Outline of 1 Corinthians

I. Prologue

1. The greeting

Paul (1 Cor. 1:1)

The church at Corinth (1 Cor. 1:2)

Grace and peace (1 Cor. 1:3)

2. The thanksgiving prayer

I give thanks (1 Cor. 1:4)

You are enriched (1 Cor. 1:5)

The witness of Christ (1 Cor. 1:6)

Not lacking charismatic spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 1:7)

You will be strengthened (1 Cor. 1:8)

God is faithful! (1 Cor. 1:9)

II. Corinthian problems

1. The divisions in the church

You should be in agreement (1 Cor. 1:10)

Quarrels (1 Cor. 1:11)

I belong to Paul! (1 Cor. 1:12)

Has Christ been divided? (1 Cor. 1:13)

I did not baptize you (1 Cor. 1:14)

They were not baptized in the name of Paul (1 Cor. 1:15)

I baptized the Stephanas family (1 Cor. 1:16)

2. The paradox of the cross

I was not sent to baptize (1 Cor. 1:17)

The message of the cross (1 Cor. 1:18)

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise (1 Cor. 1:19)

Where is the wise man? (1 Cor. 1:20)

Wisdom and foolishness (1 Cor. 1:21)

The Jews and the Greeks (1 Cor. 1:22)

We proclaim Christ crucified (1 Cor. 1:23)

Christ is powerful and wise (1 Cor. 1:24)

God versus human wisdom and strength (1 Cor. 1:25)

3. Paul and the Corinthians

Consider your own situation (1 Cor. 1:26)

The foolish and weak ones (1 Cor. 1:27)

God chose the low and the despised (1 Cor. 1:28)

The presence of God (1 Cor. 1:29

God is the source of your life in Christ (1 Cor. 1:30)

Boast in the Lord (1 Cor. 1:31)

4. Proclaim Jesus Christ crucified

Paul the preacher (1 Cor. 2:1)

The crucified Jesus (1 Cor. 2:2)

Fear and trembling (1 Cor. 2:3)

The Spirit and power (1 Cor. 2:4)

Not human wisdom (1 Cor. 2:5)

5. True wisdom

A different kind of wisdom (1 Cor. 2:6)

God’s wisdom (1 Cor. 2:7)

They did not understand the Lord of glory (1 Cor. 2:8)

No eye has seen (1 Cor. 2:9)

God has revealed this (1 Cor. 2:10)

Only the Spirit of God knows (1 Cor. 2:11)

The Spirit of God (1 Cor. 2:12)

Spiritual truth (1 Cor. 2:13)

The unspiritual humans (1 Cor. 2:14)

The spiritual humans (1 Cor. 2:15)

The mind of the Lord (1 Cor. 2:16)

6. Dissension in Corinth

Men of the flesh (1 Cor. 3:1)

You were not ready for solid food (1 Cor. 3:2)

You are ordinary people (1 Cor. 3:3)

Mere human men (1 Cor. 3:4)

7. The role of ministers

Paul and Apollos (1 Cor. 3:5)

I planted (1 Cor. 3:6)

Growth is key (1 Cor. 3:7)

The planter and the waterer (1 Cor. 3:8)

We are fellow workers (1 Cor. 3:9)

The foundation of the building (1 Cor. 3:10)

Only one foundation (1 Cor. 3:11)

Building on the foundation (1 Cor. 3:12)

Fire will test the work (1 Cor. 3:13)

A reward for the builder (1 Cor. 3:14)

The builder will be saved (1 Cor. 3:15)

You are God’s temple (1 Cor. 3:16)

The holy temple (1 Cor. 3:17)

8. The wisdom of this world

Do not deceive yourselves! (1 Cor. 3:18)

The wisdom of this world (1 Cor. 3:19)

Futile wise thoughts (1 Cor. 3:20)

No boasting (1 Cor. 3:21)

They all belong to you (1 Cor. 3:22)

Christ and God (1 Cor. 3:23)

9. The ministry of the apostles

Servants of Christ (1 Cor. 4:1)

Trustworthy stewards (1 Cor. 4:2)

I do not judge myself (1 Cor. 4:3)

The Lord judges me (1 Cor. 4:4)

The hidden things will be disclosed (1 Cor. 4:5)

10. Paul as an example

Do not be puffed up (1 Cor. 4:6)

Why do you boast about a gift? (1 Cor. 4:7)

You are rich (1 Cor. 4:8)

We are a spectacle (1 Cor. 4:9)

We are fools for Christ’s sake (1 Cor. 4:10)

We are hungry (1 Cor. 4:11)

We work (1 Cor. 4:12)

The rubbish of the world (1 Cor. 4:13)

I am your father (1 Cor. 4:15)

Imitate me! (1 Cor. 4:16)

I sent Timothy (1 Cor. 4:17)

They have become arrogant (1 Cor. 4:18)

I will come to you soon (1 Cor. 4:19)

11. Admonitions

Admonish my beloved children (1 Cor. 4:14)

I am your father (1 Cor. 4:15)

Imitate me! (1 Cor. 4:16)

I sent Timothy (1 Cor. 4:17)

They have become arrogant (1 Cor. 4:18)

I will come to you soon (1 Cor. 4:19)

God’s power, not talk (1 Cor. 4:20)

The stick or love? (1 Cor. 4:21)

12. The scandal of incest

Living with his father’s wife (1 Cor. 5:1)

Remove him! (1 Cor. 5:2)

I would have pronounced judgment (1 Cor. 5:3)

I am present in spirit (1 Cor. 5:4)

May he be saved! (1 Cor. 5:5)

A little yeast (1 Cor. 5:6)

The paschal lamb (1 Cor. 5:7)

The unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (1 Cor. 5:8)

13. Immorality and judgment

Do not associate with sexually immoral people (1 Cor. 5:9)

Not all immoral people (1 Cor. 5:10)

Avoid the evil brothers (1 Cor. 5:11)

Judge the insiders (1 Cor. 5:12)

Drive out the wicked from among you (1 Cor. 5:13)

14. Lawsuits among believers

Bring your grievance before the saints (1 Cor. 6:1)

Trivial cases (1 Cor. 6:2)

We are to judge angels (1 Cor. 6:3)

Ordinary cases (1 Cor. 6:4)

Shame on you! (1 Cor. 6:5)

Believers before unbelievers (1 Cor. 6:6)

The lawsuit is a defeat (1 Cor. 6:7)

You defraud believers (1 Cor. 6:8)

Wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6:9)

Unrighteous evildoers will not inherit the Kingdom of God (1 Cor. 6:10)

You were washed in the name of the Lord (1 Cor. 6:11)

 15. Glorify God in your body

All things are lawful (1 Cor. 6:12)

Food and the stomach (1 Cor. 6:13)

God raised the Lord (1 Cor. 6:14)

Members of Christ (1 Cor. 6:15)

The prostitute and one flesh (1 Cor. 6:16)

One spirit (1 Cor. 6:17)

Shun fornication! (1 Cor. 6:18)

The body as a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19)

Glorify God in your body (1 Cor. 6:20)

III. Corinthian questions

1. Marriage

Men should not touch women (1 Cor. 7:1)

One wife and one husband (1 Cor. 7:2)

Conjugal rights (1 Cor. 7:3)

They rule over each other’s body (1 Cor. 7:4)

Do not deprive one another (1 Cor. 7:5)

Not a command (1 Cor. 7:6)

Special gift (1 Cor. 7:7)

The single life style (1 Cor. 7:8)

Better to get married (1 Cor. 7:9)

A wife should not separate from her husband (1 Cor. 7:10)

No divorce (1 Cor. 7:11)

No divorce for the unbeliever (1 Cor. 7:12)

A wife should not divorce her unbelieving husband (1 Cor. 7:13)

The unbelieving spouse is consecrated by the believing one (1 Cor. 7:14)

If the unbeliever leaves, they are no longer bound (1 Cor. 7:15)

How do you know that you can save the other person? (1 Cor. 7:16)

2. Live the life you are assigned

The rule in the churches (1 Cor. 7:17)

Circumcision (1 Cor. 7:18)

The commandments of God (1 Cor. 7:19)

Remain as you were (1 Cor. 7:20)

Slavery (1 Cor. 7:21)

Slave or freeman (1 Cor. 7:22)

You are paid for (1 Cor. 7:23)

Stay in the same state (1 Cor. 7:24)

3. Marriage problems

Paul is trustworthy (1 Cor. 7:25)

Remain as you are! (1 Cor. 7:26)

Bound or free to a wife (1 Cor. 7:27)

You do not sin if you get married (1 Cor. 7:28)

The appointed time is short (1 Cor. 7:29)

Mourning, rejoicing, and buying (1 Cor. 7:30)

The world is passing away (1 Cor. 7:31)

How to please the Lord (1 Cor. 7:32)

The married man wants to please his wife (1 Cor. 7:33)

The married woman was concerned about her husband (1 Cor. 7:34)

Undivided devotion to the Lord (1 Cor. 7:35)

It is not a sin to marry (1 Cor. 7:36)

Desires under control (1 Cor. 7:37)

Better to refrain from marriage (1 Cor. 7:38)

Widows can remarry (1 Cor. 7:39)

The Spirit of God (1 Cor. 7:40)

4. Food offered to idols

Knowledge and love (1 Cor. 8:1)

You don’t know what you don’t know (1 Cor. 8:2)

God knows you (1 Cor. 8:3)

Only one God (1 Cor. 8:4)

Heavenly and earthly gods and lords (1 Cor. 8:5)

God the Father (1 Cor. 8:6)

5. Food rules

Food offered to idols (1 Cor. 8:7)

The value of food (1 Cor. 8:8)

Stumbling block (1 Cor. 8:9)

Food offered to idols (1 Cor. 8:10)

The weak man (1 Cor. 8:11)

A sin against your brothers and Christ (1 Cor. 8:12)

I will never eat meat (1 Cor. 8:13)

6. The rights of an apostle

Am I not an apostle? (1 Cor. 9:1)

They are his seal (1 Cor. 9:2)

Paul’s defense (1 Cor. 9:3)

The right to food and drink (1 Cor. 9:4)

Right to a wife (1 Cor. 9:5)

Barnabas and Paul (1 Cor. 9:6)

Expenses (1 Cor. 9:7)

What authority? (1 Cor. 9:8)

The law of Moses (1 Cor. 9:9)

The plowman and the thresher (1 Cor. 9:10)

Spiritual and material benefits (1 Cor. 9:11)

No obstacles (1 Cor. 9:12)

Temple service food (1 Cor. 9:13)

Proclaim and live by the gospel (1 Cor. 9:14)

7. Paul does not use these rights

I do not want this right (1 Cor. 9:15)

Preach the gospel (1 Cor. 9:16)

My will or a commission? (1 Cor. 9:17)

The gospel is free (1 Cor. 9:18)

8. All things to all men

A slave to all (1 Cor. 9:19)

Under the law (1 Cor. 9:20)

Those outside the law (1 Cor. 9:21)

All things to all men (1Cor 9:22)

For the sake of the gospel (1 Cor. 9:23)

9. The race

Only one prize (1 Cor. 9:24)

Perishable versus imperishable wreath (1 Cor. 9:25)

I do not run aimlessly (1 Cor. 9:26)

Not disqualified (1 Cor. 9:27)

10. Warnings from Israel’s history

Their ancestors (1 Cor. 10:1)

All were baptized (1 Cor. 10:2)

Spiritual food (1 Cor. 10:3)

Spiritual drink (1 Cor. 10:4)

Their ancestors died in the wilderness (1 Cor. 10:5)

This was a warning (1 Cor 10:6)

Do not be idolaters! (1 Cor. 10:7)

The Israelite immorality (1 Cor. 10:8)

Do not test the Lord! (1 Cor. 10:9)

The destroyer (1 Cor. 10:10)

The warnings were written down (1 Cor. 10:11)

Watch out for failure! (1 Cor. 10:12)

God is faithful (1 Cor. 10:13)

11. Against idolatry

Shun the worship of idols (1 Cor. 10:14)

Judge for yourselves! (1 Cor. 10:15)

The body and blood of Christ (1 Cor. 10:16)

One body and one loaf of bread (1 Cor. 10:17)

The Israelites ate the sacrifices at their altars (1 Cor. 10:18)

Is there any value to idols or idol food? (1 Cor. 10:19)

They are sacrificing to demons (1 Cor. 10:20)

You cannot eat with the Lord and the demons (1 Cor. 10:21)

Do not make the Lord jealous (1 Cor. 10:22)

12. Seek the good

All things are lawful (1 Cor. 10:23)

Do not seek your own advantage (1 Cor. 10:24)

Eat the meat from the market (1 Cor. 10:25)

Everything belongs to God (1 Cor. 10:26)

Diner at an unbeliever’s house (1 Cor. 10:27)

Consider the other person (1 Cor. 10:28)

The role of conscience (1 Cor. 10:29)

Why am I denounced? (1 Cor. 10:30)

Do all for the glory of God! (1 Cor. 10:31)

Give no offense to anyone! (1 Cor. 10:32)

I seek to save many people (1 Cor. 10:33)

Imitate me! (1 Cor. 11:1)

13. Head coverings at liturgical assemblies

They maintained the teaching traditions (1 Cor. 11:2)

Christ is the head (1 Cor. 11:3)

A man should not wear a head covering (1 Cor. 11:4)

Women should wear a veil on their head (1 Cor. 11:5)

Shave your hair or wear a veil! (1 Cor. 11:6)

A man is the image of God (1 Cor. 11:7)

Woman was made from man (1 Cor. 11:8)

Women are created for men (1 Cor. 11:9)

The role of angels (1 Cor. 11:10)

Women and men are not independent (1 Cor. 11:11)

All things come from God (1 Cor. 11:12)

Judge for yourself! (1 Cor. 11:13)

Male long hair (Cor. 11:14)

Female long hair (1 Cor. 11:15)

We recognize no other practice (1 Cor. 11:16)

14. Abuses at the Lord’s Supper

Meeting together (1 Cor. 11:17)

Divisions when they meet (1 Cor. 11:18)

Who is genuine? (1 Cor. 11:19)

The Lord’s supper (1 Cor. 11:20)

Some were hungry while others were drunk (1 Cor. 11:21)

You show contempt (1 Cor. 11:22)

15. The institution of the Eucharist

What was handed on to me (1 Cor. 11:23)

This is my body! (1 Cor. 11:24)

This is the cup of the New Covenant! (1 Cor. 11:25)

Proclaim the Lord’s death (1 Cor. 11:26)

16. Unworthy participation

Unworthy manner (1 Cor. 11:27)

Examine yourselves! (1 Cor. 11:28)

They should discern what they are doing (1 Cor. 11:29)

Some have died (1 Cor. 11:30)

Judgment (1 Cor. 11:31)

The Lord’s judgment disciplines (1 Cor. 11:32)

Wait for one another! (1 Cor. 11:33)

Eat at home! (1 Cor. 11:34)

17. Spiritual gifts

Spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:1)

Pagan idols (1 Cor. 12:2)

Jesus is Lord! (1 Cor. 12:3)

Varieties of gifts (1 Cor. 12:4)

Varieties of services (1 Cor. 12:5)

Varieties of activities (1 Cor. 12:6)

Common good (1 Cor. 12:7)

The Spirit of wisdom and knowledge (1 Cor. 12:8)

Faith and healing (1 Cor. 12:9)

Miracles, prophecies, and speaking in tongues (1 Cor. 12:10)

The same Spirit (1 Cor. 12:11)

18. One body with many members

One body with many members (1 Cor. 12:12)

We are baptized in one Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13)

Many members of the body (1 Cor. 12:14)

The foot and the hand (1 Cor. 12:15)

The ear and the eye (1 Cor. 12:16)

Hearing and smelling (1 Cor. 12:17)

God arranged the organs of the body (1 Cor. 12:18)

Single organ body (1 Cor. 12:19)

Many parts but one body (1 Cor. 12:20)

I do not need you (1 Cor. 12:21)

Weak organs are indispensable (1 Cor. 12:22)

Less respectable organs (1 Cor. 12:23)

More presentable parts (1 Cor. 12:24)

Care for one another (1 Cor. 12:25)

Suffer and rejoice together (1 Cor. 12:26)

19. Individual members of Christ’s body

Members of the body (1 Cor. 12:27)

The hierarchy of spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:28)

Are people all the same? (1 Cor. 12:29)

Variety of spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:30)

Strive for the greater gifts! (1 Cor. 12:31)

20. The way of love

The need for love (1 Cor. 13:1)

I am nothing (1 Cor. 13:2)

Nothing without love (1 Cor. 13:3)

The description of love (1 Cor. 13:4)

What love is not (1 Cor. 13:5)

Love rejoices in truth (1 Cor. 13:6)

Love bears all (1 Cor. 13:7)

21. The everlasting love

The spiritual gifts all pass away (1 Cor. 13:8)

Imperfect knowledge and prophecy (1 Cor. 13:9)

The perfect and imperfect (1 Cor. 13:10)

Childish ways (1 Cor. 13:11)

Now and then (1 Cor. 13:12)

The greatest is love (1 Cor. 13:13)

22. Gifts of prophecy and tongues

Desire the spiritual gifts! (1 Cor. 14:1)

Speaking in tongues (1 Cor. 14:2)

Prophesies (1 Cor. 14:3)

Edify the church (1 Cor. 14:4)

I want everyone to speak in tongues (1 Cor. 14:5)

The purpose of tongue speaking (1 Cor. 14:6)

Speaking in tongues is like flutes or harps (1 Cor. 14:7)

The bugle (1 Cor. 14:8)

Unintelligible speech in the air (1 Cor. 14:9)

Many different languages (1 Cor. 14:10)

Foreign languages (1 Cor. 14:11)

Build up the church assembly (1 Cor. 14:12)

23. The need for interpretation

Pray for interpretation (1 Cor. 14:13)

The mind and the spirit (1 Cor. 14:14)

Pray and sing with the mind and spirit (1 Cor. 14:15)

Bless with the spirit (1 Cor. 14:16)

No edification (1 Cor. 14:17)

I speak in tongues (1 Cor. 14:18)

Five words (1 Cor. 14:19)

24. Functions of these spiritual gifts

Mature thinking (1 Cor. 14:20)

They do not listen (1 Cor. 14:21)

Prophecy is for believers (1 Cor. 14:22)

You are mad (1 Cor. 14:23)

Prophecy and unbelievers (1 Cor. 14:24)

God is really among you (1 Cor. 14:25)

25. Orderly Worship

What to do when you come together (1 Cor. 14:26)

Tongues and interpreters (1 Cor. 14:27)

Silence if no interpreter (1 Cor. 14:28)

Two or three prophets (1 Cor. 14:29)

Revelation (1 Cor. 14:30)

Learn and be encouraged (1 Cor. 14:31)

Prophets (1 Cor. 14:32)

Not a God of confusion (1 Cor. 14:33)

Women should be silent (1 Cor. 14:34)

Shameful to speak in church (1 Cor. 14:35)

Did you originate the word of God? (1 Cor. 14:36)

A command of the Lord (1 Cor. 14:37)

Recognition (1 Cor. 14:38)

Prophesy and tongues (1 Cor. 14:39)

Decent order (1 Cor. 14:40)

IV. Resurrection of the Dead

1. The gospel resurrection of Jesus Christ

I preached the good news (1 Cor. 15:1)

The good news gospel (1 Cor. 15:2)

Christ died for our sins (1 Cor. 15:3)

Christ rose on the third day (1 Cor. 15:4)

Jesus appeared to Cephas (1 Cor. 15:5)

Jesus appeared to five hundred people (1 Cor. 15:6)

Jesus appeared to James (1 Cor. 15:7)

Jesus appeared to Paul (1 Cor. 15:8)

I am the least of the apostles (1 Cor. 15:9)

The grace of God (1 Cor. 15:10)

You have believed (1 Cor. 15:11)

2. The resurrection of the dead

Do others rise from the dead? (1 Cor. 15:12)

Christ and the resurrection (1 Cor. 15:13)

Is your faith in vain? (1 Cor. 15:14)

Misrepresenting God (1 Cor. 15:15)

Christ has not been raised (1 Cor. 15:16)

You are still a sinner (1 Cor. 15:17)

Die in Christ (1 Cor. 15:18)

This life only (1 Cor. 15:19)

3. The role of Christ

Christ is the first fruits (1 Cor. 15:20)

Human death and resurrection (1 Cor. 15:21)

Die in Adam, but live in Christ (1 Cor. 15:22)

The order of resurrection (1 Cor. 15:23)

The end (1 Cor. 15:24)

Christ must reign (1 Cor. 15:25)

Death is the last enemy (1 Cor. 15:26)

Subjection (1 Cor. 15:27)

All things are subject to God (1 Cor. 15:28)

4. The practical consequences

Why are you baptized? (1 Cor. 15:29)

Danger all the time (1 Cor. 15:30)

My boasting (1 Cor. 15:31)

What can I gain? (1 Cor. 15:32)

Bad company (1 Cor. 15:33)

Sin no more! (1 Cor. 15:34)

5. The resurrection of the body

What kind of body? (1 Cor. 15:35)

Life from death (1 Cor. 15:36)

Sowing a seed (1 Cor. 15:37)

God gives a body (1 Cor. 15:38)

All have different fleshy bodies (1 Cor. 15:39)

Celestial and terrestrial bodies (1 Cor. 15:40)

The celestial glory (1 Cor. 15:41)

The resurrected dead (1 Cor. 15:42)

The transformation (1 Cor. 15:43)

Spiritual body (1 Cor. 15:44)

6. Adam and Christ

The first man Adam (1 Cor. 15:45)

Physical first (1 Cor. 15:46)

The first man from earthly dust (1 Cor. 15:47)

The man of dust (1 Cor. 15:48)

The image of the man of heaven (1 Cor. 15:49)

7. The resurrection event

Perishable and imperishable (1 Cor. 15:50)

We will be changed (1 Cor. 15:51)

The dead will be raised (1 Cor. 15:52)

Immortality (1 Cor. 15:53)

Death has been swallowed up (1 Cor. 15:54)

Death has no sting (1 Cor. 15:55)

The sting of death (1 Cor. 15:56)

The victory (1 Cor. 15:57)

No labor in vain (1 Cor. 15:58)

V. Epilogue or Conclusion

1. The contribution for the saints

The collection for the saints (1 Cor. 16:1)

Weekly collections (1 Cor. 16:2)

Take the gift to Jerusalem (1 Cor. 16:3)

Go with them (1 Cor. 16:4)

2. Plans for travel

I am going to Macedonia (1 Cor. 16:5)

I may stay with you (1 Cor. 16:6)

I want to spend some time with you (1 Cor. 16:7)

Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8)

Wide door for effective work (1 Cor. 16:9)

Timothy will come to you (1 Cor. 16:10)

Be kind to Timothy (1 Cor. 16:11)

Apollos (1 Cor. 16:12)

3. Final message

Stand firm (1 Cor. 16:13)

Love agape (1 Cor. 16:14)

The household of Stephanas (1 Cor. 16:15)

Be of service (1 Cor. 16:16)

Presence and absence (1 Cor. 16:17)

Give recognition to people (1 Cor. 16:18)

4. Greeting

The churches in Asia (1 Cor. 16:19)

The holy kiss (1 Cor. 16:20)

Paul (1 Cor. 16:21)

No love (1 Cor. 16:22)

Grace be with you (1 Cor. 16:23)

Love be with you (1 Cor. 16:24)