1 Corinthians – Freedom vs Legalism

1 Corinthians Study 10 (right click, save as to download)

1 Corinthians Study    (right click, save as to download)

I. Introduction

II. Greetings From Paul and Sosthenes (1:1-1:9)

III. Divisions in the Congregation (1:10-4:21)

IV. Moral Disorder (5:1-6:20)

V. Marriage (7:1-40)

A. Marriage and Celibacy (7:1-9)

B. Marriage and Divorce (7:10-24)

C. Marriage and Christian Service (7:25-38)

1. Singleness – Preferred Not Required (7:25-28)

2. Paul’s Argument for Singleness (7:29-35)

3. Freedom to Marry (7:36-38)

1. How does Paul describe the man who marries? (v. 38)

D. Marriage and Remarriage (7:39-40)

2. What does Paul mean, “only in the Lord”? (v. 39)

VI. Food Sacrificed to Idols (8:1-11:1)

A. The Basis of Christian Conduct – Love over Knowledge (8:1-13)

1. The Way of Love and the Way of Knowledge (8:1-3)

3. How is love different than knowledge? (v. 1)

2. The Content of the Way of Knowledge (8:4-6)

4. Are idols “real”? (v. 4)

3. The Basis – Care for Fellow Believers (8:7-13)

5. How / why are we to be careful in exercising our freedom in Messiah? (v. 9)

B. The Example of Paul (9:1-27)

1. The Defense of Paul’s Apostleship (9:1-2)

6. Was anyone skeptical that Paul was an Apostle? (v. 2)