Scripture index: 1 Corinthians

1Co 1:1
- Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul
1Co 1:2
- Church › Local and universal
- Scripture › NT authors assume church will understand their writings
1Co 1:3
- Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive)
- God the Father › Of an otherwise unspecified audience (“your” or “our” Father)
- Trinity › Father is fully God
1Co 1:4–9
- Effectual grace › Apostles thank God for peoples’ faith
1Co 1:7–9
- Preservation of the saints › God is faithful, finishes what he starts
1Co 1:8–9
- Unconditional election › Election is a pastoral doctrine, a great comfort to believers
1Co 1:9
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
1Co 1:14
- Baptism › All New Testament accounts of
- Subjects of baptism › Most household baptism accounts imply that each in household professed faith
1Co 1:16
- Baptism › All New Testament accounts of
- Baptism › Household baptisms
- Subjects of baptism › Whole household baptized
- Subjects of baptism › Most household baptism accounts imply that each in household professed faith
1Co 1:17
- Vain thoughts › False doctrine, worldly wisdom, philosophy is vain, wasted thought
1Co 1:17–18
- Essential doctrines › The gospel (non-specific)
1Co 1:18–25
- Attributes of God › Omnisapience (all-wise)
1Co 1:19
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
1Co 1:24
- Church › Right preaching of the word
- Eternal generation › Son is “from” Father (most explicit passages)
- Jesus is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
- Means of grace › Preaching/teaching of the Word
- Trinity › Son eternally begotten of Father
1Co 1:26–31
- Doctrines of grace › Unconditional election
- Unconditional election › Election is unconditional
1Co 1:30
- Atonement › Alien imputed righteousness
- Attributes of God › Simplicity (“without parts”, indivisible, neither compound nor composite)
- Effectual grace › Regeneration is an act of God
- Union with Christ › We are in Christ
1Co 1:30–31
- Atonement › Christ’s obedience redeems us
1Co 1:31
- Old Testament canon › Jeremiah-Lamentations (one book)
1Co 2:1–16
- Scripture › And Scripture rightly understood only with illumination of Holy Spirit
1Co 2:2–5
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
1Co 2:4–5
- Scripture › We recognize Scripture by its beauty and excellency
1Co 2:7
- Unconditional election › All occurrences of “predestined”
1Co 2:8
- Free will › God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom
- Hypostatic union › Union of natures in one person
- Jesus is God › “My glory I give to no other”
1Co 2:9
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
1Co 2:9–11
- Attributes of God › Ineffability (unknowable)
- Creator-creature distinction › God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts
- Simplicity › Genus-species composition
1Co 2:10–11
- Attributes of God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
- Jesus is God › Omniscience (all-knowing)
- Trinity › Holy Spirit is fully God
1Co 2:10–16
- Scripture › For those in the Spirit, Scripture is self-authenticating
1Co 2:11
- Perichoresis › Of persons in the Trinity
- Trinity › Perichoresis (mutual indwelling)
1Co 2:14
- Doctrines of grace › Total depravity
- Total depravity › Unregenerate man cannot hear or believe
1Co 2:16
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
1Co 3:4–6
- Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul
1Co 3:6–9
- Church › Other metaphors
1Co 3:8
- Trinity › Unity of purpose, will among persons
1Co 3:9
- Church › Other metaphors
1Co 3:11
- Jesus is God › “Who is a rock, except our God?”
1Co 3:13–15
- Doctrines of grace › Preservation of the saints
1Co 3:16
- Holy Spirit is God › The Holy Spirit is God
- Trinity › Holy Spirit is fully God
1Co 3:16–17
- Perichoresis › Of God and creation, created beings?
- Temple › New testament church body is temple of the Holy Spirit
1Co 3:19
- Old Testament canon › Job
1Co 3:20
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
- Vain thoughts › False doctrine, worldly wisdom, philosophy is vain, wasted thought
1Co 3:21–23
- Abrahamic covenant › There is a land inheritance in the new covenant
- Heirs of God › We will inherit the new earth
1Co 3:22
- Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul
1Co 3:23
- Jesus is God › Father ontologically greater than Son?
1Co 4:1
- Baptism › Should be performed by an ordained minister
1Co 4:6
- Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul
- Scripture › Prohibitions against adding to, taking away from Scripture
1Co 4:7
- Creator-creature distinction › We are wholly dependent on God
- Providence › Concurrence in human life
1Co 4:9
- Church government › Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul
1Co 5:1–13
- Church discipline › Instructions for discipline
- Church membership › Church discipline implies membership
- Church › Church discipline
- Means of grace › Church discipline
1Co 5:4
- Church government › Whole church helps select officers
- Jesus is God › Omnipotence (all-powerful)
1Co 5:6–8
- Lord’s Supper › Replaces Passover
1Co 5:7
- Baptism › Shedding of blood now done away with
1Co 5:12–13
- Essential doctrines › In essentials, unity
1Co 5:13
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
1Co 6:3
- Man in the image of God › Includes dominion
1Co 6:9–10
- Essential practices › Sinners will not inherit eternal life, kingdom of God
1Co 6:11
- Baptism › Baptism refers to washing away of sin and spiritual renewal
- Baptism › Baptism signifies spiritual washing (implying water is only necessary symbol)
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
1Co 6:15
- Church membership › Occurrences of “member”, “citizen”
1Co 6:16
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
1Co 6:17
- Scattering and gathering of Israel › Prophecy of gathering
1Co 6:19
- Temple › New testament church body is temple of the Holy Spirit
1Co 6:19–20
- Creator-creature distinction › We belong to God by virtue of new creation
- Definite atonement › Secures salvation
- Holy Spirit is God › The Holy Spirit is God
1Co 6:20
- Slavery › Covenant people are slaves to God
1Co 7
- Marriage › Not required of all
1Co 7:8
- Baptism › All New Testament accounts of
1Co 7:12
- Scripture › Apostles seemed aware they were writing Scripture
1Co 7:14
- Baptism › Infants and children of believers should also be baptized
- Baptism › Children included in visible church, new covenant community
- Subjects of baptism › Passages cited for infant baptism
- Subjects of baptism › Children are included in the church
- Union with Christ › We are in Christ
1Co 7:18–19
- Baptism › Circumcision can no longer serve as sign of covenant
1Co 7:23
- Creator-creature distinction › We belong to God by virtue of new creation
- Slavery › Covenant people are slaves to God
1Co 7:32–35
- Marriage › Not required of all
1Co 7:37
- Free will › Most explicit affirmations of
1Co 8:1–3
- Essential doctrines › In non-essentials, liberty
1Co 8:1–13
- Religious dietary rules › All things are clean
1Co 8:3
- Unconditional election › Believers elected
1Co 8:4–6
- Creator-creature distinction › Only one God
- Idolatry › No real gods other than Yahweh
- Monotheism › There is only one God
- Monotheism › Other so-called gods are no gods at all
- Trinity › “God is one”, there is only one God
1Co 8:5–6
- Attributes of God › Aseity (independent, self-existent, self-sufficient)
- Creator-creature distinction › God is uncreated, self-existent
- Ex nihilo creation › In contrast to creation, God is self-existent
1Co 8:6
- Creator-creature distinction › Nothing exists God did not create
- Eternal generation › Ordered equality
- Ex nihilo creation › Nothing exists God did not create
- Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive)
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
- Jesus is God › Lord
- Jesus is God › “I created alone, by myself”
- Jesus is God › Father ontologically greater than Son?
- Trinity › Father is fully God
- Trinity › Economy of the Trinity
1Co 8:8–9
- Essential doctrines › In non-essentials, liberty
1Co 8:11
- Definite atonement › Some for whom Christ died may not ultimately be saved
1Co 9:1
- Church government › Apostle, qualifications for
1Co 9:1–19
- Church government › Full-time officers can/should be compensated
- Paid ministry › Paul’s defense of paid ministry
1Co 9:9
- Old Testament canon › Deuteronomy
1Co 9:12
- Paid ministry › Ministers should not be greedy
1Co 9:15–19
- Paid ministry › Ministers should not be greedy
1Co 9:19
- Slavery › Christians are to serve one another
1Co 9:27
- Attention-deficit disorder › Self-control
1Co 10:1–11
- Scripture › NT authors assume OT is easy to understand
1Co 10:2
- Baptism › Types and symbols of
1Co 10:4
- Jesus is God › “Who is a rock, except our God?”
1Co 10:7
- Old Testament canon › Exodus
1Co 10:9
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Yahweh
1Co 10:12
- Preservation of the saints › Scripture encourages perseverance
1Co 10:13
- Free will › Most explicit affirmations of
- Preservation of the saints › God grants means of perseverance
1Co 10:15
- Scripture › NT authors assume church will understand their writings
1Co 10:16–17
- Church › Right administration of the sacraments
- Lord’s Supper › General statements about
- Means of grace › The Lord’s Supper
1Co 10:20–22
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Yahweh
1Co 10:21
- Church › Right administration of the sacraments
- Lord’s Supper › General statements about
- Means of grace › The Lord’s Supper
1Co 10:23–24
- Essential doctrines › In non-essentials, liberty
1Co 10:23–33
- Religious dietary rules › All things are clean
1Co 10:26
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
1Co 10:28–33
- Essential doctrines › In non-essentials, liberty
1Co 11:3
- Church government › Head of the church
- Jesus is God › Father ontologically greater than Son?
1Co 11:7
- Man in the image of God › Created in
1Co 11:18–19
- Subjects of baptism › Some church members are unregenerate (i.e. new covenant community is “mixed”)
1Co 11:20
- Lord’s Supper › Recurrence, frequency of
1Co 11:23
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
1Co 11:23–26
- Lord’s Supper › Institution of
1Co 11:25
- Covenant theology › New covenant
1Co 11:26
- Lord’s Supper › Recurrence, frequency of
1Co 11:26–29
- Lord’s Supper › Only to be received by believers
1Co 11:29–30
- Church › Right administration of the sacraments
- Means of grace › The Lord’s Supper
1Co 12:2
- Monotheism › Other so-called gods are no gods at all
1Co 12:3
- Epistemology › Spirit that confesses Christ is from God
- Essential doctrines › Jesus is Lord, God (Yahweh)
- Jesus is God › Lord
1Co 12:4–6
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
1Co 12:4–11
- Spiritual gifts › Enumeration of spiritual gifts
1Co 12:6
- Trinity › Inseparable operations
1Co 12:9
- Effectual grace › Faith, repentance are gifts of God
- Order of salvation › Regeneration produces faith, repentance
1Co 12:11
- Holy Spirit is a person › Holy Spirit is a person
- Trinity › Holy Spirit is a person
1Co 12:11–12
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
1Co 12:12–13
- Arminianism › Election is corporate
- Lord’s Supper › General statements about
1Co 12:13
- Baptism › Signifies admission to covenant community, visible church, ingrafting into Christ
- Baptism › “Born of water” in Jn 3:5 indicates inward washing and renewal
- Scripture › The church will corporately recognize Scripture
1Co 12:18
- Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT
1Co 12:18–19
- Church membership › Occurrences of “member”, “citizen”
1Co 12:25–27
- Church membership › Occurrences of “member”, “citizen”
1Co 12:27–31
- Spiritual gifts › Enumeration of spiritual gifts
1Co 12:28
- Church government › Ordination ultimately from God
- Church › Local and universal
1Co 12:28–29
- Church government › Church offices listed
1Co 13:9–12
- Attributes of God › Ineffability (unknowable)
- Creator-creature distinction › God’s thoughts are higher than our thoughts
- Simplicity › Genus-species composition
1Co 13:12
- Theophany › Pure in heart will see God
1Co 14:1–5
- Church government › Rules regarding orderly prophesying
1Co 14:21
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
1Co 14:26
- Lord’s Supper › Recurrence, frequency of
- Spiritual gifts › Enumeration of spiritual gifts
1Co 14:29–33
- Church government › Rules regarding orderly prophesying
1Co 14:37
- God’s word › In written form (Scripture)
1Co 14:37–38
- Scripture › Apostles seemed aware they were writing Scripture
1Co 14:37–40
- Church government › Rules regarding orderly prophesying
1Co 14:40
- Baptism › Should be performed by an ordained minister
1Co 15:1–4
- Essential doctrines › Christ died for our sins, was buried, was raised on the third day
1Co 15:1–11
- Gospel › So what is the gospel?
1Co 15:2
- Vain thoughts › If Christ is not raised, faith is vain, futile
1Co 15:3
- Gospel › The gospel is most important
- Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon
1Co 15:3–4
- Atonement › Christ’s death and burial redeems us
1Co 15:7–9
- Church government › Apostle, qualifications for
1Co 15:10
- Assurance of salvation › Marks of true and false assurance
- Providence › Concurrence in human will
- Vain thoughts › If Christ is not raised, faith is vain, futile
1Co 15:12–26
- Atonement › Christ’s resurrection redeems us
1Co 15:14
- Essential doctrines › Christ was raised (resurrection)
- Vain thoughts › If Christ is not raised, faith is vain, futile
1Co 15:17
- Essential doctrines › Christ was raised (resurrection)
- Vain thoughts › If Christ is not raised, faith is vain, futile
1Co 15:21
- Hypostatic union › Called a man or “Son of Man” by himself and others (not exhaustive)
1Co 15:22
- Definite atonement › Christ died for “all” or “everyone”
- Union with Christ › We are in Christ
1Co 15:23
- Creator-creature distinction › We belong to God by virtue of new creation
1Co 15:24
- Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive)
- God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father)
- Jesus is God › Father ontologically greater than Son?
- Trinity › Father is fully God
1Co 15:27
- Father is God › The Father is Yahweh
- Old Testament canon › Psalms
1Co 15:27–28
- Jesus is God › Sovereignty
- Jesus is God › Father ontologically greater than Son?
1Co 15:28
- God the Father › Of Jesus
- Jesus is God › Jesus is Son of God
1Co 15:32
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
1Co 15:45
- Old Testament canon › Genesis
1Co 15:47–49
- Jesus is God › Eternity (pre-existent)
1Co 15:49
- Man in the image of God › Renewal of
1Co 15:54
- Old Testament canon › Isaiah
1Co 15:55
- Old Testament canon › Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)
1Co 15:58
- Vain thoughts › If Christ is not raised, faith is vain, futile
1Co 16:1–2
- Sabbath › NT Christians observe the Lord’s Day
1Co 16:1–4
- Financial stewardship › Tithing
1Co 16:2
- Lord’s Supper › Recurrence, frequency of
1Co 16:15
- Subjects of baptism › Most household baptism accounts imply that each in household professed faith
1Co 16:19
- Church › Local and universal
1Co 16:22
- Second coming › “No man knows the day or the hour”

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