Read 1 Corinthians 16 at Bible Gateway.
As I began reading 1 Cor 16, I realized that the whole book most likely forms a single chiastic structure. I have been working on the chiastic structure of 1 Cor, and it will take me some time to complete. But I am posting what I have so far, so as not to hold up the Bible study any longer. Anyone who completes parts of this structure, please email me your notes, if you would not mind. Thank you!
1a) 1 Cor 1:1-3, Greeting;
1b) 1 Cor 1:4-9, The Corinthians lacking no gift, who were enriched in everything by Him;
1c) 1 Cor 1:10-13, Let there be no divisions among you + Apollos;
1d) 1 Cor 1:14-16, Paul baptized the first believers in Achaia with the household of Stephanus;
— 1 Cor 6:9, Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God;
— 1 Cor 10:1-18, The example of natural Israel (observe Israel after the flesh);
—- 1 Cor 11:23-34, For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: The body and blood of the Lord Jesus, which proclaims His death until He comes;
—– 1 Cor 12:1-30, Diversities of manifestation of the spiritual gifts;
—— 1 Cor 12:31a, Earnestly desire the best gifts;
——- 1 Cor 12:31b, And yet I show you a more excellent way;
——- central axis) 1 Cor 13:1-13, Love, the greatest gift;
——- 1 Cor 14:1a, Pursue love;
—— 1 Cor 14:1b, Desire spiritual gifts;
—– 1 Cor 14:1c-40, Decent and orderly operation of the spiritual gifts;
—- 1 Cor 15:1-, I declare the gospel I preached to you, which you received and in which you stand: The resurrection of the Lord Jesus, the firstfruits of the resurrection revealed at His coming;
— 1 Cor 15:46, The spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual;
— 1 Cor 15:50, Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
2d) 1 Cor 16:12-14, Apollos + Let all that you do be done with love;
2c) 1 Cor 16:15-16, The household of Stephanus, the firstfruits of Achaia;
2b) 1 Cor 16:17-18, The men who supplied to Paul what was lacking;
2a) 1 Cor 16:19-24, Salutation.
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