Winter/Spring 2025 First Corinthians

Tentative Schedule

Week Thirty-Three (April 22):

We will discuss 1 Corinthians 15:50–58.

Week Thirty-Two (April 8):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 15:35–49.

Week Thirty-One (April 1):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 15:20–34.

Week Thirty (Mar 25):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 15:1–19.

Week Twenty-Nine (Mar 18):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 14:26–40.

Week Twenty-Eight (Mar 11):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 14:20–25.

Week Twenty-Seven (Mar 4):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 14:1–19.

Week Twenty-Six (Feb 25):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 13.

At this link, you can read an excerpt from Jonathan Edwards' sermon on 1 Cor 13:8–10.

Week Twenty-Five (Feb 4):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 12:12–31.

Week Twenty-Four (Jan 21, 2025):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 12:1–11.

Week Twenty-Three (Dec 10, 2024):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 11:27–34.

Week Twenty-Two (Dec 3):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 11:17–26.

Week Twenty-One (Nov 12):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 11:2–16.

Here is a list of key interpretive questions regarding this passage (with my responses) .

Commentators discuss the application of this passage to our own day. You can find some of those here.

Week Twenty (Nov 5):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 10:23–11:1.

The structural diagram that I presented can be found here.

Week Nineteen (Oct 29):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 10:14–22.

Because 1 Cor 10:16 is sometimes used as a proof text for the Spiritual Presence view of the Lord's Supper, I put together a summary of the two most popular evangelical understandings of Communion. You can find that summary here.

Week Eighteen (Oct 22):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 10:1–13.

Week Seventeen (Oct 8):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 9:15–27.

This is the document I created on the fly, summarizing different sections within 1 Cor 8–10

Week Sixteen (Sept 24):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 9:1–14.

One question that arises concerns the relationship of chapter 9 to the preceding and following chapters. You can read a summary of two different answers to that question here.

Week Fifteen (Sept 17):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 8:1–13.

The outline of 1 Corinthians can be found here.

My simple summary of 1 Cor 1–7 can be found here.

One question that arises when studying 1 Cor 8 is this: what would Paul think about a Christian eating meat sacrificed to idols in a temple ceremony if no other Christians were around to watch and perhaps be thus led astray? My answer is that he would be opposed. See the outline of this discussion here.

Week Fourteen (Jun 11):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 7:25–40. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

The chart showing two views of verses 36–38 can be found here.

Week Thirteen (Jun 4):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 7:17–24. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

Quotations regarding application of the passage can be found here.

Week Twelve (May 28):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 7:1–16. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

Week Eleven (May 14):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 6:12–20. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

At this link, you can see some of the parallels within verses 13 and 14.

Week Ten (May 7):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 6:1–11. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

My wooden translation of 1 Cor 6:4b can be found here.

My notes on the Greek words behind "men who practice homosexuality" (6:9) can be found here.

I mentioned four Christian organizations that provide mediation/conciliation services. These are RW360, Peacemaker Ministries, Ambassadors of Reconciliation, and Crossroads Resolution Group.

Week Nine (Apr 30):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 5. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

A summary quotation about the application of 1 Corinthians 5 can be found here.

Week Eight (Apr 23):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 4:6–21. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

Week Seven (Apr 16):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 3:18 – 4:5. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

Week Six (Mar 12):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 3:5–17. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

I made some opening remarks about 1 Cor 1–2, and related this to the divisiveness in the world today. My notes are here.

We discussed the question: who exactly is being evaluated in 1 Cor 3 (leaders, all Christians, etc?). After the study, I put together some relevant quotations from various commentators. You can find that here.

Week Five (Mar 5):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 2:6 – 3:4. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

My listing of various commentator's opinion regarding 1 Cor 2:13b can be found here.

Week Four (Feb 27):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 1:26 – 2:5. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

My notes about the manuscript question at 1 Cor 2:1 can be found here.

Week Three (Feb 20):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 1:18–25. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

Week Two (Feb 13):

We discussed 1 Corinthians 1:4–17. The marked-up text of that passage can be found here.

Week One (Feb 6):

We discussed 1 Corinthians in general, and then 1:1–3.

The marked-up text of 1 Cor. 1:1–3 can be found here.