1 Corinthians: Summary & Overview

Overview

First Corinthians addresses a messy church in a morally corrupt city. Paul tackles divisions, sexual immorality, lawsuits between believers, marriage questions, spiritual gifts, and the resurrection. Most famously, chapter 13 contains the greatest description of love ever written. It's a practical guide for how the church should function.

Key Themes

  • Unity in the church
  • The supremacy of love
  • Spiritual gifts and their use
  • The reality of resurrection
  • Holy living in an unholy world

Famous Verses

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.

1 Corinthians 10:13

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

1 Corinthians 15:55

Let all your things be done with charity.

1 Corinthians 16:14

Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?

1 Corinthians 6:19

Key Facts

Testament
New Testament
Genre
Epistle
Author
Paul
Date Written
~55 AD
Chapters
16

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