I. Greetings 1:1-9
II. Paul responds to a report from Chloe 1:10-6:20
A. Divisions in the church 1:10-4:21
1. Report of the divisions 1:10-17
2. Cause of the divisions 1:18-4:21
B. Incest in the church 5:1-13
C. Law suits between church members 6:1-11
D. Sexual immorality in the church 6:12-20
III. Paul responds to the Corinthians questions 7:1-14:40
A. Marriage obligations 7:1-40
B. Christian liberties 8:1-11:1
1. Meat sacrificed to idols 8:1-13
2. Apostolic liberty 9:1-27
3. Pagan sacrifices 10:1-22
4. Limitations to liberty 10:23-11:1
C. Proper worship 11:2-34
1. The veiling of women 11:2-16
2. The Lord's supper 11:17-34
D. Spiritual gifts 12:1-14:40
1. The source of spiritual gifts 12:1-11
2. Unity and diversity in the gifts 12:12-31
3. Love and gifts 13:1-13
4. Guidelines for the gifts 14:1-25
5. Orderly use of the gifts 14:26-40
IV. Christ's resurrection and the Christians 15:1-58
A. The resurrection 15:1-11
B. Necessity of the resurrection 15:12-34
C. The resurrection of the Christians 15:25-38
V. Conclusion 16:1-24
A. The collection for the saints 16:1-4
B. Personal requests 16:5-18
C. Closing greetings 16:19-24
