The Letters · New Testament
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is book 46 of 66 and belongs to the Letters in the New Testament. It has 16 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 22 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- 1 Corinthians 1: 1 Corinthians 1: divisions reported, and the preaching of the cross set against wisdom
Paul writes with "Sosthenes our brother" to "the church of God which is at Corinth", widening the address to "all that in every place call upon the… - 1 Corinthians 2: 1 Corinthians 2: arriving in weakness, and a wisdom taught by the Spirit
Paul describes his arrival: he came "not with excellency of speech or of wisdom", determined "not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and… - 1 Corinthians 3: 1 Corinthians 3: milk and meat, planting and watering, and one foundation tested by fire
Paul says he could not speak to them as spiritual "but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ", and fed them "with milk, and not with meat"… - 1 Corinthians 4: 1 Corinthians 4: stewards judged by the Lord, apostles as a spectacle, and a father's warning
The chapter sets the terms: "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God", and stewards must be… - 1 Corinthians 5: 1 Corinthians 5: a reported case, and purging the old leaven
The chapter opens with a report: "It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you", of a kind "not so much as named among the Gentiles… - 1 Corinthians 6: 1 Corinthians 6: lawsuits before unbelievers, and a body bought with a price
Two subjects fill the chapter. The first is going to law: "Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not… - 1 Corinthians 7: 1 Corinthians 7: answers about marriage, calling, and the present distress
The section is a reply: "Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me". It opens "It is good for a man not to touch a woman", then allows… - 1 Corinthians 8: 1 Corinthians 8: knowledge about idols, and the brother who is weak
The subject is announced: "Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge." The first move is against that knowledge… - 1 Corinthians 9: 1 Corinthians 9: an apostle's rights set out at length, then given up
Four questions open the chapter, starting "Am I not an apostle? am I not free?" If he is not an apostle to others he is to them, "for the seal of… - 1 Corinthians 10: 1 Corinthians 10: the fathers in the wilderness as warning, and two tables that cannot be shared
The argument turns to the past: "all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea" and "were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud… - 1 Corinthians 11: 1 Corinthians 11: heads covered and uncovered, and a supper that shames the poor
The chapter opens "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ", and praises them for keeping the ordinances. An order of heads follows: "the… - 1 Corinthians 12: 1 Corinthians 12: many gifts, one Spirit, and a body whose weakest parts are necessary
The section is announced: "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant." Their past is recalled, "ye were Gentiles… - 1 Corinthians 13: 1 Corinthians 13: gifts weighed against charity, and what remains
Three conditions open the chapter, each granting something large and then cancelling it. Speaking "with the tongues of men and of angels" without… - 1 Corinthians 14: 1 Corinthians 14: prophecy preferred to tongues, and order in the gathering
The instruction is stated at once: "Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy." One who speaks in an unknown… - 1 Corinthians 15: 1 Corinthians 15: the gospel delivered, the resurrection argued, and the body that is raised
The gospel is restated as something handed on: "I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins… - 1 Corinthians 16: 1 Corinthians 16: the collection, travel plans, and closing greetings
The last section opens "Now concerning the collection for the saints", with the same order already given "to the churches of Galatia": each is to…
