1 Corinthians: Epistle to the 21st Century

This letter is especially written to those who live in a sex-saturated, wisdom-loving atmosphere and are trying to live as Christians in the midst of all the pressures that constantly come from these two areas.

Bible Studies in the Book of 1 CorinthiansRSSiTunes
The Corinthian Crisis V 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Behind Divisions V 1 Corinthians 1:10-17
God's Nonsense V 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
God's Tools V 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
God's Wisdom V 1 Corinthians 2:1-10
God's Teacher V 1 Corinthians 2:10-13
The Mind of Christ V 1 Corinthians 2:14-16
Carnal and Spiritual Christians V 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
God's Builders V 1 Corinthians 3:10-15
How to Destroy a Church V 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
The True Minister V 1 Corinthians 4:1-7
A Father in Action V 1 Corinthians 4:8-21
Scandal in the Church V 1 Corinthians 5:1-13
The Wrong Way to Right Wrongs V 1 Corinthians 6:1-11
What are Bodies For? V 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Sex in Marriage V 1 Corinthians 7:1-9
Answers on Divorce V 1 Corinthians 7:10-24
Alone but Not Lonely V 1 Corinthians 7:25-40
What's behind Your Influence? V 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Rights or Wrongs V 1 Corinthians 9:1-23
Disqualified! V 1 Corinthians 9:24 -10:13
The Focused Life V 1 Corinthians 10:14 - 11:1
What is Headship? V 1 Corinthians 11:2-16
The Lord's Supper V 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
The Spirit's Point V 1 Corinthians 12:1-6
Guidelines on Gifts V 1 Corinthians 12:7-11
How the Body Works V 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
Supreme Priority V 1 Corinthians 13:1-7
Love never Quits V 1 Corinthians 13:8-13
Speaking of Tongues V 1 Corinthians 14:1-25
When you Come Together V 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
Of First Importance V 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
They Saw Him Alive V 1 Corinthians 15:5-11
What if...? V 1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Then Comes the End V 1 Corinthians 15:20-34
The New Body: What is it Like? V 1 Corinthians 15:35-49
The Victory of the Mystery V 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Giving and Living V 1 Corinthians 16:1-9
The Care and Feeding of Fellow-Workers V 1 Corinthians 16:10-24

Overview the Book of 1 Corinthians from Adventuring

The first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians is a very, very important letter for us because it so thoroughly captures the problems that we face as moderns living in this modern age. The reason is, of course, that Corinth was the most American city in the New Testament -- it was a resort city, the capital of pleasure in the Roman Empire.

If you remember your geography you know it was located on the Peloponnesian peninsula, and the conditions under which the Corinthians lived were very much like the conditions under which we live, or to put that the other way, the conditions under which we live today are Corinthian conditions. Corinth was a beautiful city, a lovely city of palms and beautiful buildings, the center of pleasure for the whole empire, and it was devoted to two things -- the pursuit of pleasure (largely passion), and of wisdom. It was a Greek city, and its inhabitants loved to philosophize, and they were given to what Paul calls, "the wisdom of words."

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