1Corinthians Scofield Reference The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
Writer. The Apostle Paul. His relation to the church at Corinth is set forth in Ac 18.1-18 and in the Epistles to the Corinthians.
Date. First Corinthians was written in A.D. 59, at the close of Paul' three year's residence in Ephesus # Ac 20:31 1Co 16:5-8
Theme. The subjects treated are various, but may all be classified unde the general theme, Christian conduct. Even the tremendous revelation o the truth concerning resurrection is made to bear upon that them # 1Co 15:5 The occasion of the Epistle was a letter on inquiry from Corint concerning marriage, and the use of meats offered to idol # 1Co 7:1 8:1-1 but the apostle was much more exercised by reports of th deepening divisions and increasing contentions in the church, and of a cas of incest which had not been judge # 1Co 1:10-12 5:1
The factions were not due to heresies, but to the carnality of th restless Corinthians, and to their Greek admiration of
"wisdom" an eloquence. The abomination of human leadership in the things of God i here rebuked. Minor disorders were due to vanity, yielding to a childis delight in tongue and the sign gifts, rather than to sober instruction (1C 14.1- 28). Paul defends his apostleship because it involved the authorit of the doctrine revealed through him.
A rigid analysis of First Corinthians is not possible, The Epistle is no a treatise, but came from the Spirit through the apostle's grief solicitude, and holy indignation. The following analysis may, however, b helpful. I. Introduction: The believer's standing in grace, 1.1-9 the contrast of their present factious state, 1.10-4.21. Immoralit rebuked; discipline enjoined, 5.1-6,8. The sanctity of the body, an Christian marriage, 6.9-7,
40. V. Meats, and the limitations of Christia liberty, 8.1-
11.1. Christian order and the Lord's Supper, 11.2-3 spiritual gifts in relation to the body, the church, and Christia ministry, 12.1-14,40. The resurrection of the dead, 15.1-58 IX Special directions and greetings, 16.1-24.
