Study 3 From The Book of 1 Corinthians Is: 1
Corinthians 3 and 4
1. 3:1-4:2. Discover and summarize
all that this section has to teach concerning the place and tasks of Christian
workers. What is, or should be, their
relationship to (a) God, (b) each other, and (c) those among whom they work?
2. 4:1-21. What lessons are to be
learnt from the earthly lot of the apostles? Why are men’s judgements concerning the worth
of Christian ministers’ work of such little value? How and when will the real
worth of a man’s worth for God be made plain? Can the value of what he does
affect his own salvation? Or what will it affect? See 3:13-15.
Notes
1. 3:12, 13. The different materials here mentioned can be
taken to represent the teachings of those who were ministering in the church;
the gold, silver and precious stones being the doctrines of the Spirit, and the
wood, hay and stubble the wisdom of the world.
2. 4:6. ‘To live according to
scripture’: literally, ‘not beyond what is written’. This was probably a
familiar catchword of the day. AV
supplies verb ‘to think’, which gives a more pointed sense in context than RSV
‘to live’.
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