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1 and 2 Corinthians
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Lesson OneOverview of 1 and 2 Corinthians (Skim 1 and 2 Corinthians)24 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Read 1 and 2 Corinthians
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In | The Greeting of 1 Corinthians
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In | Workbook: Blamelessness and Purity, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Blamelessness and Purity, Part 2
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In | Responses to Reports
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In | Workbook: Matching Responses to Reports, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Matching Responses to Reports, Part 2
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In | Responses to Questions
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In | Rights, Tongues and Resurrection
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In | Living with an Imminent Death
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In | The Cross Is the Path of Glory
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In | Boasting, Foolishness and Wisdom
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In | Key Terms in Corinthians
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Behind | Corinth
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Behind | iMap: Letters and Visits on Paul’s Journeys
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Behind | Onsite: Corinth - Paul's Final Appeal for Judgment
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Behind | 360 View: Corinth - Bema Seat
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Behind | Claudius Expels the Jews from Rome
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Behind | Synagogues and Assemblies
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Behind | The Gallio Incident in AD 51
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In Front | Pneuma: Spirit and Spirituality
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In Front | Workbook: Wisdom and the Spirit
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson TwoHoliness in the Context of Freedom (1 Corinthians 5–8, 10, 15)20 Activities|1 Assessment
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Corinthians 5–8, 10, 15
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In | Extremes: Legalism and License
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In | Saved by Grace or Constrained by Love
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In | Workbook: Getting the Alignment Right, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Getting the Alignment Right, Part 2
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In | Gnosticism vs. Torah Holiness
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In | Mediators of a New Covenant
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In | Workbook: Paul and Ezekiel
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In | Workbook: Leviticus and 2 Corinthians
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Behind | Geographical and Cultural Setting
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Behind | Onsite: Liberty and Love - View from Corinth's Marketplace
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Behind | God's New Temple
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Behind | Onsite: Corinth - God's Temple in a Promiscuous Port
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Behind | Religious Background in Corinth
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In Front | Isolation vs. Assimilation
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In Front | Workbook: The Church and Culture
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In Front | Ritual and Recognizing the Spirit
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In Front | Workbook: Rituals in the Church
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Wrap-Up
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Getting Started
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Lesson ThreeUnity and Order in the Context of Diversity (1 Corinthians 1–3, 11–14)19 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 1 Corinthians 1–3, 11–14
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In | Workbook: Unity and Division
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In | Division and Diversity
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In | Order in the Assembly
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In | Workbook: Paul and the Church
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In | The Lord's Supper
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In | Paul's Statement Regarding Women
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In | Workbook: First and Second Adam, Part 1
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In | Workbook: First and Second Adam, Part 2
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Behind | Farming Metaphor
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Behind | Body Metaphor
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Behind | Women in Corinth
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In Front | Torah as Principles: Dr. Dan Juster
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In Front | A Contextualized Movement
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In Front | Gifts of the Spirit
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In Front | A Ministry of Reconciliation: Dr. Salim Munayer
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In Front | Real Love: Abuna Elias Chacour
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FourPaul's Apostleship (1 Corinthians 4, 9, 16, 2 Corinthians 1–7)19 Activities|3 Assessments
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Lesson Text: 1 Corinthians 4, 9, 16, 2 Corinthians 1–7
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In | Workbook: Paul the Apostle
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In | Apostleship in a Spiritual Kingdom
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In | Suffering as an Apostle, Part 1
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In | Workbook: Suffering as an Apostle
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In | Suffering as an Apostle, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Present and Future
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In | Paul and the Beatitudes, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Paul and Jesus
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In | Workbook: One Untimely Born
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Behind | Onsite: Demolishing Strongholds - Paul's Way of Waging War
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In Front | Persecuted and Prosperity Churches
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In Front | The Prosperity Gospel and the Persecuted Church
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In Front | "Wounded" and "Muscular" Christians
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In Front | From Abuse to a Ministry of Grace: Bob Osborne
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In Front | Workbook: Persevering Through Suffering
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In Front | Workbook: Prosperity vs. Persecution
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FiveAuthor and Audience (2 Corinthians 8–13)25 Activities|2 Assessments
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: 2 Corinthians 8–13
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In | Workbook: 1 and 2 Corinthians “Farewells”
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In | Paul's Relationship with Corinth
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In | Workbook: Paul's Lost Epistles, Part 1
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In | Paul's Lost Epistles
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In | Workbook: Paul's Lost Epistles, Part 2
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In | Paul Among the Corinthians
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In | Workbook: Boasting in 1 and 2 Corinthians
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In | A Pre-Pauline Baptismal Formula, Part 1
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In | Workbook: A Pre-Pauline Baptismal Formula, Part 2
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In | Workbook: Acts 9 and 2 Corinthians 11
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In | Preparation, Inspiration and Illumination
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Behind | Stoicism and Passive Fatalism
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Behind | Epitaphs from Roman Tombs
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Behind | Super-Apostles
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Behind | Plutarch’s Criticism of Boasting
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Behind | Workbook: Paul’s Boasting in Greco-Roman Context
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Behind | 360 View: Corinth - Erastus Inscription
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In Front | Pleasure and Comfort
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In Front | Workbook: Reflection on Comfort
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In Front | The Ancient American Church?
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In Front | Offering Peace in Persecution: Pastor Sameh and Nader Maurice
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In Front | Workbook: Guiding Questions - 1 and 2 Corinthians
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Wrap-Up
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity|1 Assessment
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In | Workbook: Paul and Jesus
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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]
It’s not uncommon for people to suggest that Paul “invented Christianity,” or started a new religion. Paul was aware of these allegations already in his own lifetime, as was the evangelist Luke, who addressed the issue in his account of Paul’s conversion in Acts. While Paul was still blind from his encounter with God on the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to Ananias and told him to go to the house of Judas on Straight Street in Damascus to restore Paul’s sight:
Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel . . .
Acts 9:15 NASB
- How does Paul address this issue in the opening verses of the two letters to the Corinthians?
Paul and Jesus
Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. 1 Corinthians 1:1 NASB
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God. 2 Corinthians 1:1 NASB
Paul insists that his message is not his own but rather something that he has been given by God. In many cases, we can confirm the inspiration for Paul’s theology as it has precedent in Jesus’ own words in the Gospels. The consistency of these references and their place in Paul’s message remind us that for all his creativity, Paul is the inheritor of a faith, rather than the inventor of something new.