1 Corinthians - Book Background + Chapter 1 | Bible Study

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Paul established the church at Corinth about A.D 50-51, when he spent eighteen months there on his second ministry journey. He continued to carry on correspondence and exercise care for the church after his departure. During his three year ministry in Ephesus, on his third mission journey, he had received disturbing reports concerning moral laxity among believers in Corinth. To remedy the situation, he sent the church a letter, which has since been lost. Shortly afterward, a delegation sent by Chloe, a member of the church in Corinth, reported to Paul concerning the existence of divisive factions in the church. Before he could write a corrective letter, another delegation from Corinth arrived with a letter asking him certain questions. Paul immediately sent Timothy to Corinth to help correct conditions there. He then wrote the letter that we know as 1 Corinthians, expecting it to reach Corinth before Timothy. Since Paul apparently wrote the letter near the end of his Ephesian ministry, it may be dated about A.D 56.

1 Corinthians is a pastoral letter, written to resolve doctrinal and practical problems within the local church. Paul’s authorship gives the letter apostolic application to all “the churches of God”.

The letter reveals some of the typical Greek cultural problems of Paul’s day, including the gross sexual immorality of the city of Corinth. The Greeks were known for their idolatry, divisive philosophies, spirit of litigation, and rejection of a bodily resurrection. It also reveals some of the problems the former pagans had in not transferring previous religious experiences to the ministry experience of the Holy Spirit.

The letter consists of Paul’s response to eight separate problems: a sectarian spirit, sexual immorality, marriage and divorce, eating food offered to idols, wearing of the veil, the Lord’s Supper, spiritual gifts and the resurrection of the body.

👉🏼 1 Corinthians 1.20
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

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0:00 - Opening
0:55 - Intro
4:46 - 1 Corinthians Background + Context
18:40 - Bible Reading - Chapter 1
32:26 - Footnotes
48:13 - Closing Thoughts

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