On Divisions in the Church - 1 Corinthians 3:1-23
Understand It
- Why did Paul call the Corinthians "mere infants"? (3:1-3)
- What were the Corinthians like? (3:3-5)
- What traits did the Corinthians have that made them worldly? (3:3-5)
- How did Paul want his readers to view both Apollos and himself? Why? (3:5-7)
- What is each Christian worker’s purpose in ministering to others? (3:8)
- How is the person who plants like the person who waters? (3:8-9)
- Who were the "fellow workers" who worked together on the Corinthian "field" or "building"? (3:9)
- What made Paul and Apollos equals under God? (3:9)
- What is the foundation of the church? (3:11)
- What is like either gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw? How? (3:12-14)
- What happens to the person who builds in others’ lives? (3:13-15)
- What important fact had the Corinthians failed to appreciate? (3:16)
- Why should we abandon the world’s idea of wisdom? (3:19)
- Why were the Corinthians to stop boasting about the individual leaders they followed? (3:21-23)
Apply It
- What is one way you can point another person to Christ this week?
- In whose life do you want to build God’s Word? How can you start?
- What need could you meet in your church over the next month to build up other Christians?
