Gospel
What was Paul determined to know and preach among the church at Corinth?
2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
Other than Paul, who was mentioned in 1 Cor 1:1?
1:1 Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother.
Paul proclaimed to preach what?
1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in what?
4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
The foolishness of God is wiser than whom?
1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Fill in the blank: For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish __________ ; but unto us which are saved it is the ________ of God.
1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Fill in the blank: But the __________ man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Whom may we glory (boast) in?
1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord
We have the mind of whom?
2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
The Jews were looking for what? And the Greeks (gentiles) were searching for what?
1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
What did Christ send Paul to do?
1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel:
Paul desired to be regarded as what by men?
4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
In order to become wise, you must first become what?
3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Fill in the blank: but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a ______ ______ and to Greeks ______.
1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block* and to Greeks foolishness*
What were the quarrels in chapter one about? (1:12)
1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
Fill in the blank: I have ________, Apollos _________; but God gave the _________.
3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Who informed Paul of the many quarrels in Corinth? (1:11)
1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
In Chapter 1, Paul beseech (exhorts) the brethren to what? (1:10)
1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Why has God chosen the foolish things, weak things, base things, and the things that are not?
1:28-29 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Because Paul was unable to speak to them as spiritual men, he had to give them what?
3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
What will you receive for your labor for the Lord?
3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Whom did Paul baptize?
(1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius) (1:16 I did baptize also the household of Stephanas)
How were the apostles treated? (4:11)
4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Among the princes (rulers) of the earth, God’s wisdom is a what? (2:7)
2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
What did the church at Corinth have among them, where Paul would call them Carnal (fleshly)? (3:3)
3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?