Unit 3: 1 Corinthians
- Week 1: Intro to 1 Corinthians, Sectarianism, and wisdom
- Week 2: Glorify God in Body and Spirit
- Week 3: Stumbling blocks, and the idols of the world
- Week 4: The Eucharist
- Week 5: Gifts of the Spirit
- Week 6: The Resurrection and Conclusion
Week 1: Intro to 1 Corinthians, Sectarianism, and wisdom
Title: Introduction to 1 Corinthians, Sectarianism, and spiritual wisdom
Objective:
- Give a brief introduction to 1 Corinthians
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Discuss Sectarianism and how it is a sin
- Discuss spiritual and worldly wisdom
- We are the temple of God
Resources:
- Catena Bible Commentary
- HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
- Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
- Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary
Reading:
- General
- 1 Corinthians 1-4
Key verse(s):
- "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" 1 Corinthians 3:16
Comments:
Review questions:
- Who declared to St. Paul about the division in Corinth?
- According to St. Paul, why did the Lord Jesus Christ send him?
- What is St. Paul thankful to God for?
- Whom did St. Paul baptize?
- Why does a natural man not receive the things of the Spirit of God?
- Verse 19 is a quotation from the Old Testament. Can you give the reference?
- How did God reveal to us the things, which He has prepared for those who love Him?
- Why does a natural man not receive the things of the Spirit of God?
- What specific conduct caused St. Paul to conclude that the Corinthians believers were carnal Christians?
- The Corinthians focused on the preachers. What did St. Paul say they should focus on instead?
- What will reveal everyone’s work?
- On whose foundation did St. Paul establish the church at Corinth?
- What is required in stewards?
- What will the Lord do when He comes?
- What do the Apostles have to endure?
- Give verse that shows St. Paul’s fatherly love to the Corinthians.
Homework:
- For Jews request a _____, and Greeks seek after ______.
- Because the _______ of God is wiser than _____, and the weakness of _____ is ________ than men.
- For I determined not to know anything among you except ______ _____ and Him _______.St.
- "Eye has not seen, nor ear _____, Nor have entered into the _____ of man The things which ____ has prepared for those who ______ Him."
- I planted, Apollos ______, but ______ gave the _______.
- Do you not know that you are the ______ of God and that the _____ of God ______ in you?
- St. Paul told the Corinthians he will send St. Timothy to
a) remind you of my ways in the Lord Jesus Christ b) collect the money c) baptize you - "The LORD knows the ______ of the _____, that they are _____."
Week 2: Glorify God in Body and Spirit
Title: Glorify God in Body and Spirit
Objective:
- Sexual immorality and it's consequences
- Choose what edifies rather than what destroys
- Principles of Christian marriage
Resources:
- Catena Bible Commentary
- HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
- Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
- Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary
Reading:
- 1 Corinthians 5-7
Key verse(s):
- "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." 1 Corinthians 6:12
Comments:
Review questions:
- What did St. Paul say the Corinthians should do instead of being puffed up?
- With whom did St. Paul warn the Corinthians not to keep company?
- What should the Corinthians do with someone who commits immorality?
- With whom did St. Paul warn the Corinthians not to keep company?
- Who will judge the angels?
- Our bodies are the temple of whom?
- Who will not inherit the Kingdom of God?
- What should a husband render to his wife?
- What is more important than circumcision or uncircumcision?
- What is St. Paul’s message to the unmarried and the widows?
- What does an unmarried person care about?
Homework:
- The Corinthians should deliver the immoral person to
a) God b) the judge c) Satan d) the chief priest - "Put away from _______ the evil ______."
- All things are _______ for me, but all things are not _______. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the _______ of any.
- Do you not know that your _____ is the temple of the _____ Spirit who is in _____.
- Who has the authority of a wife? a) The Lord b) the angels c) her parents d) her husband
- Who cares of the things of the Lord? a) the unmarried b) the married c) the divorced
Week 3: Stumbling blocks, and the idols of the world
Title: Stumbling blocks, and the idols of the world
Objective:
- Discuss the meaning of being a stumbling block and how to avoid stumbling others
- The struggle in the service and one's spiritual life and its reward
- Today's idols and how to avoid them
Resources:
- Catena Bible Commentary
- HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
- Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
- Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary
Reading:
- 1 Cor 8-10
Key verse(s):
- "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. " 1 Corinthians 9:24
Comments:
Review questions:
- Who is known by God?
- Therefore, if food makes my ______ stumble, I will never again eat _____, lest I make my brother _______.
- Give verse that proves the Oneness of the Father and the Son.
- What should make a person never eat meat again?
- What personal rights did St. Paul give up?
- In what way should we run and for what?
- Why did St. Paul become all things to all men?
- What does St. Paul say we should compete for?
- List the failures the Israelites fell into.
- What comfort does St. Paul give to believers in verse 13?
- What we should flee from?
- Give verse that shows that all believers are one body.
Homework:
- We know that we all have ________. Knowledge puffs up, but ______ edifies.
- Therefore, if food makes my brother _____, I will never again eat _____, lest I make my _____ stumble.
- St. Paul says we should run to receive
a) first prize b) an imperishable crown c) a tournament cup - The Lord has commanded that those who ______ the Gospel should live from the _______.
- Who is our spiritual rock? a) Moses b) the Lord Jesus Christ c) our priest d) our brother
- What we should flee from? a) the enemy b) the judge c) idolatry
Week 4: The Eucharist
Title: The Eucharist
Objective:
- Etiquette of worship
- Institution of the Eucharist
- Conduct and self examination for the Eucharist
Resources:
- Catena Bible Commentary
- HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
- Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
- Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary
Reading:
- 1 Corinthians 11
Key verse(s):
- "Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. " 1 Corinthians 11:27
Comments:
Review questions:
- Who is the head of every man? a) his wife b) a woman c) the Lord Jesus Christ d) his priest.
- "Take, eat; this is My _____ which is broken for you; do this in ___________ of Me."
- Who is the head of every man?
- Give a verse that says women shall cover their heads when they pray.
- What went wrong when believers got together to eat the Lord’s Supper?
- What do we proclaim every time we have communion?
Homework:
- Who is the head of every man? a) his wife b) a woman c) the Lord Jesus Christ d) his priest.
- "Take, eat; this is My _____ which is broken for you; do this in ___________ of Me."
- Who is the head of every man?
- Give a verse that says women shall cover their heads when they pray.
- What went wrong when believers got together to eat the Lord’s Supper?
- What do we proclaim every time we have communion?
Week 5: Gifts of the Spirit
Title: Gifts of the Spirit
Objective:
- Unity and diversity in the Body of Christ
- The Christian definition of Love
- Teaching, tongues, and church order
Resources:
- Catena Bible Commentary
- HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
- Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
- Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary
Reading:
- 1 Corinthians 12-14
Key verse(s):
- "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13
Comments:
Review questions:
- Name the different spiritual gifts St. Paul mentions in chapter 12.
- Give verses talking about how we should care for one another.
- Who is the source of all spiritual gifts?
- Name four different spiritual gifts
- What are the characteristics of love?
- When will the prophecies, tongues and knowledge fail cease and vanish?
- To what does St. Paul compare the one who speaks with tongues but has no love?
- What are the characteristics of love?
- What makes prophecy so important?
- What does St. Paul want to say in verse 19?
- Who does the one who speaks in a tongue speaks to?
- If there is no interpreter in the church what should any one who speaks with tongue do?
Homework:
- Who is the source of all spiritual gifts? A) the Holy Bible b) the Church c) the Holy Spirit
- List three parts of the human body mentioned in this chapter
- Love never _____.
- And now abide _____, ______, love, these three; but the greatest of these is ______.
- If there is no interpreter in the church, the one speaking with tongues should:
a) find an interpreter b) get a prophet c) get a judge d) keep silent - God is the author of: a) the Book b) the Holy Bible c) peace d) confusion
Week 6: The Resurrection and Conclusion
Title: The Resurrection and Conclusion
Objective:
- Proofs of the Resurrection
- Christ destroyed death by His Resurrection
- The effects of denying the Resurrection
- The Glorious Body
- The Resurrection is our victory
Resources:
- Catena Bible Commentary
- HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)
- Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)
- Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary
Reading:
- 1 Corinthians15-16
Key verse(s):
- "And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty" 1 Corinthians 15:14
Comments:
Review questions:
- Who saw the Lord Jesus Christ after the Glorious Resurrection?
- Why does St. Paul consider himself the least of the Apostles?
- What is the message that St. Paul received and delivered to the Corinthians?
- What false teaching is being spread among the Corinthians?
- When was the collection to be made?
- Watch, stand fast in the _____, be brave, be ______. Let all that you do be done with ______.
- What did St. Paul ask concerning St. Timothy?
- What verse in this chapter do we use in the Divine Liturgy?
Homework:
- Who saw the Lord Jesus Christ after the Glorious Resurrection?
a) Cephas b) the twelve c) 500 people d) all of the above - St. Paul considers himself the least of the Apostles because he:
a) Did not see the Lord Jesus Christ b) persecuted the church of God c) was away when the Lord Jesus
Christ was crucified - Watch, stand fast in the ______, be brave, be ______. Let all that you do be done with _____.
- Who had a church in their house?
a) St. Timothy b) Stephanas c) Apollos d) Aquila and Priscilla