Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Introduction: Greeting and thanksgiving (1:1-9) -- II. Letter body (1:10-16:4) -- A. Paul responds to oral reports about the Corinthian church (1:10-6:20) -- 1. Divisions in the church (1:10-4:21) -- a. The problem: rival factions (1:10-17) -- b. The cross as the necessary center of the gospel (1:18-2:5) -- c. Christian wisdom as the necessary growth (2:6-3:23) -- i. Spiritual people vs. natural people (2:6-16) -- ii. Spiritual Christians vs. carnal Christians (3:1-23) -- d. The right attitude toward the Apostles (4:1-21) -- 2. A case of incest (5:1-13) -- 3. Lawsuits between believers (6:1-11) -- 4. The seriousness of sexual immorality in general (6:12-20)

B. Paul responds the letter from the Corinthians (7:1-16:4) -- 1. Concerning marriage (7:1-40) -- a. To those currently or previously married (7:1-16) -- b. Analogies with circumcision and slavery (7:17-24) -- c. To those never married or contemplating marriage (7:25-40) -- 2. Concerning food sacrificed to idols (8:1-11:1) -- a. Introduction to the problem and the solution: tempering knowledge with love (8:1-13) -- b. A second application: money for ministry (9:1-18) -- c. The underlying motive: saving as many as possible (9:19-27) -- d. Examples of the danger of license: the idolatry of Israel and idol feasts in Corinth (10:1-22) -- e. Summary: balancing freedom and restraint (10:23-11:1)

3. Concerning worship (11:2-14:40) -- a. Head-coverings (11:2-16) -- b. The Lord's Supper (11:17-34) -- c. Spiritual gifts (12:1-14:40) -- i. Diversity within unity (12:1-31a) -- ii. The pre-eminence of love (12:31b-13:13) -- iii. Prophecy and tongues: prefer intelligibility (14:1-25) -- iv. Prophecy and tongues: prefer order (14:26-40) -- 4. Concerning the resurrection (15:1-34) -- a. The certainty of the resurrection (15:1-34) -- b. The nature of the resurrection (15:35-58) -- 5. Concerning the collection for Jerusalem (16:1-4)

III. Conclusion: travel plans and final greetings (16:5-24) -- A. The travel plans of Paul and his co-workers (16:5-12) -- B. The formal closing (16:13-24).