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1 Corinthians

The Book of 1 Corinthians addresses the challenge of living out the gospel within a divided and morally complex culture. Written by the apostle Paul, the letter is sent to the church in Corinth, a prosperous and influential city known for its diversity, immorality, and philosophical pride.

Paul writes in response to reports of division and disorder within the church. Believers are aligning themselves with particular leaders, elevating human wisdom over God’s truth. Paul confronts this immediately, reminding them that the church is unified not by personalities, but by the message of the cross. God’s wisdom often appears foolish to the world, yet it is the power of salvation.

A major portion of the book deals with moral and ethical issues. Paul addresses sexual immorality, lawsuits among believers, marriage, singleness, and Christian freedom. He repeatedly emphasizes that freedom in Christ must be guided by love and concern for others. Rights are secondary to edification, and personal liberty must not cause spiritual harm.

1 Corinthians also provides essential teaching on worship and church order. Paul gives instruction regarding the Lord’s Supper, spiritual gifts, and orderly gatherings. The well-known chapter on love—often read at weddings—appears within this context, defining love as the necessary foundation for all spiritual expression. Without love, even the most impressive gifts are empty.

The book reaches its theological climax in its teaching on the resurrection. Paul affirms the bodily resurrection of Jesus and explains its implications for believers. Without the resurrection, faith would be meaningless—but because Christ is risen, hope is secure, and death is defeated.

Throughout the letter, Paul balances correction with pastoral care. He does not abandon the Corinthians despite their struggles. Instead, he calls them to maturity, reminding them that they are God’s temple, purchased at a price, and called to reflect Christ in every area of life.

The Book of 1 Corinthians remains deeply relevant. It speaks to churches navigating division, cultural pressure, and ethical complexity, reminding believers that the gospel reshapes identity, behavior, and community from the inside out.

1 Corinthians 5:4

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Corinthians 5:5

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 5:7

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

1 Corinthians 5:8

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

1 Corinthians 6:1

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

1 Corinthians 6:10

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:14

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

1 Corinthians 6:16

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

1 Corinthians 6:19

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

1 Corinthians 6:2

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

1 Corinthians 6:20

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Corinthians 6:3

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

1 Corinthians 6:4

If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

1 Corinthians 6:5

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

1 Corinthians 6:6

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

1 Corinthians 6:7

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

1 Corinthians 6:9

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:10

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

1 Corinthians 7:11

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:12

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.