New Testament in a Year – 1 Corinthians 3

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?