1 Corinthians 1:1-17
OPEN:
- When you were 8, who was your hero?
- Have you ever felt like you were a part of a close-knit team? When?
DIG:
- What kind of place was Corinth? How would life in Corinth affect a young church? (See Introduction to 1 Corinthians.)
- Paul spent 18 months in Corinth, his second-longest stay with any of the new churches he started. What kind of feelings or emotional connection do you think he had with the people in those churches?
- Why would Paul emphasize in 1 Corinthians 1:1 that he is an apostle?
- What divides the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:11-12,15)? Who was Apollos (see Acts 18:24-19:1)?
REFLECT
- Do you feel like the thanksgiving in 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 describes you? Why or why not?
- Have you ever been a part of a church that was divided? What was it like? Have you ever been a part of a church that was single-minded and unified? What was it like?
- Have you been baptized? Did your personal relationship with Christ change because of your baptism? Share about that change.
- Who has been or is your spiritual hero? Why?
- Have you ever put your spiritual hero above Christ? Why or why not?
Other Resources:
Church Unity 1 Corinthians 1
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