Week Twelve

Daily Reading:
Monday Romans 15-16; 1st Corinthians 1-2
Tuesday 1st Corinthians 3-6
Wednesday 1st Corinthians 7-10
Thursday 1st Corinthians 11-13
Friday 1st Corinthians 14-15

Questions:
1st Corinthians Introductories:
Who wrote it?
Why?
What do you remember about Corinth?
What is Paul’s biggest criticism in ch. 1 concerning what he has heard about the Christians in Corinth?
What is the problem?
What is the problem in ch. 5 that Paul addresses?
What does he tell the church to do about it? Why?
What does Paul instruct Christians to do when they have a dispute with one another? Take each other to Judge Judy?
Why is ‘sexual immorality’ wrong according to ch. 6:12-20?
What is Paul’s advice for married folks?
Should a Christian eat food that has been ‘sacrificed to idols’? Why or why not?
What might be a modern-day application to the principle learned in ch. 8 about food sacrificed to
idols?
Why did Paul make himself a slave to everyone? (hint: ch. 9)
What problem was the church having with the Lord’s Supper?
What did Paul instruct them to do to correct the problem?
What is a ‘spiritual gift’? List some of the ones mentioned in ch. 12…
Why does God give spiritual gifts? What is their purpose?
How is the metaphor of the body a perfect way to describe the church?
What is the “most excellent way”?
Why is chapter 13 often read at weddings?
What is the purpose of speaking in tongues, according to ch. 14? What does Paul say about it?
Why do you think he is concerned about ‘orderly worship’? What must have been going on in
Corinth?
What is the “most important thing” according to Paul in ch. 15?
Describe the ‘resurrection body’ that we will be given.

Journal Thoughts:
• Can you think of a problem that your church has faced and how the leaders of your church
dealt with it? How did it affect you or your family?
• How can you work to strengthen the “one-ness”, the unity, of your church or youth group?

Memory Verse:
1 Corinthians 6:19-20