First Corinthians Chapter 1:1-10
Outline: I.
Salutation: 1:1-3
II.
Thanksgiving: 1:4-9
III.
A Divided Church: 1:10-17
IV.
Divine Wisdom and Human Wisdom: 1:18-31
1 Corinthians 1:1 “Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother” “Almost all letters from the Greco-Roman period begin with a threefold saluation: Name of the writer, to the addressee, and greetings.” 1 “The phrases which open the epistles of Paul are of deep import. It is true that they follow the forms with which, in his day, letters usually were begun. Yet they never are empty formulas”. 2 The New International Commentary on the New Testament. Gordon D. Fee p. 27 1
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The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians. Charles R.