bbrothers?
1Co 6:6 - But brother 1goes to court with brother, and this before aunbelievers.
1Co 6:7 - Already then it is altogether a 1defeat to you that you have 2lawsuits with one another. Why not 3arather be wronged? Why not 3rather be defrauded?
1Co 6:8 - But you wrong and adefraud, and this your brothers.
B.  Those not qualified to inherit the kingdom of God — vv. 9-11
1Co 6:9 - Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not 1ainherit the kingdom of God? Do not be bled astray; neither cfornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor dhomosexuals
1Co 6:10 - Nor thieves nor the covetous, not drunkards, not revilers, not the rapacious will inherit the kingdom of God.
1Co 6:11 - And these things were some of you; but you were 1awashed, but you were 1bsanctified, but you were 1cjustified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

V.  Dealing with the abuse of freedom — 6:12-20

A.  A basic principle — v. 12
1Co 6:12 - 1aAll things are 2lawful to me, but not all things are 3profitable; all things are 2lawful to me, but I will not be 4brought under the power of anything.
B.  The use of the body — vv. 13-20
1Co 6:13 - 1Foods are for the astomach, and the stomach for foods; but God will bring to bnought both it and them. But the 2body is not for fornication but cfor the Lord, and the Lord dfor the body.
1Co 6:14 - And God has both araised up the Lord and will 1braise us up through His cpower.
1Co 6:15 - Do you not know that your bodies are 1amembers of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? 2bAbsolutely not!
1Co 6:16 - Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For He says, a“The two shall be one flesh.”
1Co 6:17 - But he who is 1ajoined to the Lord is 2bone spirit.
1Co 6:18 - aFlee bfornication. Every 1sin which a man may do is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.
1Co 6:19 - Or do you not know that your abody is a btemple of the 1Holy Spirit cwithin you, whom you have dfrom God, and you are enot your own?
1Co 6:20 - For you have been abought with a 1bprice. So then 2cglorify God in your dbody.

First Corinthians

Chapter 7 of 16

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VI.  Dealing with marriage life — 7:1-40

A.  Concerning the gift not to marry — vv. 1-7
1Co 7:1 - Now concerning the 1things of which you wrote: It is agood for a man not to touch a woman.
1Co 7:2 - But because of 1afornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
1Co 7:3 - Let the ahusband render to his wife that which is due, and likewise also the wife to the husband.
1Co 7:4 - The awife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
1Co 7:5 - Do not deprive each other, aexcept by agreement for a time that you may 1devote yourselves to prayer, and then be together again, that 2bSatan may not ctempt you because of your 3lack of dself-control.
1Co 7:6 - But this I say by way of 1concession, not by way of 1acommand.
1Co 7:7 - Yet I 1wish all men to be even as I am myself; but each has his own 2gift from God, one in this way, the other in that.
B.  Concerning the unmarried and the widows — vv. 8-9
1Co 7:8 - But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is 1agood for them if they remain even as I am.
1Co 7:9 - But if they do not have 1aself-control, let them bmarry; for it is better to marry than to burn with desire.
C.  Concerning the married — vv. 10-16
1Co 7:10 - But to the married 1I charge, 2anot I but the Lord, A bwife must not be cseparated from her husband
1Co 7:11 - (But if indeed she is separated, let her 1remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband), and a ahusband must not leave his wife.
1Co 7:12 - But to the rest 1I say, I, anot the Lord, If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she consents to dwell with him, he must not bleave her;
1Co 7:13 - And a wife who has an unbelieving husband, and if he consents to dwell with her, must not leave her husband.
1Co 7:14 - For the unbelieving husband is 1asanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
1Co 7:15 - But if the unbelieving one separates, let him separate; the brother or the sister is 1not enslaved in such cases, 2but God has called us in apeace.
1Co 7:16 - 1For 2how do you know, O awife, whether you will bsave your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
D.  Remaining in the status of one's calling — vv. 17-24
1Co 7:17 - 1However as the Lord has apportioned to each one, as God has acalled each one, so let him walk. And so I direct in all the bchurches.
1Co 7:18 - Was anyone called having been circumcised? He need not 1efface it. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He need not be acircumcised.
1Co 7:19 - 1aCircumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the bkeeping of God’s commandments is what counts.
1Co 7:20 - Each one, in the acalling in which he was called, in this let him remain.
1Co 7:21 - Were you called as a aslave? 1Let it not concern you; 2but even if you are able to become bfree, cuse your status as a slave rather.
1Co 7:22 - For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the 1Lord’s freedman; likewise the free man who has been called is 1Christ’s aslave.
1Co 7:23 - You were abought with a 1price; do not be 2bslaves of men.
1Co 7:24 - Each one, brothers, in what status he was acalled, in this let him remain 1with God.
E.  Concerning keeping virginity — vv. 25-38
1Co 7:25 - Now concerning avirgins I have bno 1commandment of the Lord, but I give 1my copinion as one who has been shown dmercy by the Lord to be efaithful.
1Co 7:26 - I consider then that this is good because of the 1present 2necessity, that it is agood for a man to be as he is.
1Co 7:27 - Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek a release. Have you been released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
1Co 7:28 - But even if you do amarry, you have bnot sinned; and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned; but such ones will have affliction in the flesh, and I am trying to spare you.
1Co 7:29 - But this I say, brothers, the time is 1ashortened. Henceforth both those who have wives should be as though they had none,
1Co 7:30 - And those who weep as though they did not weep, and those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, and those who buy as though they did not possess,
1Co 7:31 - And those who use the world as though they did not abuse it; for the fashion of this world is apassing away.
1Co 7:32 - But I desire you to be without acare. The unmarried bcares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
1Co 7:33 - But he who has married acares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
1Co 7:34 - And is 1distracted. Both the unmarried woman and the virgin care for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit; but she who has married acares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
1Co 7:35 - But this I say for your own profit, not that I may 1put a noose upon you but that you may be comely and may wait on the Lord without adistraction.
1Co 7:36 - But if anyone thinks that he is behaving unbecomingly to his virgin daughter, if she is past the bloom of youth and thus it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does anot sin; let them marry.
1Co 7:37 - But he who stands firm in his heart, 1being under no constraint, and has authority with respect to his own will and has 2decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well.
1Co 7:38 - So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in amarriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
F.  Concerning remarriage — vv. 39-40
1Co 7:39 - A wife is abound for so long a time as her husband lives; but should the husband fall asleep, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, bonly to one in the Lord.
1Co 7:40 - But she is 1more blessed if she so remains, according to my aopinion; but I think that I 2also have the bSpirit of God.

First Corinthians

Chapter 8 of 16

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VII.  Dealing with the eating of things sacrificed to idols — 8:1-11:1

A.  An inadvisable eating — 8:1-13
1.  Not according to love, which builds up — vv. 1-3
1Co 8:1 - Now concerning 1things sacrificed to aidols, we 2know that we all have 3bknowledge. 4Knowledge cpuffs up, but 4dlove 5ebuilds up.
1Co 8:2 - If anyone athinks that he 1knows anything, he has bnot yet come to 1know as he ought to 1know;
1Co 8:3 - But if anyone 1aloves God, this one is bknown by Him.
2.  Idols being nothing — vv. 4-7
1Co 8:4 - Therefore concerning the eating of things asacrificed to idols, we 1know that an bidol is cnothing in the world and that there is no God but done.
1Co 8:5 - For even if there are so-called agods, either in heaven or on earth, even as there are many gods and many lords,
1Co 8:6 - Yet to 1us there is 2aone God, the 3bFather, 4out from whom are call things, and we are 4unto Him; and 5done Lord, 6Jesus Christ, 4ethrough whom are all things, and we are 4through Him.
1Co 8:7 - But athis knowledge is not in all men; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, beat the food as an cidol sacrifice, and their 1dconscience, being weak, is 2defiled.
3.  Food not commending us to God — v. 8
1Co 8:8 - But afood will not commend us to God; neither if we do not eat are we lacking, nor if we eat do we 1abound.
4.  Stumbling weak brothers — vv. 9-13
1Co 8:9 - But beware lest somehow this 1right of yours become a astumbling block to the 2bweak ones.
1Co 8:10 - For if anyone sees you who have aknowledge reclining at table in an bidol temple, will not his cconscience, if he is weak, be 1emboldened to eat the things dsacrificed to the idols?
1Co 8:11 - For the one who is aweak is being 1bdestroyed by your cknowledge, the brother because of whom Christ ddied.
1Co 8:12 - And sinning in this way against the brothers and 1wounding their weak aconscience, you sin against Christ.
1Co 8:13 - Therefore if food 1astumbles my brother, I shall by no means eat 2meat forever, that I may not 1stumble my brother.

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Chapter 9 of 16

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B.  The apostle's vindication — 9:1-27
1.  His qualifications — vv. 1-3
1Co 9:1 - 1Am I not 2afree? Am I not an 3bapostle? Have I not 4cseen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my 5dwork in the Lord?
1Co 9:2 - If to others I am not an apostle, yet surely I am to 1you; for you in the Lord are the 2aseal of my bapostleship.
1Co 9:3 - My defense to those who examine me is 1this.
2.  His rights — vv. 4-15
1Co 9:4 - 1Do we not have a 2right to 3aeat and to drink?
1Co 9:5 - Do we not have a right to take along a sister as a wife, aeven as the rest of the apostles and the bbrothers of the Lord and cCephas?
1Co 9:6 - Or do only I and aBarnabas not have the bright not to work?
1Co 9:7 - What soldier ever aserves by his own wages? Who bplants a cvineyard and does not dpartake of its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not partake of the milk of the flock?
1Co 9:8 - Am I speaking these things aaccording to man? Or does the law not also say these things?
1Co 9:9 - For in the law of Moses it is written: a“You shall not muzzle the ox 1while it is treading out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God cares?
1Co 9:10 - Or does He say it altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written because the aplowman should plow in hope, and he who threshes, in hope of partaking.
1Co 9:11 - If we have sown to you the aspiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap from you the fleshly things?
1Co 9:12 - If others partake of this right over you, should not rather we? Yet we did anot use this right, but we 1bear all things that we may bnot cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
1Co 9:13 - Do you not know that those who labor on the 1sacred things aeat the things of the sacred temple, that those who attend to the altar have their portion with the altar?
1Co 9:14 - So also the Lord directed those who announce the gospel to alive from the gospel.
1Co 9:15 - But I myself have not used aany of these things; and I have not written these things that it may be so with me; for it is good for me 1rather to die than2—No one shall make my bboast void.
3.  His faithfulness — vv. 16-23
1Co 9:16 - For if I preach the gospel, I have no boast, for anecessity is laid upon me; for woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
1Co 9:17 - If I do this of my own will, I have a 1areward; but if not of my own will, I am bentrusted with a 2cstewardship.
1Co 9:18 - What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may present the gospel awithout charge, so as bnot to use to the full my right in the gospel.
1Co 9:19 - For though I am afree from 1all, I have benslaved myself to 1all that I might gain the more.
1Co 9:20 - And to the Jews I became aas a Jew in order that I might bgain Jews; to those cunder law, as under law (though I myself am dnot under law), that I might gain those under law.
1Co 9:21 - To those awithout law, bas without law (though I am not 1without law to God but 2within claw to Christ), that I might gain those without law.
1Co 9:22 - To the weak I abecame weak that I might gain the weak. To all men I have 1become ball things that I might by all means csave some.
1Co 9:23 - And I do all things for the sake of the gospel that I may become a 1fellow apartaker of it.
4.  His endeavor — vv. 24-27
1Co 9:24 - Do you not know that those who 1run on a aracecourse all run, but one receives the 2bprize? cRun in this way, that you may 3lay hold.
1Co 9:25 - And everyone who acontends exercises self-control in all things; they then, that they may receive a corruptible 1crown, but we, ban cincorruptible.
1Co 9:26 - I therefore arun in this way, not as though without a clear aim; I box in this way, not as though beating the bair;
1Co 9:27 - But I 1buffet my body and 2make it my slave, 3lest perhaps having 4preached to others, I myself may become 5adisapproved.

First Corinthians

Chapter 10 of 16

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C.  The type of Israel — 10:1-13
1.  Baptized unto Moses — vv. 1-2
1Co 10:1 - 1For I do not want you to be 2aignorant, brothers, that 3all our fathers were under the 4bcloud, and all passed through the csea;
1Co 10:2 - And all were 1abaptized 2unto Moses 3in the cloud and in the sea;
2.  Eating the same spiritual food and drinking the same spiritual drink — vv. 3-4
1Co 10:3 - And all ate the same 1spiritual afood,
1Co 10:4 - And all drank the same 1spiritual adrink; for they drank of a 2spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ.
3.  Most of them strewn along in the wilderness — vv. 5-13
1Co 10:5 - But with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were 1astrewn along in the wilderness.
1Co 10:6 - Now these things occurred as 1aexamples to 2us, that we should not be ones who lust after evil things, even as they also blusted.
1Co 10:7 - Neither become 1aidolaters, as bsome of them did; as it is written, c“The people sat down to 1eat and drink, and stood up to dplay.”
1Co 10:8 - Neither let us commit 1afornication, as some of them bcommitted fornication, and there 2fell in one day ctwenty-three thousand.
1Co 10:9 - Neither let us 1atest Christ, as some of them btested Him and were destroyed by the cserpents.
1Co 10:10 - Neither 1amurmur, just as some of them bmurmured and cperished by the 2destroyer.
1Co 10:11 - Now these things 1happened to them as an aexample, and they were bwritten for our admonition, unto whom the 2ends of the ages 3have come.
1Co 10:12 - 1So then let him who athinks he bstands take heed lest he 2fall.
1Co 10:13 - 1No 2temptation has taken you except 3that which is common to man; and God is afaithful, who will not allow that you be 4btempted beyond what you are able, but will, with the 2temptation, also make the way out, that you may be able to cendure it.
D.  Keeping the Lord's table from idolatry — 10:14-22
1.  The fellowship of the Lord's blood and body — vv. 14-18
1Co 10:14 - 1Therefore, my beloved, flee from 2aidolatry.
1Co 10:15 - I speak as to prudent men; you ajudge what I say.
1Co 10:16 - The acup of blessing which we bbless, is it not the 1fellowship of the cblood of Christ? The dbread which we break, is it not the 1fellowship of the ebody of Christ?
1Co 10:17 - Seeing that there is 1one bread, we who are many are aone Body; for we all 2partake of the one bread.
1Co 10:18 - Look at Israel aaccording to the flesh. Are not those who beat the sacrifices those who 1have fellowship with the 2caltar?
2.  The separation of the Lord's table from the demons' table — vv. 19-22
1Co 10:19 - What then am I saying? That what is asacrificed to an idol is anything? Or that an idol is anything?
1Co 10:20 - No, but that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to 1ademons and not to God; and I do not want you to become 2bthose who have fellowship with demons.
1Co 10:21 - You cannot 1drink the Lord’s acup and the demons’ cup; you cannot partake of the Lord’s btable and of the cdemons’ table.
1Co 10:22 - Or do we 1aprovoke the Lord to bjealousy? Are we cstronger than He?
E.  The proper eating — 10:23-11:1
1.  Building up others, seeking their advantage — 10:23-30, 32-33
1Co 10:23 - 1aAll things are 2lawful, but not all things are 3profitable; all things are 2lawful, but not all things 4bbuild up.
1Co 10:24 - Let no one aseek his own profit, but that of the other.
1Co 10:25 - Everything sold in a 1meat market aeat, asking no questions for bconscience’ sake;
1Co 10:26 - For the aearth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.
1Co 10:27 - If any of the unbelievers invites you and you wish to go, aeat everything that is set before you, asking no question for bconscience’ sake.
1Co 10:28 - But if anyone says to you, This has been offered in sacrifice, do anot eat, for his sake who pointed it out and for bconscience’ sake.
1Co 10:29 - Conscience, I say, not your own, but the other’s. For why is my afreedom judged by some other conscience?
1Co 10:30 - If I 1partake with athankfulness, why am I spoken bevil of concerning that for which I give thanks?
2.  To the glory of God — 10:31
1Co 10:31 - 1Therefore 2whether you aeat or drink, or bwhatever you do, do all to the cglory of God.
1.  Building up others, seeking their advantage (cont'd) — 10:32-33
1Co 10:32 - 1Do not become a astumbling block, both to 2Jews and to Greeks and to the bchurch of God;
1Co 10:33 - Even as 1I also aplease ball men in all things, not cseeking my own advantage but that of the many, that they may be dsaved.

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Chapter 11 of 16

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3.  Imitating the apostle — 11:1
1Co 11:1 - 1Be aimitators of 2me, as I also am bof Christ.

VIII.  Dealing with head covering — 11:2-16

A.  The headship in the universe — vv. 2-3
1Co 11:2 - But I apraise you because in all things you have bremembered me and hold fast the 1cthings that I have handed down even as I handed 1them down to you.
1Co 11:3 - But I want you to know that 1Christ is the ahead of every man, and the 2man is the bhead of the woman, and 3God is the chead of Christ.
B.  The head covering — vv. 4-6
1Co 11:4 - Every man praying or 1aprophesying with his head covered 2disgraces his head.
1Co 11:5 - But every woman apraying or bprophesying with her head 1uncovered disgraces her head; for it is one and the same as she who is 2cshaved.
1Co 11:6 - For if a woman is not covered, let her hair also be cut off; but if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut off or to be shaved, 1let her be covered.
C.  The reasons — vv. 7-15
1Co 11:7 - For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is 1God’s aimage and glory; but the woman is the 2bglory of the man.
1Co 11:8 - For man is not out of woman, but 1woman aout of man;
1Co 11:9 - For also man was not 1created for the sake of the woman, but 2awoman for the sake of the man.
1Co 11:10 - Therefore the woman ought to have a 1sign of submission to aauthority on her head for the 2sake of the bangels.
1Co 11:11 - However neither is woman without man, nor man without woman, 1in the Lord.
1Co 11:12 - For just as the woman is 1out from the man, so also is the man 1through the woman; but aall things are out from God.
1Co 11:13 - aJudge this in your own selves: Is it fitting for a woman to pray uncovered to God?
1Co 11:14 - Does not even 1nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
1Co 11:15 - But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, because her long hair has been given to her for a covering.
D.  No contention — v. 16
1Co 11:16 - But if anyone seems to be contentious, we do not have 1such a custom of being so, neither the 2achurches of God.

IX.  Dealing with the Lord's supper — 11:17-34

A.  The rebuking of the disorder — vv. 17-22
1Co 11:17 - 1But I give you 2this charge and do not apraise you, because you bcome together not for the better but for the worse.
1Co 11:18 - For first of all, when you come together 1ain the church, I hear that bdivisions exist among you; and some part of it I believe.
1Co 11:19 - For there must even be 1parties among you, that those who are 2approved may become 3manifest among you.
1Co 11:20 - When therefore you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the 1Lord’s supper;
1Co 11:21 - For in your eating, each one takes his own 1supper first, and one is hungry and the other is drunk.
1Co 11:22 - Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the achurch of God and bput those to shame who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not cpraise you.
B.  The review of the definition — vv. 23-26
1Co 11:23 - For I areceived from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus bin the night in which He was 1cbetrayed dtook bread,
1Co 11:24 - And having given thanks, He 1broke it and said, This is My body, which is given for you; this do 2unto the 3remembrance of Me.
1Co 11:25 - Similarly also the cup after they had dined, saying, This 1cup is the anew covenant established in My blood; this do, as often as you 2drink it, unto the remembrance of Me.
1Co 11:26 - For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you 1declare the Lord’s death 2until He acomes.
C.  The need of proving and discerning — vv. 27-29
1Co 11:27 - So then whoever aeats the bbread or adrinks the bcup of the Lord in an 1unworthy manner will 2be guilty of the body and of the cblood of the Lord.
1Co 11:28 - But let a man 1aprove himself, and in this way let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
1Co 11:29 - For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks 1judgment to himself if he does not 2discern 3the body.
D.  The discipline of the Lord — vv. 30-34
1Co 11:30 - Because of 1this many among you are 2weak and sick, and a number 3asleep.
1Co 11:31 - But if we 1discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.
1Co 11:32 - But being 1judged by the Lord, we are adisciplined that we may not be 2bcondemned with the world.
1Co 11:33 - So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, 1wait for one another.
1Co 11:34 - If anyone is hungry, let him eat at ahome, that you may not come together for judgment. And the 1rest I will set in order when I bcome.

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Chapter 12 of 16

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X.  Dealing with the gifts — 12:1-14:40

A.  The governing principle — 12:1-3
1Co 12:1 - Now concerning 1aspiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be bignorant.
1Co 12:2 - You know that when you were aGentiles, you were always being led away to bdumb idols, whenever and however you were 1led.
1Co 12:3 - Therefore I make known to you that no one 1speaking in the aSpirit of God says, Jesus is 2accursed; and 3no one can say, bJesus is Lord! except in the cHoly Spirit.
B.  The manifestation of the Spirit — 12:4-11
1Co 12:4 - 1But there are 2distinctions of 3agifts, but the bsame Spirit;
1Co 12:5 - And there are distinctions of 1aministries, yet the bsame Lord;
1Co 12:6 - And there are distinctions of 1operations, but the asame 2God, who boperates all things in all.
1Co 12:7 - But to aeach one is given the 1manifestation of the Spirit 2for bwhat is profitable.
1Co 12:8 - For to one through the Spirit a 1word of awisdom is given, and to another a 1word of bknowledge, according to the same Spirit;
1Co 12:9 - To a different one 1afaith in the same Spirit, and to another 2gifts of bhealing in the one Spirit,
1Co 12:10 - And to another operations of 1aworks of power, and to another 2bprophecy, and to another 3cdiscerning of spirits; to a different one various kinds of 4dtongues, and to another 5einterpretation of tongues.
1Co 12:11 - But the one and the same Spirit operates all these things, adistributing to each one respectively even as He bpurposes.
C.  One Body with many members — 12:12-27
1.  The constitution of the Body — vv. 12-13
1Co 12:12 - 1For even as the body is aone and has many bmembers, yet all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is 2the Christ.
1Co 12:13 - For also in 1aone Spirit we were all bbaptized into 2cone Body, whether 3dJews or Greeks, whether 4slaves or free, and were all given to 5edrink one fSpirit.
2.  The indispensability of the members — vv. 14-22
1Co 12:14 - For the body is not one member but amany.
1Co 12:15 - If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body, it is not that because of this it is not of the body.
1Co 12:16 - And if the ear should say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body, it is not that because of this it is not of the body.
1Co 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were the hearing, where would the smelling be?
1Co 12:18 - But now God has aplaced the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He bwilled.
1Co 12:19 - And if all were one member, where would the body be?
1Co 12:20 - But now the members are many, but the body aone.
1Co 12:21 - And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
1Co 12:22 - But much rather the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
3.  The blending together of the members — vv. 23-27
1Co 12:23 - And those members of the body which we consider to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor; and our uncomely members come to have more abundant comeliness,
1Co 12:24 - But our comely members have no need. But God has 1blended the body together, giving more abundant honor to the member that lacked,
1Co 12:25 - That there would be no adivision in the body, but that the members would have the 1same care for one another.
1Co 12:26 - And whether one member asuffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member is glorified, all the members brejoice with it.
1Co 12:27 - Now you are the Body of Christ, and amembers individually.
D.  The placing of the gifts — 12:28-31
1Co 12:28 - And God has aplaced some in the 1bchurch: first 2capostles, second 3dprophets, third 4eteachers; then 5fworks of power, then 6gifts of ghealing, 7helps, 8hadministrations, various kinds of 9itongues.
1Co 12:29 - Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all have works of power?
1Co 12:30 - Do all have gifts of healing? Do all 1speak in tongues? 2Do all 1ainterpret tongues?
1Co 12:31 - But 1earnestly adesire the 2bgreater gifts. And moreover I show to you a 3most excellent way.

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Chapter 13 of 16

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E.  The excellent way for exercising the gifts — 13:1-13
1.  The need of love — vv. 1-3
1Co 13:1 - If I speak in the atongues of men and of angels but do not have blove, I have become 1sounding brass or a 1clanging cymbal.
1Co 13:2 - And if I have the gift of aprophecy and know all bmysteries and all cknowledge, and if I have all dfaith so as to eremove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
1Co 13:3 - And if I adole out all my possessions to feed others, and if I 1deliver up my bbody 2that I may boast, but do not have love, I profit nothing.
2.  The definition of love — vv. 4-7
1Co 13:4 - 1aLove bsuffers long. Love is kind; it is not cjealous. Love does not dbrag and is not epuffed up;
1Co 13:5 - It does not behave unbecomingly and does not aseek its own things; it is not provoked and does not take account of evil;
1Co 13:6 - It does anot rejoice because of 1unrighteousness, but brejoices with the 1ctruth;
1Co 13:7 - It 1acovers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
3.  The excelling of love — vv. 8-13
1Co 13:8 - aLove 1never falls away. But whether bprophecies, they will be rendered useless; or ctongues, they will cease; or dknowledge, it will be rendered useless.
1Co 13:9 - For we aknow in part, and we prophesy in part;
1Co 13:10 - But 1when that which is 2complete comes, 3that which is in part will be rendered useless.
1Co 13:11 - 1When I was a 2achild, I spoke as a child, I thought as a bchild, I 3reasoned as a child; 4since I have become a man, I have done away with childish things.
1Co 13:12 - For 1now we see 2in a amirror 3obscurely, but at 4that time bface to face; 1now I cknow in part, but at 4that time I will fully dknow even as also I was fully known.
1Co 13:13 - Now there abide 1afaith, bhope, clove, these three; and the greatest of these is dlove.

First Corinthians

Chapter 14 of 16

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F.  The excelling of prophesying — 14:1-25
1.  Building up the church more — vv. 1-19
1Co 14:1 - 1aPursue blove, and 2cdesire earnestly dspiritual gifts, but especially that you may 3eprophesy.
1Co 14:2 - 1For he who speaks in a atongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one hears, but in his bspirit he speaks cmysteries.
1Co 14:3 - But he who prophesies speaks 1abuilding up and encouragement and consolation to men.
1Co 14:4 - He who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but he who prophesies 1abuilds up the bchurch.
1Co 14:5 - I desire that you all speak in tongues, but especially that you would aprophesy; and bgreater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he cinterprets, that the church may receive building up.
1Co 14:6 - But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in atongues, what will I bprofit you, unless I speak to you either in crevelation or in dknowledge or in eprophecy or in fteaching?
1Co 14:7 - Yet even 1lifeless things, whether flute or harp, in giving a sound, if they give 2no distinction in the tones, how will what is played on the flute or on the harp be known?
1Co 14:8 - For also if the atrumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for bbattle?
1Co 14:9 - So also you, unless you give with the tongue a word easy to understand, how will what is being said be known? For you will be speaking into the aair.
1Co 14:10 - There are perhaps many kinds of 1voices in the world, and not one is 2without significance.
1Co 14:11 - If then I do not know the 1meaning of the voice, I will be to him who is speaking a 2barbarian, and he who is speaking a 2abarbarian to me.
1Co 14:12 - So also you, since you are zealous of 1aspirits, seek that you may 2excel for the 3bbuilding up of the church.
1Co 14:13 - Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may ainterpret.
1Co 14:14 - For if I pray in a tongue, my 1aspirit prays, but my 1bmind is unfruitful.
1Co 14:15 - What then? I will pray with the aspirit, and I will pray 1also 2with the mind; I will bsing with the spirit, and I will csing 1also 2with the mind.
1Co 14:16 - Otherwise if you abless with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the 1unlearned in tongues say the 2bAmen at your giving of cthanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
1Co 14:17 - For you give thanks well, but the other is not 1abuilt up.
1Co 14:18 - I thank God, I speak in tongues more than all of you,
1Co 14:19 - But in the church I would rather aspeak 1five words 2with my mind, that I might instruct others also, than 1ten thousand words in a tongue.
2.  Convicting people more — vv. 20-25
1Co 14:20 - Brothers, do not be 1achildren in your 2understanding, but in bmalice be cbabes and in your 2understanding be 3dfull-grown.
1Co 14:21 - In the 1alaw it is written, 2b“By those of other tongues and with the lips of others I will speak to this people; even so they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
1Co 14:22 - So then tongues are for a 1sign, not to those who believe but to the unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign not to the unbelievers but to those who believe.
1Co 14:23 - If therefore the whole church acomes together in one place, and 1all speak in tongues, and some unlearned in tongues or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are 2binsane?
1Co 14:24 - But if 1aall prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person enters, he is 2convicted by all, he is 2examined by all;
1Co 14:25 - The secrets of his aheart become manifest; and so bfalling on his face, he will worship 1God, declaring that indeed 1God is camong you.
G.  Functioning in the church — 14:26-40
1.  Concerning each one — v. 26
1Co 14:26 - What then, brothers? Whenever you acome together, each one 1has a bpsalm, has a cteaching, has a drevelation, has a etongue, has an finterpretation. Let all things be done for 2gbuilding up.
2.  Concerning speaking in tongues — vv. 27-28
1Co 14:27 - If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by atwo, or at the most three, and in turn, and one should interpret;
1Co 14:28 - But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent ain the 1church, and speak to himself and to God.
3.  Concerning prophesying — vv. 29-33a
1Co 14:29 - And as to prophets, atwo or three should speak, and the others 1bdiscern.
1Co 14:30 - But if something is revealed to another sitting by, the first should be silent.
1Co 14:31 - For 1you can aall prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be 2encouraged.
1Co 14:32 - And the 1aspirits of prophets are bsubject to prophets;
1Co 14:33a - For God is not a God of aconfusion but of 1peace.2
4.  Concerning women — vv. 33b-38
1Co 14:33b - As in ball the 3churches of the csaints,
1Co 14:34 - The awomen should be silent 1bin the churches, for they are not permitted to 2speak; but they should be csubject, even as the 3dlaw also says.
1Co 14:35 - But if they desire to learn anything, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church.
1Co 14:36 - Or was it from you that the word of God went forth? Or 1did it reach only to you?
1Co 14:37 - If anyone thinks he is a 1aprophet or bspiritual, let him fully know the things which I write to you, that they are the 2ccommandment of the Lord.
1Co 14:38 - But if anyone aignores this, let him ignore it.
5.  Conclusion — vv. 39-40
1Co 14:39 - So then, my brothers, 1adesire earnestly the bprophesying, and 1do not forbid the speaking in tongues.
1Co 14:40 - But all things must be done 1becomingly and in 1aorder.

First Corinthians

Chapter 15 of 16

Verses
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XI.  Dealing with the matter of resurrection — 15:1-58

A.  Christ's resurrection — vv. 1-11
1.  Preached — vv. 1-4
1Co 15:1 - Now I make known to you, brothers, the 1agospel which I announced to you, which also you received, in which also you 2bstand,
1Co 15:2 - Through which also you are 1being asaved, if you bhold fast the word which I announced to you as the gospel, unless you have believed cin vain.
1Co 15:3 - For I delivered to you, first of all, that which also I areceived, that 1Christ bdied for our csins according to the 2dScriptures;
1Co 15:4 - And that He was aburied, and that He has been braised on the cthird day according to the dScriptures;
2.  Witnessed — vv. 5-11
1Co 15:5 - And that He 1appeared to aCephas, then to the btwelve;
1Co 15:6 - Then He appeared to over five hundred brothers at one time, of whom the majority remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;
1Co 15:7 - Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;
1Co 15:8 - And last of all He appeared to ame also, as it were to one born prematurely.
1Co 15:9 - For I am the aleast of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I bpersecuted the cchurch of God.
1Co 15:10 - But by the 1agrace of God I am what I am; and His bgrace unto me did not turn out to be cin vain, but, on the contrary, I dlabored more abundantly than all of them, yet 2not I but the grace of God which is with me.
1Co 15:11 - Therefore whether it is I or they, so we preach and so you have believed.
B.  The rebuttal to "No resurrection" — vv. 12-19
1Co 15:12 - But if Christ is proclaimed that He has been araised from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is 1no resurrection of the dead?
1Co 15:13 - But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
1Co 15:14 - And if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is 1avain; your faith is 1bvain also.
1Co 15:15 - And also we are found to be false witnesses of God because we have testified concerning God that He araised Christ, whom He did not raise, if indeed the dead are not raised.
1Co 15:16 - For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.
1Co 15:17 - And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is 1futile; you are 2still in your asins.
1Co 15:18 - Then also those who have 1afallen asleep in Christ have 2perished.
1Co 15:19 - If it is 1only that we have ahoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most miserable.
C.  The history of resurrection — vv. 20-28
1Co 15:20 - 1But now Christ has been araised from the dead, the 2bfirstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1Co 15:21 - For since through 1aman came death, through 2bman also came the cresurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22 - For just as in aAdam all 1die, so also in bChrist all will be 2cmade alive.
1Co 15:23 - But each one in his own order: the 1afirstfruits, Christ; then 2bthose who are Christ’s at His ccoming;
1Co 15:24 - Then the 1end, 2when He 3delivers up the akingdom to His God and Father, 2once He has abolished all brule and all authority and power.
1Co 15:25 - For He must 1areign until God bputs all His enemies under His feet.
1Co 15:26 - aDeath, the last enemy, is 1being abolished.
1Co 15:27 - For 1He has asubjected all things under 2His feet. But when 1He says that all things are subjected, it is evident that all things are except 1Him who has subjected all things to 2Him.
1Co 15:28 - And when all things have been asubjected to 1Him, then the 2Son Himself also will be subjected to 3Him who has subjected all things to 1Him, that bGod may be 4call in all.
D.  The moral influence of resurrection — vv. 29-34
1Co 15:29 - 1Otherwise what shall they who are 2baptized for the dead do? If the dead are actually anot raised, why then are they baptized for them?
1Co 15:30 - Why also do we brave adanger every hour?
1Co 15:31 - I protest by the 1aboasting in you, brothers, which I have 2in Christ Jesus our Lord, I 1bdie daily.
1Co 15:32 - If 1after the manner of men I fought with 2wild beasts at aEphesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are bnot raised, 3let us ceat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
1Co 15:33 - Do not be adeceived: 1Evil 2bcompanionships ccorrupt good morals.
1Co 15:34 - 1aAwake from the drunken stupor righteously and do not sin, for some of you 2are bignorant of God. I speak to your cshame.
E.  The definition of resurrection — vv. 35-49
1.  The body of resurrection — vv. 35-44
1Co 15:35 - But someone will say, How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?
1Co 15:36 - Foolish man, 1what you sow is not made alive unless it adies;
1Co 15:37 - And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of some other of the rest.
1Co 15:38 - But God gives it a 1body even as He willed, and to each of the seeds its own 1body.
1Co 15:39 - 1All aflesh is not the same flesh, but one is of bmen, and another flesh is of ccattle, and another is of dbirds, and another is of fish.
1Co 15:40 - There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; but the glory of the heavenly is one thing, and that of the earthly is another.
1Co 15:41 - There is another glory of the asun, and another glory of the bmoon, and another glory of the cstars; for star differs from star in glory.
1Co 15:42 - So aalso is the bresurrection of the dead. It is sown in ccorruption, it is draised in incorruption;
1Co 15:43 - It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in aglory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
1Co 15:44 - It is sown a 1asoulish body, it is raised a 1bspiritual cbody. If there is a soulish body, there is also a spiritual one.
2.  A spiritual body — vv. 45-49
1Co 15:45 - So also it is written, “The first man, aAdam, became a bliving 1soul”; the last Adam became a clife-giving 1Spirit.
1Co 15:46 - But 1the spiritual is not first but 2the soulish, then the spiritual:
1Co 15:47 - The first man is 1out of the aearth, earthy; the 2second man is 3out of bheaven.
1Co 15:48 - As 1the earthy is, such are 2they also that are earthy; and as 3the heavenly is, such are 4they also that are aheavenly.
1Co 15:49 - And even as we have borne the 1aimage of the earthy, we will also bear the 1bimage of the heavenly.
F.  The victory of resurrection — vv. 50-58
1.  Incorruption over corruption — vv. 50-53
1Co 15:50 - Now this I say, brothers, that 1aflesh and blood cannot inherit the bkingdom of God, neither does ccorruption inherit dincorruption.
1Co 15:51 - Behold, I tell you aa 1mystery: We will not all 2bsleep, but we will all be 3cchanged,
1Co 15:52 - In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the 1last atrumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the 2dead will be braised incorruptible, and 3we will be changed.
1Co 15:53 - For 1this acorruptible must put on incorruption, and 1this bmortal must put on immortality.
2.  Life over death — vv. 54-57
1Co 15:54 - And 1when this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal will put on immortality, then the word which is written will come to pass, a“Death has been bswallowed up 2unto 3cvictory.”
1Co 15:55 - 1Where, aO death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your bsting?
1Co 15:56 - The 1sting of adeath is sin, and the 2power of bsin is the claw.
1Co 15:57 - But athanks be to God who gives us the 1bvictory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
3.  A motive for the work of the Lord — v. 58
1Co 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brothers, be 1asteadfast, immovable, always abounding in the 2bwork of the Lord, knowing that your 3clabor is not din vain in the Lord.

First Corinthians

Chapter 16 of 16

Verses
vv. 1 • • • 5 • • • • 10 • • • •
15 • • • • 20 • • • •

XII.  Dealing with the collection of the gift — 16:1-9

A.  The apostle's direction — vv. 1-3
1Co 16:1 - Now concerning the 1acollection for the saints, 2just as I bdirected the cchurches of Galatia, so you also do.
1Co 16:2 - On the 1afirst day of the week each one of you should lay aside in store to himself whatever he may have been prospered, that no collections be made when I come.
1Co 16:3 - And when I arrive, whomever you approve, I will asend them with letters to carry your 1gift to bJerusalem;
B.  The apostle's desire — vv. 4-9
1Co 16:4 - And if it is fitting for me also to go, they will go with me.
1Co 16:5 - Now I will acome to you when I pass through bMacedonia, for I will pass through Macedonia.
1Co 16:6 - And perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the awinter, that you may bsend me forward wherever I may go.
1Co 16:7 - For I do not wish to see you now just in apassing, for I am hoping to remain with you for some time, if the Lord bpermits.
1Co 16:8 - But I will remain in 1aEphesus until bPentecost,
1Co 16:9 - For a adoor is opened to me, great and efficacious, and there are many bopposers.

XIII.  Conclusion — 16:10-24

A.  Intimate charges — vv. 10-18
1Co 16:10 - Now if aTimothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; for he is working the bwork of the Lord, even as I am.
1Co 16:11 - Let no one therefore adespise him, but bsend him forward in cpeace that he may come to me; for I am awaiting him with the brothers.
1Co 16:12 - And 1concerning our brother aApollos, 2I urged him many times to come to you with the brothers; yet it was 2not at all his desire to come now, but he bwill come when he has opportunity.
1Co 16:13 - aWatch, 1bstand firm in the 2cfaith, be 3dfull-grown men, be estrong.
1Co 16:14 - Let all your matters be done in 1alove.
1Co 16:15 - Now I exhort you, brothers: You know the household of aStephanas, that it is the bfirstfruits of cAchaia, and they have set themselves to minister to the dsaints;
1Co 16:16 - You also be asubject to such ones, and to everyone co-working and blaboring.
1Co 16:17 - Now I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these have afilled up the lack caused by your absence;
1Co 16:18 - For they 1arefreshed my 2bspirit and yours. cAcknowledge therefore such ones.
B.  Greetings and warning — vv. 19-24
1Co 16:19 - The achurches of bAsia greet you. cAquila and Prisca greet you much in the Lord, with the 1church, which is in their dhouse.
1Co 16:20 - All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy akiss.
1Co 16:21 - 1The greeting in my own ahand—Paul.
1Co 16:22 - If anyone does not alove the Lord, let him be 1baccursed! 2The cLord comes!
1Co 16:23 - The 1agrace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
1Co 16:24 - My 1alove in Christ Jesus be with you all.
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