1 Corinthians INTRODUCTION 1 1 31 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians INTRODUCTION & 1: 1 -31

1 Corinthians 1: 1 a “Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will…” 1 Corinthians 15: 9 “For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ”

1 Corinthians 9: 1 “Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? ” 15: 8 “Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time. ”

Paul had an extensive history of contact with the city of Corinth, on his second missionary journey he established the church in Corinth, coming there after Athens and staying a year and a half (Acts 18).

He wrote a letter to the Christians in Corinth from the city of Ephesus, (Acts 19), which is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 5: 9. This “previous letter” is lost.

Paul then received reports from people in Chloe’s household about disturbances in Corinth (1 Corinthians 1: 11); and he may have received a delegation from Corinth who brought him questions from the congregation (1 Corinthians 7: 1).

Then Paul wrote 1 Corinthians in about 56 AD to respond to these reports and questions. But because of all the time Paul spent in Corinth, and all the letters he wrote them, we know more about the Christians at Corinth than we know about any other church in the New Testament.

1 Corinthians 1: 30 -31 “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption– that, as it is written, ‘He who glories, let him glory in the LORD. ’"

1 Corinthians 6: 19 -20 “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. ”

1 Corinthians 10: 12 -13 “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man;

…but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. ”

Key Chapter of 1 Corinthians 13 The Love Chapter

Three Parts of 1 Corinthians Part 1) 1: 1 -4: 21, Answers Chloe’s Report Part 2) 5: 1 -6: 20, Answers Report of Fornication Part 3) 7: 1 -16: 24, Answers the Questions presented from the Church

1 Corinthians 1: 1 -2 a “Paul, called as an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, and Sosthenes our brother: To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints,

“Sanctified” “The work of the Holy Spirit that separates believers in Jesus from the world; at the time of saving faith in Jesus, the believer is made a saint; therefore, all believers are saints.

The believer participates with the Spirit in a process of transformation that continues until glorification. The goal of sanctification is progressive conformity to the image of Jesus Christ. ”

1 Corinthians 1: 2 b-3 …with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord— both their Lord and ours. (The Church) Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ”

1 Corinthians 1: 4 -9 “I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus, that by Him you were enriched in everything— in all speech and all knowledge. In this way, the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you,

…so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful; you were called by Him into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

“Paul knows that since God had gone to such tremendous cost to make them sharers of the life of our Lord, He would never let them slip out of His hands. ” William Mac. Donald

“Now, after preparing their minds for rebuke, acting like a good, experienced surgeon, who touches the wound gently when a painful remedy must be used, Paul begins to handle them more severely. ” John Calvin

1 Corinthians 1: 10 -17 “Now I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, that there be no divisions among you, and that you be united with the same understanding and the same conviction.

For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you. What I am saying is this: Each of you says, “I’m with Paul, ” or “I’m with Apollos, ” or “I’m with Cephas, ” or “I’m with Christ. ”

Is Christ divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized in Paul’s name? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one can say you were baptized in my name.

I did, in fact, baptize the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don’t know if I baptized anyone else. For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize— not with clever words, so that the cross of Christ will not be emptied of its effect. ”

“I bless God that there are so many denominations. If there were not men who differed a little in their creeds, we should never get as much gospel as we do. . . God has sent different men to defend different kinds of truth; but Christ defended and preached all. . . Christ’s testimony was perfect. ” Charles Spurgeon

1 Corinthians 1: 18 -31 “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the understanding of the experts. ” (Isaiah 29: 14)

“Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish? For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom,

God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of the message preached. For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles.

Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom, because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. ”

1 Corinthians 1: 18 -31 “Brothers, consider your calling: Not many are wise from a human perspective, Not many powerful, Not many of noble birth. Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world — what is viewed as nothing— to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one can boast in His presence.

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us— our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, in order that, as it is written: The one who boasts must boast in the Lord. ”

Jeremiah 9: 23 -24 “Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

. . . but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord. ”