Men’s Saturday Morning First Corinthians Study Saturday, January 7, 2006 Happy New Year!

How do I start a new study? Pray Start reading Other writings that can help? –History? –Geography? –Timelines?

Purpose So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading. (Neh 8:8)

Purpose So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading. (Neh 8:8) Read 1Corinthians distinctly

Purpose So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading. (Neh 8:8) Read 1Corinthians distinctly Serve the Context

Purpose So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading. (Neh 8:8) Read 1Corinthians distinctly Serve the Context Which lead to understanding

Purpose So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading. (Neh 8:8) Read 1Corinthians distinctly Serve the Context Which lead to understanding Bend your paradigm to match God’s

Resources Bible - Acts, Galatians, 1&2Co, Ephesians, Luke, 1&2Thess, Philippians, Philemon, Colossians, and Habakkuk Holy Spirit NASB Study Bible KJV – Halley’s Bible Commentary

1Co 1:1-2a 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, …

Where did Paul write the letter from? But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. (1Co 16:8)

Where in the world is Corinth, Greece? Ephesus? Likely letter route Roman Empire Corinth Ephesus

Regions Represented at Pentecost in Acts 2 MEDES ELAM PONTUS Regions of origin Roman Empire 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 35 AD 45 AD 55 AD 65 AD

What happened next? MEDES ELAM PONTUS Roman Empire 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 35 AD 45 AD 55 AD 65 AD 1st ArabiaTarsus Antioch 2nd Corinth

The Founding of the Church of Corinth per Acts 18 Approximately 52 A.D. 250,000 free, 400,000 slaves Port City, Prosperous, Intellectual 1000 temple prostitutes to Aphrodite –“to Corinthianize” = commit sexual immorality 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 35 AD 45 AD 55 AD 65 AD 1st ArabiaTarsus Antioch 2nd Corinth Nero Caligula TiberiusClaudius

Quickly, what about the rest of Paul’s life? MEDES ELAM PONTUS Roman Empire 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 35 AD 45 AD 55 AD 65 AD 1st Rome 4th?3rd Ephesus ArabiaTarsus Antioch 2nd Corinth

So here we are 56 AD in Ephesus with Paul MEDES ELAM PONTUS Roman Empire 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 35 AD 45 AD 55 AD 65 AD 1st3rd Ephesus ArabiaTarsus Antioch 2nd Corinth

Context Who? To Believers at Corinth What? A letter How? Sosthenes Who is Sosthenes? When? 56 AD, Paul is about 50 yrs old Where? From Ephesus to Corinth Why? Paul had a relationship with them

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Desert Jerusalem Home Discipled Paul’s Early Life Paul’s Spiritual Early Years Tiberius 35 AD 40 AD 45 AD 50 AD 55 AD 60 AD 65 AD ClaudiusNeroCaligula Arabia J TarsusAntioch JJ with Barnabas

Detail of Paul’s First Journey

Detail of Paul’s Second Journey

Detail of Paul’s Third Journey

Detail of Paul’s Voyage to Rome

Paul riding into shore on the waves at Malta

Paul’s Spiritual History in Acts 30 AD 40 AD 50 AD 60 AD 70 AD 35 AD 45 AD 55 AD 65 AD Nero Caligula TiberiusClaudius Ac 13:4 -14:26 Ac 15:39 -18:22 Acts 18:23 -21:17 Acts 27:1 -28:16 Ac 9:1-22 Ac 9:23 Gal 1:17-18 Ac 9:23-29 Ac 9:30 Gal 1:21 Ac 11:30, Gal 2:1 Ac 11:26 Ac 14:26 -15:35 Acts 21:17-23:22 Acts 23:23-32 Ac 18:22-23 Ac 1-8 Ac 12:25 Timothy Luke BarnabasSilas 1st3rd Rome 4th? JJJJJJ Antioch Corinth 2nd AntiochEphesus ArabiaTarsus Caesarea Paul’s Missionary Journey to Jerusalem Paul’s letter Ephesians Philippians Colossians Philemon 1&2 Timothy & Titus GalatiansRomans James 1&2 Thess 1&2 Cor LukeActs

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