references to the death of Christ? (Check a concordance for the twelve direct references to this subject under these words: blood, cross, crucified, died, sacrificed.) How would you describe the style of this epistle? Writers have observed that it is the most varied of all Paul’s epistles It ranges from the informal, conversational style, to a “lofty and sustained solemnity.”15 Did you observe in your reading such literary devices as logic, poetry, narration, exposition, and the frequent use of questions? C SURVEY CHART Study the survey chart, Chart 70 Observe the following: There are three groups of problems How they differ from each other? The three cited guides in the solution of problems are verses of chapter 15 How does each verse help in solving spiritual problems of Christians? Why you think Paul discussed questions about the resurrection body last in the letter? Note the title on the chart Someone has said that “no epistle tells us so much about the life of a primitive local church.” If a title was made to include the solutions to the church’s problems, a key phrase might be “Victory through Christ” (15:57) V PROMINENT SUBJECTS OF CORINTHIANS A PROBLEMS OF A CONGREGATION (1:10—6:20) Paul deals with four main problems, identi ed by the following these chapters: ve passages, in Divisions within the membership (1:10 —4:21) How does 1:12 identify one quarrel? Church’s neglect of the problem of fornication (5:1-8) Evil fellowship (5:9-13) Lawsuits in the public courts (6:1-11) Libertine attitude concerning fornication (6:12-20) CHART 70: CORINTHIANS: PROBLEMS OF A LOCAL CHURCH The severity of Paul’s reproof (e.g., “I say this to your shame,” 6:5) is an indication of the awfulness of the spiritual cancers that plagued the church he founded B MARRIAGE (7:1-40) G Campbell Morgan correctly observes that no attempt is made in Corinthians to state the Christian doctrine of marriage in its fullness and completeness.16 Besides, false conclusions are easily made from ... Paul discussed questions about the resurrection body last in the letter? Note the title on the chart Someone has said that “no epistle tells us so much about the life of a primitive local church.”... problems, identi ed by the following these chapters: ve passages, in Divisions within the membership (1:10 —4:21) How does 1:12 identify one quarrel? Church’s neglect of the problem of fornication (5:1-8)... indication of the awfulness of the spiritual cancers that plagued the church he founded B MARRIAGE (7:1-40) G Campbell Morgan correctly observes that no attempt is made in Corinthians to state the Christian