TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blomberg,Craig L.
TI  - 1 Corinthians /Craig L. Blomberg
T2  - The NIV application commentary
SN  - 9780310484905
AV  - BS2675 .C675 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Zondervan
KW  - Bible
KW  - Corinthians, 1st
KW  - Commentaries
N1  - 2; I. Introduction: Greeting and thanksgiving (1:1-9) --; II. Letter body (1:10-16:4) --; A. Paul responds to oral reports about the Corinthian church (1:10-6:20) --; 1. Divisions in the church (1:10-4:21) --; a. The problem: rival factions (1:10-17) --; born The cross as the necessary center of the gospel (1:18-2:5) --; c. Christian wisdom as the necessary growth (2:6-3:23) --; i. Spiritual people vs. natural people (2:6-16) --; ii. Spiritual Christians vs. carnal Christians (3:1-23) --; d. The right attitude toward the Apostles (4:1-21) --; 2. A case of incest (5:1-13) --; 3. Lawsuits between believers (6:1-11) --; 4. The seriousness of sexual immorality in general (6:12-20); B. Paul responds the letter from the Corinthians (7:1-16:4) --; 1. Concerning marriage (7:1-40) --; a. To those currently or previously married (7:1-16) --; born Analogies with circumcision and slavery (7:17-24) --; c. To those never married or contemplating marriage (7:25-40) --; 2. Concerning food sacrificed to idols (8:1-11:1) --; a. Introduction to the problem and the solution: tempering knowledge with love (8:1-13) --; born A second application: money for ministry (9:1-18) --; c. The underlying motive: saving as many as possible (9:19-27) --; d. Examples of the danger of license: the idolatry of Israel and idol feasts in Corinth (10:1-22) --; e. Summary: balancing freedom and restraint (10:23-11:1); 3. Concerning worship (11:2-14:40) --; a. Head-coverings (11:2-16) --; born The Lord's Supper (11:17-34) --; c. Spiritual gifts (12:1-14:40) --; i. Diversity within unity (12:1-31a) --; ii. The pre-eminence of love (12:31b-13:13) --; iii. Prophecy and tongues: prefer intelligibility (14:1-25) --; iv. Prophecy and tongues: prefer order (14:26-40) --; 4. Concerning the resurrection (15:1-34) --; a. The certainty of the resurrection (15:1-34) --; born The nature of the resurrection (15:35-58) --; 5. Concerning the collection for Jerusalem (16:1-4); III. Conclusion: travel plans and final greetings (16:5-24) --; A. The travel plans of Paul and his co-workers (16:5-12) --; B. The formal closing (16:13-24); 2; b
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