Focused study · Letter

Key passages

Open representative units from the beginning, center, and conclusion of the book.

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

Key passages

Open representative units from the beginning, center, and conclusion of the book.

Passage study 01 · 1 Corinthians 1:1–4:21

A divided house church rallying around favored teachers while Paul redirects attention to the cross and faithful service

Open study →Passage study 02 · 1 Corinthians 5–6

A congregation confronting tolerated wrongdoing, public lawsuits, exploitation, and the call to honor God with the body

Open study →Passage study 04 · 1 Corinthians 8–10

Meat sold near an idol temple, a stronger believer considering a weaker conscience, and Israel’s wilderness failures remembered as warning

Open study →Passage study 05 · 1 Corinthians 11:1–16

Men and women praying and prophesying in gathered worship within the honor conventions Paul addresses

Open study →Passage study 06 · 1 Corinthians 11:17–34

Wealthier believers eating early while poorer members arrive hungry, followed by the church receiving the Lord’s Supper with discernment

Open study →Passage study 07 · 1 Corinthians 12

Many different body members and gifts serving one gathered church without rivalry

Open study →Passage study 09 · 1 Corinthians 14

Prophecy and tongues practiced in an orderly gathering where intelligibility builds up the church

Open study →Passage study 10 · 1 Corinthians 15

Witnesses to the risen Christ, seed buried and raised transformed, and death’s apparent victory giving way to resurrection hope

Open study →Passage study 11 · 1 Corinthians 16

Believers setting aside a collection, Paul planning travel, and Stephanas’s household serving the saints

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