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Teacher guide

Prepare a complete 45-minute session for every passage unit.

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

A complete 45-minute teaching path

The lesson is free, printable, and usable without an account. Adjust vocabulary for your group, but keep the passage boundaries and evidence visible.

A complete 45-minute teaching path

5 min

Orient the group

Name the book, passage boundary, setting, and the question this unit will explore. Allow learners to pass on personal sharing.

10 min

Read the text

Read the assigned passage aloud or silently. Mark speakers, repeated words, commands, contrasts, promises, and changes.

10 min

Explain from the evidence

Walk through the observations on this page. Connect every conclusion to a verse and label interpretive judgments honestly.

15 min

Discuss and apply

Use the discussion questions. Move from what the passage says to responsible application without forcing disclosure.

5 min

Summarize and pray

Ask for one sentence that captures the passage. Close with a prayer shaped by its words and concerns.

All study units

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

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 03 · 1 Corinthians 7

Married, unmarried, widowed, and engaged believers listening to practical counsel for faithful life in their present circumstances

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 08 · 1 Corinthians 13

Patient, truthful, enduring love enacted in ordinary care, correction, sacrifice, and reconciliation rather than romantic imagery alone

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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