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<div class="head">Executable Outlines</div>
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<div class="subhead">The First Epistle to the Corinthians</div>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;">Introduction</div>
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<p><b>AUTHOR:</b> PAUL, the apostle (<a id="si-1Cr 1:1" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,1);">1Cr 1:1</a>; <a id="si-1Cr 16:21" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,21);">1Cr 16:21</a>)</p>
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<p><b>PLACE OF WRITING: </b> EPHESUS (<a id="si-1Cr 16:8" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,8);">1Cr 16:8</a>)</p>
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<p><b>TIME OF WRITING:</b> Probably in the spring of 57 A.D., shortly before the Jewish feast of Pentecost (<a id="si-1Cr 16:8" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,8);">1Cr 16:8</a>), during his third missionary journey (<a id="si-Act 19:1-41" onClick="return mV('Act',19,'1-41');">Act 19:1-41</a>).</p>
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<p><b>BACKGROUND OF THE CITY OF CORINTH:</b> Corinth was situated on the Isthmus of Greece (called Achaia in the Bible) between the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea, above the Mediterranean Sea. About 50 miles to the east was the city of Athens.</p>
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<p>The Corinth of Paul's day was relatively new. The old Corinth (which was famous and powerful in the days of the Peloponnesian War) was burned in 146 B.C. by the Roman proconsul, L. Mummius. Because it was a city devoted to the gods, a hundred years were required to pass before the city could be rebuilt. In 46 B.C., Julius Caesar rebuilt the city, populated it with a colony of veterans and freedmen, and named it Julia Corinthus. It soon became a very important commercial center.</p>
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<p>With a population of 400,000 and being a prominent center of commerce in the Mediterranean world, it was a place for all sorts of vice. An example of its immorality was found in the temple of Venus (Aphrodite), which hosted 1000 priestesses dedicated to prostitution in the name of religion. The city's close proximity to the city of Athens probably added the problem of intellectualism. As noticed in the epistle, such an environment had its effect upon the church in Corinth. It is amazing that a church existed at all in such a city.</p>
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<p><b>BACKGROUND OF THE CHURCH AT CORINTH:</b> The establishment of the church occurred during Paul's second missionary journey. It is recorded by Luke in Act 18:1-18, which can be divided into three sections:</p>
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<div class="levA">1) Abiding with Aquila and Priscilla, fellow tentmakers; reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath (<a id="si-Act 18:1-6" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'1-6');">Act 18:1-6</a>).</div>
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<div class="levA">2) In the house of Justus, abiding there and teaching for a year and six months (<a id="si-Act 18:7-11" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'7-11');">Act 18:7-11</a>)</div>
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<div class="levA">3) An incident before Gallio, proconsul of Achaia (<a id="si-Act 18:12-18" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'12-18');">Act 18:12-18</a>)</div>
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<p>It appears from reading the epistle that the church was adversely affected by the immoral environment found in the city. Pride caused division in the church and disruption in the services (<a id="si1Cr 1:1-4, 11-" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,'1-4',11);">1Cr 1:1-4, 11</a>). Immorality and immodesty found its way into the church, which gave it a bad reputation (<a id="si-1Cr 5" onClick="return mV('1Cr',5,'1-');">1Cr 5</a>). The brethren were taking their personal problems with each other before the heathen courts instead of working them out among themselves (<a id="si-1Cr 6" onClick="return mV('1Cr',6,'1-');">1Cr 6</a>). Other issues affecting the church included questions about marriage (<a id="si-1Cr 7" onClick="return mV('1Cr',7,'1-');">1Cr 7</a>), meats sacrificed to idols (<a id="si-1Cr 8" onClick="return mV('1Cr',8,'1-');">1Cr 8</A>, <a id="si-1Cr 9" onClick="return mV('1Cr',9,'1-');">1Cr 9</A>, <a id="si-1Cr 10" onClick="return mV('1Cr',10,'1-');">1Cr 10</a>), women praying and prophesying with heads uncovered (<a id="si-1Cr 11" onClick="return mV('1Cr',11,'1-');">1Cr 11</a>), the use of spiritual gifts (<a id="si-1Cr 12" onClick="return mV('1Cr',12,'1-');">1Cr 12</A>, <a id="si-1Cr 13" onClick="return mV('1Cr',13,'1-');">1Cr 13</A>, <a id="si-1Cr 14" onClick="return mV('1Cr',14,'1-');">1Cr 14</a>), the resurrection from the dead (<a id="si-1Cr 15" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,'1-');">1Cr 15</a>), and the collection for the saints in Jerusalem (<a id="si-1Cr 16" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,'1-');">1Cr 16</a>). Thus the church was one beset with problems and questions that needed to be answered.</p>
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<p><b>PURPOSE OF WRITING:</b> The bad news concerning the problems at Corinth had reached Paul in Ephesus. It seems that this news came from at least two sources:</p>
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<li>1) the household of Chloe (<a id="si-1Cr 1:11" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,11);">1Cr 1:11</a>); and</li>
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<li>2) a letter sent to him (<a id="si-1Cr 7:1" onClick="return mV('1Cr',7,1);">1Cr 7:1</a>), possibly by the hands of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus (<a id="si-1Cr 16:17" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,17);">1Cr 16:17</a>).</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Therefore, in answer to these reports Paul writes:</p>
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<div class="block"><b>TO CORRECT SINFUL PRACTICES AND REFUTE FALSE DOCTRINE</b></div>
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<p><b>THEME: <a id="si-1Cr 1:10" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,10);">1Cr 1:10</a></p>
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<p><b>"Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."</b></p>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;"><b>BRIEF OUTLINE</b></div>
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<p>(adapted from Dextor Sammons)</p>
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<div class="levI"><b>INTRODUCTION (<a id="si-1Cr 1:1-9" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,'1-9');">1Cr 1:1-9</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>I. <u>PROBLEMS REPORTED BY THE HOUSE OF CHLOE</u> (1Cr 1:10-6:20)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>A. FACTIONS IN THE CHURCH (<a id="si-1Cr 1" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,'1-');">1Cr 1</A>; <a id="si-1Cr 2" onClick="return mV('1Cr',2,'1-');">1Cr 2</A>; <a id="si-1Cr 3" onClick="return mV('1Cr',3,'1-');">1Cr 3</A>; <a id="si-1Cr 4" onClick="return mV('1Cr',4,'1-');">1Cr 4</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>B. SEXUAL IMMORALITY (<a id="si-1Cr 5:1-13" onClick="return mV('1Cr',5,'1-13');">1Cr 5:1-13</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>C. LAWSUITS AMONG BRETHREN (<a id="si-1Cr 6:1-11" onClick="return mV('1Cr',6,'1-11');">1Cr 6:1-11</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>D. MORAL DEFILEMENTS (<a id="si-1Cr 6:12-20" onClick="return mV('1Cr',6,'12-20');">1Cr 6:12-20</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>II. <u>PROBLEMS MENTIONED IN THE LETTER FROM CORINTH</u> (1Cr 7:1-16:9)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>A. MARRIAGE & CELIBACY (<a id="si-1Cr 7:1-40" onClick="return mV('1Cr',7,'1-40');">1Cr 7:1-40</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>B. EATING MEATS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS (1Cr 8:1-11:1)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>C. WOMEN PRAYING AND PROPHESYING WITH HEADS UNCOVERED (<a id="si-1Cr 11:2-16" onClick="return mV('1Cr',11,'2-16');">1Cr 11:2-16</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>D. THE LORD'S SUPPER (<a id="si-1Cr 11:17-34" onClick="return mV('1Cr',11,'17-34');">1Cr 11:17-34</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>E. SPIRITUAL GIFTS (<a id="si-1Cr 12" onClick="return mV('1Cr', 12,'1-');">1Cr 12</A>; <a id="si-1Cr 13" onClick="return mV('1Cr',13,'1-');">1Cr 13</A>, <a id="si-1Cr 14" onClick="return mV('1Cr',14,'1-');">1Cr 14</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>F. RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD (<a id="si-1Cr 15:1-58" onClick="return mV('1Cr',15,'1-58');">1Cr 15:1-58</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA"><b>G. COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS (<a id="si-1Cr 16:1-4" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,'1-4');">1Cr 16:1-4</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>CONCLUDING REMARKS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND BENEDICTION (<a id="si-1Cr 16:5-24" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,'5-24');">1Cr 16:5-24</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levI" align="center" style="color:324395;font-size:150%;"><b>REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION</b></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>1) On which journey did the apostle Paul establish the church in Corinth?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- His second journey</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>2) Where do we read of the establishment of the Corinthian church?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- <a id="si-Act 18:1-18" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'1-18');">Act 18:1-18</a></div>
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<div class="levI"><b>3) What two people did Paul first stay with in Corinth? What did they have in common? (<a id="si-Act 18:1-3" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'1-3');">Act 18:1-3</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Aquila and Priscilla</div>
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<div class="levA">- Tentmakers by trade</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>4) Which chief ruler of the synagogue was converted? (<a id="si-Act 18:8" onClick="return mV('Act',18,8);">Act 18:8</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Crispus</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>5) Approximately how long did Paul stay in Corinth? (<a id="si-Act 18:11" onClick="return mV('Act',18,11);">Act 18:11</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- A year and six months</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>6) Who did Aquila and Priscilla convert in Ephesus who later went to Corinth? (<a id="si-Act 18:24-28" onClick="return mV('Act',18,'24-28');">Act 18:24-28</a> - <a id="si-Act 19:1" onClick="return mV('Act',19,1);">Act 19:1</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Apollos</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>7) From where did Paul write this first epistle to Corinth? (<a id="si-1Cr 16:8" onClick="return mV('1Cr',16,8);">1Cr 16:8</a>)</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Ephesus</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>8) What is the approximate date of writing?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- The spring of 57 A.D.</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>9) What two things existed in Corinth that appeared to have an adverse effect on the church?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- Intellectualism</div>
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<div class="levA">- Immorality</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>10) What is the purpose of this epistle?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- To correct sinful practices and refute false doctrine</div>
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<div class="levI"><b>11) Where is the theme of the epistle stated?</b></div>
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<div class="levA">- <a id="si-1Cr 1:10" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,10);">1Cr 1:10</a></div>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:85%;margin-top:25px;">Executable Outlines, Copyright © Mark A. Copeland, 2003</p>
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<p class="bibliobox"><strong>Bibliographic Information:</strong><br>Author: Copeland, Mark A.<br>Title: "The First Epistle to the Corinthians"<br>Work: <em>Executable Outlines</em><br>Date Added: 28 Aug 2003<br>Source: Executable Outlines</p>
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