# Unit 3: 1 Corinthians

# 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
- Discuss <span class="text 1Cor-1-10" id="bkmrk-sectarianism-and-how">Sectarianism and how it is a sin</span>
- <span class="text 1Cor-1-10">Discuss spiritual and worldly wisdom</span>
- <span class="text 1Cor-1-10">We are the temple of God</span>

**Resources:**

- [Catena Bible Commentary](https://catenabible.com/1cor/1)
- [HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)](http://www.suscopts.org/diocese/bishop/bible-study/first-epistle-to-the-corinthians/)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2VBHmqJExVzQPqvzfQul-Q8IwB7hp5lB)
- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ABiBrSBsBvIg4yo&cid=67000DBCF3EF5901&id=67000DBCF3EF5901%21886&parId=67000DBCF3EF5901%21540&o=OneUp)

**Reading:**

- <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1 Samuel 1-3"}">General</span>
    - <span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":12865,"3":{"1":0},"9":1,"12":0,"15":"Calibri","16":9}" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"1 Corinthians 1-4"]">1 Corinthians 1-4</span>

**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:**

1. Who declared to St. Paul about the division in Corinth?
2. According to St. Paul, why did the Lord Jesus Christ send him?
3. What is St. Paul thankful to God for?
4. Whom did St. Paul baptize?
5. Why does a natural man not receive the things of the Spirit of God?
6. Verse 19 is a quotation from the Old Testament. Can you give the reference?
7. How did God reveal to us the things, which He has prepared for those who love Him?
8. Why does a natural man not receive the things of the Spirit of God?
9. What specific conduct caused St. Paul to conclude that the Corinthians believers were carnal Christians?
10. The Corinthians focused on the preachers. What did St. Paul say they should focus on instead?
11. What will reveal everyone’s work?
12. On whose foundation did St. Paul establish the church at Corinth?
13. What is required in stewards?
14. What will the Lord do when He comes?
15. What do the Apostles have to endure?
16. Give verse that shows St. Paul’s fatherly love to the Corinthians.

**Homework:**

1. For Jews request a \_\_\_\_\_, and Greeks seek after \_\_\_\_\_\_.
2. Because the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of God is wiser than \_\_\_\_\_, and the weakness of \_\_\_\_\_ is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ than men.
3. For I determined not to know anything among you except \_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ and Him \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.St.
4. "Eye has not seen, nor ear \_\_\_\_\_, Nor have entered into the \_\_\_\_\_ of man The things which \_\_\_\_ has prepared for those who \_\_\_\_\_\_ Him."
5. I planted, Apollos \_\_\_\_\_\_, but \_\_\_\_\_\_ gave the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
6. Do you not know that you are the \_\_\_\_\_\_ of God and that the \_\_\_\_\_ of God \_\_\_\_\_\_ in you?
7. 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
8. "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](https://catenabible.com/1cor/1)
- [HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)](http://www.suscopts.org/diocese/bishop/bible-study/first-epistle-to-the-corinthians/)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2VBHmqJExVzQPqvzfQul-Q8IwB7hp5lB)
- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ABiBrSBsBvIg4yo&cid=67000DBCF3EF5901&id=67000DBCF3EF5901%21886&parId=67000DBCF3EF5901%21540&o=OneUp)

**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:**

1. What did St. Paul say the Corinthians should do instead of being puffed up?
2. With whom did St. Paul warn the Corinthians not to keep company?
3. What should the Corinthians do with someone who commits immorality?
4. With whom did St. Paul warn the Corinthians not to keep company?
5. Who will judge the angels?
6. Our bodies are the temple of whom?
7. Who will not inherit the Kingdom of God?
8. What should a husband render to his wife?
9. What is more important than circumcision or uncircumcision?
10. What is St. Paul’s message to the unmarried and the widows?
11. What does an unmarried person care about?

**Homework:**

1. The Corinthians should deliver the immoral person to  
    a) God b) the judge c) Satan d) the chief priest
2. "Put away from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ the evil \_\_\_\_\_\_."
3. 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.
4. Do you not know that your \_\_\_\_\_ is the temple of the \_\_\_\_\_ Spirit who is in \_\_\_\_\_.
5. Who has the authority of a wife? a) The Lord b) the angels c) her parents d) her husband
6. 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](https://catenabible.com/1cor/1)
- [HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)](http://www.suscopts.org/diocese/bishop/bible-study/first-epistle-to-the-corinthians/)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2VBHmqJExVzQPqvzfQul-Q8IwB7hp5lB)
- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ABiBrSBsBvIg4yo&cid=67000DBCF3EF5901&id=67000DBCF3EF5901%21886&parId=67000DBCF3EF5901%21540&o=OneUp)

**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:**

1. Who is known by God?
2. Therefore, if food makes my \_\_\_\_\_\_ stumble, I will never again eat \_\_\_\_\_, lest I make my brother \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
3. Give verse that proves the Oneness of the Father and the Son.
4. What should make a person never eat meat again?
5. What personal rights did St. Paul give up?
6. In what way should we run and for what?
7. Why did St. Paul become all things to all men?
8. What does St. Paul say we should compete for?
9. List the failures the Israelites fell into.
10. What comfort does St. Paul give to believers in verse 13?
11. What we should flee from?
12. Give verse that shows that all believers are one body.

**Homework:**

1. We know that we all have \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Knowledge puffs up, but \_\_\_\_\_\_ edifies.
2. Therefore, if food makes my brother \_\_\_\_\_, I will never again eat \_\_\_\_\_, lest I make my \_\_\_\_\_ stumble.
3. St. Paul says we should run to receive  
    a) first prize b) an imperishable crown c) a tournament cup
4. The Lord has commanded that those who \_\_\_\_\_\_ the Gospel should live from the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
5. Who is our spiritual rock? a) Moses b) the Lord Jesus Christ c) our priest d) our brother
6. 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](https://catenabible.com/1cor/1)
- [HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)](http://www.suscopts.org/diocese/bishop/bible-study/first-epistle-to-the-corinthians/)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2VBHmqJExVzQPqvzfQul-Q8IwB7hp5lB)
- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ABiBrSBsBvIg4yo&cid=67000DBCF3EF5901&id=67000DBCF3EF5901%21886&parId=67000DBCF3EF5901%21540&o=OneUp)

**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:**

1. Who is the head of every man? a) his wife b) a woman c) the Lord Jesus Christ d) his priest.
2. "Take, eat; this is My \_\_\_\_\_ which is broken for you; do this in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Me."
3. Who is the head of every man?
4. Give a verse that says women shall cover their heads when they pray.
5. What went wrong when believers got together to eat the Lord’s Supper?
6. What do we proclaim every time we have communion?

**Homework:**

1. Who is the head of every man? a) his wife b) a woman c) the Lord Jesus Christ d) his priest.
2. "Take, eat; this is My \_\_\_\_\_ which is broken for you; do this in \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of Me."
3. Who is the head of every man?
4. Give a verse that says women shall cover their heads when they pray.
5. What went wrong when believers got together to eat the Lord’s Supper?
6. 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](https://catenabible.com/1cor/1)
- [HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)](http://www.suscopts.org/diocese/bishop/bible-study/first-epistle-to-the-corinthians/)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2VBHmqJExVzQPqvzfQul-Q8IwB7hp5lB)
- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ABiBrSBsBvIg4yo&cid=67000DBCF3EF5901&id=67000DBCF3EF5901%21886&parId=67000DBCF3EF5901%21540&o=OneUp)

**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:**

1. Name the different spiritual gifts St. Paul mentions in chapter 12.
2. Give verses talking about how we should care for one another.
3. Who is the source of all spiritual gifts?
4. Name four different spiritual gifts
5. What are the characteristics of love?
6. When will the prophecies, tongues and knowledge fail cease and vanish?
7. To what does St. Paul compare the one who speaks with tongues but has no love?
8. What are the characteristics of love?
9. What makes prophecy so important?
10. What does St. Paul want to say in verse 19?
11. Who does the one who speaks in a tongue speaks to?
12. If there is no interpreter in the church what should any one who speaks with tongue do?

**Homework:**

1. Who is the source of all spiritual gifts? A) the Holy Bible b) the Church c) the Holy Spirit
2. List three parts of the human body mentioned in this chapter
3. Love never \_\_\_\_\_.
4. And now abide \_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_\_\_, love, these three; but the greatest of these is \_\_\_\_\_\_.
5. 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
6. 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](https://catenabible.com/1cor/1)
- [HEMY Bible Study(Includes material)](http://www.suscopts.org/diocese/bishop/bible-study/first-epistle-to-the-corinthians/)
- [Fr Dawoud Lamie's Bible study (Easy Arabic)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2VBHmqJExVzQPqvzfQul-Q8IwB7hp5lB)
- [Fr Tadros Y Malaty commentary](https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ABiBrSBsBvIg4yo&cid=67000DBCF3EF5901&id=67000DBCF3EF5901%21886&parId=67000DBCF3EF5901%21540&o=OneUp)

**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:**

1. Who saw the Lord Jesus Christ after the Glorious Resurrection?
2. Why does St. Paul consider himself the least of the Apostles?
3. What is the message that St. Paul received and delivered to the Corinthians?
4. What false teaching is being spread among the Corinthians?
5. When was the collection to be made?
6. Watch, stand fast in the \_\_\_\_\_, be brave, be \_\_\_\_\_\_. Let all that you do be done with \_\_\_\_\_\_.
7. What did St. Paul ask concerning St. Timothy?
8. What verse in this chapter do we use in the Divine Liturgy?

**Homework:**

1. Who saw the Lord Jesus Christ after the Glorious Resurrection?  
     a) Cephas b) the twelve c) 500 people d) all of the above
2. 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
3. Watch, stand fast in the \_\_\_\_\_\_, be brave, be \_\_\_\_\_\_. Let all that you do be done with \_\_\_\_\_.
4. Who had a church in their house?  
    a) St. Timothy b) Stephanas c) Apollos d) Aquila and Priscilla