Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Introducing 1 Corinthians

• Background

• Structure

• Unifying Problems

• Authorship

• Relevance

Unit 2: Letter Opening, Factionalism, and the “Foolishness” of the Cross (1 Cor 1:1–2:5)

• Greetings

• Thanksgiving

• Factions

• “Foolishness” and “Wisdom”

• God’s “Foolishness”

• “Wisdom” versus Spiritual Power

Unit 3: Wisdom and Unity (1 Cor 2:6–3:23)

• God’s Wisdom and the Wisdom of this Age

• Spirit’s Ministry in Revealing True Wisdom

• God’s Field

• God’s Building

• Conclusion of the Matter and Application

Unit 4: “Apostolic Ministry” and “Sexual Sin” (1 Cor 4:1–5:13)

• Apostolic Ministry: Faithful Stewards and Following Scripture

• Apostolic Ministry: Unjustly Suffering

• Apostolic Ministry: Specially Related

• A Case of Incest

• Clarifying a Misunderstanding from Paul’s Previous Letter

• Application

Unit 5: Lawsuits, Sexual Immorality, and Marriage vs. Celibacy (1 Cor 6:1–7:9)

• Lawsuits within the Church

• The Consistently Wicked Are Not Christians

• Abuse of Freedom and Prostitution

• Sexual Immorality

• The Pro-Celibacy Faction’s Slogan and Paul’s Response

• Application of Pro-Celibacy Slogan to Married Couples and Celibacy, Widows and Widowers

Unit 6: Marriage and Divorce (1 Cor 7:10–40)

• Application of Pro-Celibacy Slogan to Married Couples Considering Divorce

• Preliminary Conclusion: Bloom Where You’re Planted

• Application of Pro-Celibacy Slogan to Those Considering Marriage

• Application of Pro-Celibacy Slogan to the Engaged

• Application

Unit 7: Christian Freedom: Idol Meat and Money for Ministry (1 Cor 8:1–9:18)

• Food Sacrificed to Idols: Part 1

• How Love Tempers Knowledge with Respect to the Ignorant

• Paul Reasserts His Right to Money for Apostolic Ministry

• Paul Supports His Right to Money for Apostolic Ministry

• Paul Relinquishes His Right to Money for Apostolic Ministry

• Application

Unit 8: Christian Freedom: Contextualization, Idolatry, and Idol Meat (1 Cor 9:19–11:1)

• Paul’s Goal: All Things to All People to Save Some

• Exertion to Become All Things to All People

• The Danger of Idolatry

• Types of All the Evils to Avoid

• “Types” as the End of the Ages Has Come

• Food Sacrificed to Idols: Part 2

• The Sum of the Matter: Freedom Plus Restraint

• Application

Unit 9: Christian Worship: Head Coverings and the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:2–34)

• Introduction to Christian Worship: Headship

• Head Coverings and Worship: Part 1

• Head Coverings and Worship: Part 2

• Head Coverings and Worship: Part 3

• Lord’s Supper: Corinthian Abuse of the Ritual

• Lord’s Supper: Words of Institution

• Lord’s Supper: Application to the Corinthian Practice

• Application

Unit 10: Spiritual Gifts (1 Cor 12:1–31a)

• Introduction to the Spiritual Gifts

• Metaphor of the Body: Part 1

• Metaphor of the Body: Part 2

• Application of Body Metaphor to Spiritual Gifts

• Application

Unit 11: Love, Tongues, and Prophecy (1 Cor 12:31b–14:25)

• The Still More Excellent Way

• Love Described

• Comparison of Tongues and Prophecy

• Response of Outsiders to Tongues and Prophecy and Application

Unit 12: Conclusion to Spiritual Gifts, and Resurrection (1 Cor 14:26–15:28)

• Criteria for the Regulation of Tongues and Prophecy

• Gender Roles and Conclusion to Spiritual Gifts

• Testimony to Christ’s Resurrection: Part 1

• Testimony to Christ’s Resurrection: Part 2

• Our Resurrection Depends on Christ’s Resurrection

• Meaning of the Resurrection

• Application

Unit 13: Bodily Resurrection and Letter Closing (1 Cor 15:29–16:24)

• Further Defense of Resurrection Reality

• Continuity and Discontinuity of Resurrection Bodies: Analogies

• Continuity and Discontinuity of Resurrection Bodies: Application

• Necessity of Transformation: Part 1

• Necessity of Transformation: Part 2

• Instructions on the Collection

• Travel Plans

• Final Commands and Greetings

• Application

Unit 14: Theology of 1 Corinthians

• The Triune Godhead

• Creation, Humanity, Sin, Angels, and Demons

• Salvation and Sanctification

• The Church

• The Last Things

Conclusion

• Recommended Resources and Bibliography

• Conclusion to the Course

Details

• Title: Mobile Ed: NT334 Book Study: Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians (audio)

• Instructor: Craig L. Blomberg

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2016

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: audio

• Length: 12 hours