Study From the Book of Cornithians,1

            Study from the First Epistle of Corinthians,1

                                               Introduction

Today we introduce the first Corinthians. But before we dig deep into each chapter to look for biblical principles and lessons, we first study the outline of this book, the theme, author, date and structure. We need also to have some idea about the culture and the people of this city and understand the problems of the church that the apostle Paul founded.

Corinth was a famous costal Greek city. At the time of Paul, it was the centre of commerce. Yet the city dwelled in idolatrous and part of worshipping those false gods was sexual immorality.

The new born church struggled with the surrounding pagan culture to the extent that the sexual immorality infiltrated the church.  They also abused the spiritual gifts and the Lord supper.

In the midst of all those diversity and problems, the apostle Paul wrote this letter.

Theme: How God wants believers in Christ to live in the midst of corrupt culture.

Author Apostle Paul

Date Paul wrote 1 Corinthians toward the end of his three-year stay in Ephesus, sometime around A.D 55-56.

Structure: three sections:

1. First section (chapters 1-11) Paul addresses different problems within the church
2. Second section (chapter 12-14) Paul offers instruction on the proper use of spiritual gifts
3. Third section (chapters 15- 16) Paul reviews the doctrine of resurrection and includes Paul parting comments . 29/7/2018