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1 Corinthians 1:1-3 —1Co 1:1-3INTRODUCTIONby Clayton Winters1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, - See note on Romans 1:1. Paul had planted the church in the city of Corinth on his second missionary journey (Acts 18:1-10) and had remained with it for a year and a half. He wrote this

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 —1Co 1:26-31THE WISE AND MIGHTY CONFOUNDED1 Corinthians 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, -For consider your calling, brethren (RSV), Their call had come by the gospel (2 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 4:15), by the preaching of the cross,

1 Corinthians 1:4-9 —1Co 1:4-9THANKSGIVINGClayton Winters1 Corinthians 1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, - I always thank God for you (NIV). His gratitude to God for them was constant, even with all their prob­ lems and shortcomings. This is the kind of

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 —1Co 13:4-7THE MEANING OF LOVE1 Corinthians 13:4-7 --In this section Paul is not so much defining love as telling us what it is or giving its fundamental nature. He personifies it by describing the kind of person it would be. Thus its nature is to

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 —1Co 15:1-41 CORINTHIANS 15Paul now introduces a new subject, the resurrection of the dead. He does so, not because they have raised questions concerning it, but because some among them were saying there was no resurrection (v. 12). Just who they

1 Corinthians 15:9-11 —1Co 15:9-11PAUL’S APOSTLESHIP1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, -Least because he was called last, as of one untimely born (v. 8), and because he considered himself unworthy to be an apostle in view of the fact that he had

1 Corinthians 16:1-4 —1Co 16:1-4COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS1 Corinthians 16:1-4 This section concerns itself with the collection for the poor saints in Jerusalem (v. 4; Romans 15:26), but it also contains some principles that govern giving. Giving is, without question,

1 Corinthians 16:5-9 —1Co 16:5-9PLANS TO VISIT CORINTH1 Corinthians 16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Mace­donia:--He had originally planned to go from Ephesus through Corinth, on to Macedonia, and then back to Corinth (2 Corinthians 1:15-16),

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 —1Co 2:1-5THE MANNER AND CONTENT OF PAUL’S PREACHING1 Corinthians 2:1 And I, brethren, - He gives himself, the manner and contents of his preaching, as an example of how one should glory in the Lord (1 Corinthians 1:31) rather than in the flesh

1 Corinthians 2:10-13 —1Co 2:10-13GOD’S WISDOM IS NOW REVEALED1 Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed them - The things not seen, heard, nor conceived of v. 9, namely, the hidden wisdom (v. 7), the scheme of human redemption through Christ and His gospel. unto us

1 Corinthians 2:14-16 —1Co 2:14-16THE METHOD OF REVELATION1Co 2:14-161 Corinthians 2:14-16 To properly understand these verses it is imperative that both the context and Paul’s purpose be kept in view. From 1 Corinthians 1:18 through 1 Corinthians 2:16 he is show­

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 —1Co 3:16-17THE TEMPLE OF GOD1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

1 Corinthians 3:5-9 —1Co 3:5-9THE PROPER FUNCTION OF PAUL AND APOLLOS1 Corinthians 3:5-9 These verses give an additional reason why it is fleshly rather than spiritual to follow men. It is not the function of a preacher to form parties around himself or to encourage

1 Corinthians 4:18-21 —1Co 4:18-21PAUL PLANS A VISIT1 Corinthians 4:18 Now some are puffed up, - Some have become inflated with pride (BV) or put on airs (Goodspeed). This arrogance undoubtedly had some connection with the sending of Timothy (1 Corinthians 4:17). They

1 Corinthians 5:1-5 —1Co 5:1-5A SCANDALOUS IMMORALITY1 Corinthians 5:1 It is reported commonly - It is actually reported (ASV). Altogether reported, probably repeated everywhere and by many tongues But perhaps Paul had heard it from those of Chloe’s house, who

1 Corinthians 5:9-13 —1Co 5:9-13WITHDRAWAL OF FELLOWSHIP1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle - Undoubtedly an earlier epistle not preserved for us. What it contained beyond the matter mentioned here, and why it was not preserved by the providence of God (as

1 Corinthians 7:12-15 —1Co 7:12-15BELIEVERS MARRIED TO UNBELIEVERS-If she is willing to maintain the marriage. In such marriages there are always problems, but few if any that would justify the Christian in instigating its dissolution. Whether the marriage is maintained

1 Corinthians 7:25-28 —1Co 7:25-28ADVICE TO THE UNMARRIED1 Corinthians 7:25 Now concerning virgins-- Young unmarried women who had kept themselves sexually pure. From the way the subject is introduced it is evident that the Corinthians had asked him some question about

1 Corinthians 7:6-9 —1Co 7:6-9MARRIAGE IS A CHOICE1 Corinthians 7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. ­ But I mean this as a concession, not a command (Goodspeed). The KJV can be understood to mean that Paul is speaking by permission of the

1 Corinthians 9:7-14 —1Co 9:7-14A WORKER’S RIGHT TO SUPPORT1 Corinthians 9:7 This verse contains three more rhetorical questions, each demanding the answer, none. Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? That is, who serves in the armed forces of his country