1 Corinthians – Immitate Paul

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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)

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

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

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

C. Prohibition Against Pagan Temples (10:1-22)

D. Eating Marketplace food (10:23-33)

E. Paul’s Example (11:1)

1. Why / how should we imitate Paul? (v. 1)

VII. Men and Women in Worship (11:2-16)

A. Argument from Culture and Shame (11:2-6)

2. Who is the head of woman, the head of man, and the head of Messiah? (v. 3)

B. Argument from Creation (11:7-12)

3. Why does Paul say that the woman should “have a symbol of authority on her head”? (v. 10)

C. Argument from Propriety (11:13-16)

4. What is Paul’s concern regarding men? (v. 14)

VIII. The Lord’s Supper (11:17-34)

A. The Problem

1. Abuse of the Less Privileged (11:17-22)

5. Is it possible to gather “for the worse” rather than for good? (v. 17)

2. Abuse of the Lord (11:23-26)

6. Where did Paul get his instructions on how to partake of the Lord’s Supper? (v. 23)