Study Questions for I Corinthians

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  1. 1. What problem was already dividing the Corinthians?

    2. If we are true disciples of Jesus, whose mind dwells in us?

    3. What happens to a true believer who has built on Christ a life that Paul compares to “wood, hay, or stubble”?

    4. Why does Paul call himself a father to the Corinthians?

    5. What does Paul command the Corinthians to do to the man who is committing incest? How are they to relate to those who are guilty of serious public sins?

    6. Why is it particularly shameful for a Christian to have relations with someone other than the spouse?

    7. What does Paul teach about marriage and divorce? Why doesn’t Paul clearly condemn slavery?
    Why does Paul recommend consecrated virginity as a state superior to marriage?

    8. Why does Paul teach that the Corinthians should not eat meat offered to idols?

    9. What does Paul mean when he says that he has become a “slave to all”?

    10. Why was the story of the Exodus written down and preserved for Christians? What do pagans do when they eat meat offered to idols? Why must Christians refrain from eating things offered to idols?

    11. What happens to a man who eats and drinks the bread and wine without discerning the body of Christ?

    12. What spirit animates the body of Christ? What gifts are present in his body?

    13. What gift surpasses all other gifts of the Spirit?

    14. What rule should govern the use of the gifts of the Spirit? What gift was causing trouble among the Corinthians?

    15. Why does the resurrection of Christ affect the whole human race? Why do those resurrected in Christ receive different degrees of God’s glory?

    16. With what grace must the Corinthians do all things?







Mrs. Moroles
Oratory Athenaeum
Pharr, TX