Outline of 1 Corinthians

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The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians

Book | Outline | Notes

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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