Bible Links--1 Corinthians

The Bare Facts -- Overviews and Outlines --
Bible Studies: Whole Book -- Part of Book -- Thematic --
Sermons -- Bibliographies

Romans

A church with problems? That's a situation unique to the 1st century, isn't it? Paul, having founded the church in Corinth, heard of the problems that had arisen there in his absence. What sorts of problems? You name it. They had developed a mixed up theology and had allowed divisions over relatively unimportant doctrinal issues to cause rifts within the church. He spends pages trying to dismiss and dispel these problems before leading up to the climax of love in chapter 13.

Overviews and Outlines --
Bible Studies: Whole Book -- Part of Book -- Thematic --
Sermons -- Bibliographies

TheBare Facts

Who: The first word of the epistle reveals its author, Paul, who founded the church in Corinth, as related in Acts 18, in about A.D. 50.

Where: In 16:8, Paul indicates that he would like to "stay on at Ephesus," suggesting that as his location at the time of the writing.

When: Obviously this letter comes after A.D. 50 and before the death of Paul. The conservative consensus places its date at around 55 or 56.

What: 1 Corinthians is an attempt by Paul to set right some problems that have arisen in this church. Specifically, he hopes to counter worldly wisdom with Spiritual wisdom and to heal the rifts that have arisen in the church.

Memorable Passages
1:7-10	Power and unity
1:27-31	Boast in the Lord
13:1-13	The Love Chapter

Overviews and Outlines

An Introduction to 1 Corinthians: An outlined overview by David Malick
1 Corinthians: Outline and Introduction: An overview by Hampton Keathley IV
1 Corinthians: Introduction, Outline, and Argument: An introduction by Daniel Wallace
An Argument of 1 Corinthians: A rhetorical outline by David Malick
Bible Basics: A very brief list of facts, but it includes a wav file pronouncing the book's title.
Luther Productions: A very brief overview including key verses.
The Blue Letter Bible: An excellent source for text, cross-references, concordance, language helps, commentaries, and more.
Easton Bible Dictionary: The article from M.G. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Epistles to the Corinthians: The appropriate entry from the public domain edition of this venerable reference work.
Columbia Encyclopedia: Corinthians: A brief article from the 2001 edition of this reference work.
Bible Explained: This is a commentary by an energetic fellow named Ted Wade. He provides brief notes on each chapter and most verses for the entire Bible.

Bible Studies: Whole Book

True Spirituality: A Study in 1 Corinthians: A 31-part study course by Bob Deffinbaugh
Love the Lord Bible Studies: 1 Corinthians: A 28-lesson study with questions from an Arkansas-based ministry. They seem orthodox enough, although the statement of faith makes me wonder if they're not into prosperity gospel teachings.
Talks for Growing Christians: A nifty study, which includes a brief sermon, question, and answers. A project from Talks for Growing Christians.
John Calvin's Commentary: The commentary of the 16th-century French reformer.
Geneva Notes: In 1599, English Puritans, working in Geneva, published the first study Bible. These are the notes from that edition.
Coffman's Commentary: A verse-by-verse commentary by Dr. James Burton Coffman, a leading Church of Christ scholar.
Matthew Henry's Commentary: The chapter-by-chapter 1712 commentary by the great English Puritan writer..
John Wesley Notes: Over his career, the founder of Methodism maintained notes on the entire Bible.
JFB Commentary: The comments of Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown from Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871).
Clarke's Commentary: The first chapter for this book from Adam Clarke's nineteenth-century commentary.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: The commentary of the 17th century Baptist theologian and preacher.
Scofield Reference Notes: The notes from the 1917 edition of the great study Bible. From a dispensationalist viewpoint.
Barne's Notes on the New Testament: Educated at Princeton seminary, Albert Barnes was a dedicated student of the Bible. Though passed over by the biographical sketches of influential theological writers, his notes on the New Testament continue to be quite popular even today.
John S. C. Abbott and Jacob Abbott Illustrated New Testament: Well known throughout the late 1800's for their prolific writings on various subjects, John and Jacob Abbott decided to put to paper their personal study and translation of the original Greek New Testament. Included are 50 woodcut illustrations from the original printing.
John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament: These synopses were originally written and published in French and introduced book-by-book. Only the New Testament is available.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: A combination brief commentary and thorough cross-reference. Developed by R.A. Torrey.
David Guzik's Commentaries on the Bible: David Guzik, a former senior pastor at Clavary Chapel Simi Valley in California, provides a verse-by-verse commentary. Currently Guzik directs the Calvary Chapel Bible College in Siegen, Germany.
The Jerome Bible Commentary: A commentary by a Catholic doctor, Jerome Dominguez, M.D. Is English isn't perfect, but you have to admire his energy. Although Catholic in orientation, this source has some good material for study.
Introductory Lectures: A chapter-based series by William Kelly.
Comments on First Corinthians: A chapter-by-chapter set of notes by Leslie M. Grant
The First Epistle to the Corinthians (1-9)
The First Epistle to the Corinthians (10-16): A two-volume commentary by Hamilton Smith and F.B. Hole respectively.
Mark Browning's Notes: A Bible Links exclusive. These are notes that I made, one chapter per day, when I read through this book in 2002. They're largely unedited and very lightly researched. As such, I'd recommend them more for their ideas than for hard facts.

Bible Studies: Part of Book

Apocalyptic Transformation in Paul's Discourse on the Cross (ch. 1-2): An essay from Luther Seminary's Word and World, by Alexandra Brown.
"Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified" (1:1-17,26-31;2:1-13): An essay from Luther Seminary's Word and World, by Terrance L. Dinovo.
God the Other Who Acts Otherwise (1:26-31): "An Exegetical Essay on 1 Cor 1:26-31" by Leander Keck from Word and World.
Jesus Christ and Him Crucified (2:2): A sermon by Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Preached on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in ministry.
The Holy Spirit and Hermeneutics (2:12-14): A study by Daniel Wallace
A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 5:7: A sermon by Geerhardus Vos.
A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 5:14: A sermon by Geerhardus Vos.
Why Won't Paul Just Say No? Purity and Sex in 1 Corinthians 6: An essay from Word and World by Mark Gravrock.
Knowledge--False and True: A Warning Against Dead Orthodoxy (8:1-3): An article from a book on the Puritans by Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
A Command Paul Did Not Obey (ch. 9): A study by Michael Morrison of the Worldwide Church of God.
The Peril of Abusing Our Spiritual Privileges (10:1-13): A study by Hampton Keathley, III
An Address Summarising a Conference on 1 Corinthians 10: A study by Martin Vedder, subtitled "The unity of the body and the unity of the Spirit."
What is the Head Covering in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and Does it Apply to Us Today?: An "attempt to wrestle with the major hermeneutical-pragmatic double question of this passage" by Daniel Wallace.
Speaking in Tongues: An Orthodox Perspective (1 Cor 12): An article by the Greek Orthodox Father George Nicozisin.
Exegetical Notes on 1 Corinthians 12: A study by Michael Morrison of the Worldwide Church of God.
Lectures on the Church: One Spirit (12:1-13): A lecture by William Kelly from a larger series.
Showing the Body: Reflections on 1 Corinthians 12-13 for Epiphany: A "Texts in Context" essay from Luther Seminary's Word and World, by Dennis Ormseth.
The Argument of 1 Corinthians 12-14: A study by Greg Herrick
A Christmas Version of 1 Corinthians 13: This "translation" came to me via Bill Shiflett of the Missouri Baptist Convention.
Lectures on the Church: The Assembly and Ministry (ch 14): A lecture by William Kelly from a larger series.
The Textual Problem of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35: A study by Daniel Wallace.
Christ's Resurrection and Ours (ch. 15): An article from the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology by Stephen J. Wellum.
Firstfruits and Death's Defeat: Metaphor in Paul's Rhetorical Strategy in 1 Cor. 15:20-28: An essay by Andy Johnson from Word and World.
The Resurrection of the Just and the Unjust (1 Corinthians 15:22-24): One piece of E.W. Bullinger's Ten Sermons on the Second Advent.
Aquila and Priscilla in 1 Corinthians 16:19: A study by Daniel Wallace.
The Second Thoughts of a Captive Intellect: "Pastoral Reflections on Paul's Letters to the Corinthians," an essay from Luther Seminary's Word and World, by Jerry Robbins.
No Noose is Good News: "Leadership as a Theological Problem in the Corinthian Correspondence," an essay from Luther Seminary's Word and World, by David Fredrickson.

Sermons

The Message of First Corinthians: The appropriate sermon from Ray C. Stedman's Adventuring through the Bible series.
C.H. Spurgeon: A listing of sermons, some of which are available online, by the great British Baptist.
Sermon Outlines: Links to sermon outlines from SermonLinks.
David Simpson's Sermons: Text and audio links to this Calvary Chapel pastor's sermons.
Jonathan Edwards Sermons: Scroll to the bottom of this page and you'll find a listing of 16 sermons drawn from the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians.
Robert S. Rayburn: A 32-sermon series by this Presbyterian preacher.
John Piper: A guide to many sermons (not a series) by the Minneapolis Baptist pastor.
David Legge: The first of a 42-sermon series by this English preacher.
Ken Gehrels: Links to 6 sermons. Scroll down a bit to find the appropriate entries.

Books and Bibliographies

The Corinthian Letters: An article by Chuck Missler.
A Selected Bibliography of 1 and 2 Corinthians: A list of sources from David Malick.
Two-Age Bibliography: A list of recommended sources, mostly scholarly in nature, provided by a website devoted to the "Redemptive Historical" school of theology.
A Corinthians Bibliography: A lengthy annotated bibliography from a United Methodist source.