1 Corinthians Chapters - WEB Bible
Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians addresses a troubled church struggling with division, sexual immorality, lawsuits between believers, confusion about spiritual gifts, and uncertainty about the resurrection. 1 Corinthians Bible chapters contain Paul's great hymn of love (chapter 13), his classic teaching on the diversity and unity of spiritual gifts (chapters 12 and 14), the foundational statement of the gospel and the bodily resurrection (chapter 15), and practical guidance on marriage and Christian freedom. Paul's repeated appeal to the cross as the center of all Christian life and community remains the letter's unifying theme and its enduring pastoral contribution.
About 1 Corinthians
First Corinthians is the forty-sixth book of the Bible, written by the apostle Paul around AD 54-55 from Ephesus to the troubled church in Corinth, and spanning 16 chapters. The church at Corinth was gifted but deeply divided and morally compromised, struggling with factions, sexual immorality, lawsuits between believers, questions about marriage and singleness, the eating of food offered to idols, the proper conduct of worship, and the misuse of spiritual gifts. Paul addresses each problem in turn with pastoral wisdom and theological grounding, anchoring all his instruction in the gospel of the crucified Christ. Major themes include the centrality of the cross and the foolishness of worldly wisdom, the unity of the body of Christ, sexual ethics, the proper ordering of worship and spiritual gifts, the resurrection as the foundation of Christian hope, and love as the supreme Christian virtue. Key chapters include 1 Corinthians 13 (the love chapter), 1 Corinthians 15 (the resurrection chapter), and 1 Corinthians 1 (the foolishness of the cross). Famous verses include 1 Corinthians 13:13 -- And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love -- and 1 Corinthians 15:55 -- Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? First Corinthians KJV Bible reading remains one of the most practically applicable letters in the New Testament. Read the Book of 1 Corinthians online here in full.