Zoom Bible Study for 28th September

1 Corinthians 1: 10-17 (Cliques in Corinth!)

How do you think Paul felt when hearing the reports of quarrelling in the church?  (vs. 10, 11)

What were the explicit and implicit causes of the divisions? (vs. 12-17)

Who were the parties? What features characterised the four groups? Do you identify with any of the parties?

What are Paul's arguments against disunity? 

Paul urges the church to look to Jesus Christ and to His cross. 

How does the cross promote unity and healing within the church?  

Paul warns that the cross of Christ (can be) "emptied of its power". (v. 17)

Try to unpack what that means...

 

To think about: 

Do you think conflict within the church is inevitable? 

Why is the resolution of conflicts so difficult? 

How can we have differences without division? 

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