First Corinthians

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OUTLINE

• Introduction of Letter (11-9)
• Unsolicited Answers from Paul (110-620)
• Solicited Questions from Corinth (71-164)
• Marriage
• Food Sacrificed to Idols
• What right do You have?
• What rights do We have?
• Christian Worship
• Resurrection of the Dead
• When do we collect the special collection?
• Closing the Letter (165-18)
• Conclusion (1619-24)

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First Corinthians

• Author Paul (it says so)
• Date 57 AD
• Place from Ephesus
• Occasion (1) Deal with problems in church (2)
  Answer questions from church.
• Theme 1 Corinthians 110
• Oddity 1 Corinthians 59
• This is at least Pauls second letter to Corinth
• 1st Corinthians is 2nd Corinthians?
• 2 Corinthians 78

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First Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 59 and Inspiration
• Not all biblical writers works were preserved
• Not all inspired works were preserved
• These facts DO NOT mean we have lost books or
  hidden books of the Bible
• These facts DO NOT mean that we DO NOT have all
  the Bible
• These facts DO NOT weaken the nature of
  INSPIRATION

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First Corinthians Introduction of Letter (11-9)

• call upon the name of the Lord
• Acts 221
• Acts 914
• Acts 921
• Romans 1012
• Romans 1013
• 2 Timothy 222
• 1 Peter 117
• Only those who are already in Christ can call on
  the Lord. It is not a way of salvation but a
  fact of already being saved.

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First Corinthians Introduction of Letter (11-9)

• 1 Corinthians 14-9
• Unity is the problem in Corinth
• Disunity leads to
• false authority
• false knowledge
• false doctrine
• false religion
• Paul says, You are all one because you are all
  in Christ and no one is better than anyone else
  because you all have the same opportunity to know
  and serve Jesus Christ.

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First Corinthians Unsolicited Answers From Paul
(110-620)

• 1 Corinthians 110
• Pauls appeal is based on a singular bond in
  Christ
• All Christians should speak the same thing and
• Be united in mind and thought
• Be united in mind and judgment
• Means In how you think and what you think
• Yes, specifically Corinth has a I follow
  problem but what does that really mean?
• They are teaching or those who follow them
  perceive a difference in doctrine.

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First Corinthians Unsolicited Answers From Paul
(110-620)

• 1 Corinthians 131
• Wisdom does not come from this world
• We came from this world
• Our only hope is to find the wisdom of God
• Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.
• Only Gods wisdom is worth knowing
• Only Gods wisdom is worth talking about
• Only God gets the glory
• I can only mirror God when it comes to wisdom

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First Corinthians Unsolicited Answers From Paul
(110-620)

• 1 Corinthians 2-3 Gods wisdom
• 26gt it takes spiritual maturity
• 210-16gt we can have the mind of God
• self-righteousness
• self-imposed ignorance
• denominationalism
• non-transformed mind
• 310-15gt we can build a garbage dump on the
  spiritual land given to us for Gods holy temple.
• 318, 21-22gt it may mean starting all over.

Keeps Us Spiritually Immature
But
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First Corinthians Unsolicited Answers From Paul
(110-620)

• 1 Corinthians 4 is about biblical authority
• 1 Corinthians 5 obvious stuff
• 1 Corinthians 6 airing being dirty laundry
• Suing a brother Is it ever right?
• It is about spiritual maturity
• It is about displaying sin loving the world
• Sexual Immorality
• Begins with food sacrificed to idols
• Ends with sacrificing self to the idol

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 7 Marriage
• Marriage is about sex- period.
• Vs 6- the concession is being married. It is
  best to remain single.
• Unmarried and widows
• stay that way- you can serve God better
• but if you cant stop lusting then get married
• Married
• (not I, but the Lord) because of Matthew 196

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 7 married
• (I, not the Lord)
• simply means that Paul is not quoting Jesus
• does not mean it isnt BIBLE (scripture)
• does not mean we have the option to take it or
  leave it
• Vs 12-14
• simply a declaration about the legality of their
  marriage
• Vs 15-16
• Is not justification for divorce
• Has the hope of bringing the leaving spouse to
  Christ
• But you do not have to live with (him or her)

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 725-38
• Under the circumstances of that day dont
  marry
• Paul speaks as inspired writer- all 1 Cor. is
  inspired!
• Persecution is coming- yes but.
• This is also a command for all time. (But, name
  something listed that is not true today.)
• 1 Corinthians 739-40 This is a difficult
  passage
• only in the Lord must belong to the Lord
• Christian widow must marry only a Christian.
• Christian widow marry only after prayerful
  consideration.

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 8 Food sacrificed to idols
• Food sacrificed to Idols is an attitude thing.
• knowing is power and most power is abused
• thinking you know something is human wisdom
• Idols are nothing so their sacrifices are
  nothing
• their food doesnt honor or dishonor
• but be careful with this knowledge
• you can cause a brother to sin by
• thinking you sin openly
• thinking that there MAY be something to idols

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 9/10 What right do you have?
• A couple of marks of an apostle 1-2
• The right to only apostle 3-12
• We dont use all of our apostle rights 12-18
• Teaches about rights in general 19-23
• Teaches about self discipline 24-27

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 10 What rights do we have?
• Gods people history of self-righteousness
  1-13
• This section is an intro to what rights do we
  have
• Idolatry as a gateway sin.
• self indulgence
• pagan indulgences
• Finally, there is the personal
• EverythingEverything certainly talking about
  the non moral things.
• Dont ask Dont tell when it comes to these
  matters.
• Dont be a stumbling block.

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 11 Christian Worship
  Introduction
• You can tell this is hard teaching- Paul thanks
  them.
• Paul sets the standard for worship
• There is an order and a hierarchy
• Christ Male Female
• head covered means having authority over
• male acting manless is a disgrace to God and an
  attack on Gods authority
• God has established male spiritual headship
• Uses a simple analogy from nature- hair

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 11 Christian Worship Lords
  Supper
• Division causes division
• Worship becomes divided at the Supper
• The only good division is that of those doing
  right
• Vs 30 weak sickly have a physical and
  spiritual part. Fallen asleep means dead-
  again physical and spiritual.
• Vs 34 is teaching against turning the Lords
  Supper into a meal and not about eating in the
  churchs building.

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 12 Christian Worship Miraculous
  Gifts
• God the Spirit is real He is God 1-3
• No matter the gift/service/works same God
• All are manifestation of God the Spirit
• Message of wisdom understanding practiced
• Message of knowledge facts
• faith not saving but courage strength
  power
• healing healing
• miraculous powers catch-all for all miracles
• prophecy fore telling and forth telling
• discerning spirits false teachers teaching
• speaking in tongues various languages spoken
• interpreting tongues translation of languages
• All under the control of God the Spirit

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 12 Christian Worship the body
• Human body and the spiritual body of Christ
• Dont all have the same strengths
• Cannot function completely without each other
• Must honor everyone as part (if they function)
• Hierarchy of leadership
• Note that the miraculous is not 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
  .
• Note that not everyone in Corinth congregation
  had miraculous spiritual gifts.

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 13 Christian Worship Love
• Love is the greater gift/necessity for all
  Christians
• Vs 8-10
• Miraculous is in part by nature and by scope
• perfection is the completed Word of God
• When it is complete these miraculous will cease
• Vs12-13
• see poorly because the inspired word is not
  complete
• face to face because then we can know God
  completely
• know in part because miraculous teaching is
  limited in scope (not in content)
• know fully because we can have the mind of
  Christ and know the will of God from His complete
  inspired Word
• 1 Corinthians 216
• Romans 121-2

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 14 Christian Worship Tongues
• Tongues have always been a means of edifying the
  speaker 2, 4
• Apostles on Pentecost Acts 2 Cornelius
  Acts 10 Ephesians Acts 19
• In Worship we want to edify God 3, 4, 22,
  24-25
• Tongues are useless without a message 6-10
• Worship is a corporate act from man to God
• Corinth had brethren faking speaking in tongues
  in order to promote themselves 9-12, 20
• Worship is to be orderly
• Women are to remain silent as to hierarchy

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 15 Resurrection of the Dead
• The GOSPEL answers all your questions on
  resurrection!!
• Study verse 28 on your own
• baptized for the dead
• a practice of baptizing living persons for the
  dead
• If the church in Corinth was baptizing living
  brethren to save dead non-Christians would this
  be all Paul said about it?
• submitting to baptism looking toward our death
• Paul uses himself as an example why go through
  this baptism into Christ if there is no
  resurrection?

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 15 Resurrection of the Dead II
• What kind of body Paul?
• There are all kinds of bodies
• It will be a spiritual body
• bear the likeness of the heavenly one
• Jesus Christ had a physical body
• We will have a body as fitting heaven
• Does not teach a body as Jesus resurrected body
• Does not teach that God has a body at all

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First Corinthians Solicited Questions from
Corinth (71-164)

• 1 Corinthians 16 The Special Collection
• Paul says, do it with the general collection
  based on income.
• Is 1 Corinthians 162 our command to give in
  Worship?
• Yes- because it implies a collection is already
  being taken.
• No- because it is about a special collection for
  the poor saints in Jerusalem.

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First Corinthians Closing the Letter (165-18)

• 1 Corinthians 16 Closing Remarks
• Paul lets them know that he has to wait to come
  to them 5-9
• It was for unity sake that he went to Macedonia
  first.
• 2 Corinthians 123
• He asks that they treat Timothy in a godly way
  10-11
• They must have asked for Apollos but he was not
  yet willing to return 12
• He gives those in Corinth examples to follow as
  leaders 13-18.

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First Corinthians Conclusion (1619-24)

• 1 Corinthians 16 Concluding remarks
• Asia is that region around Ephesus
• Aquila and Priscilla are still in Ephesus
• Paul signed the letter personally
• The ending is not negative it is a Christian
  salutation. But it is a warning to those causing
  division in Corinth.
• Paul loves them all in the Lord.