The First Epistle to the Corinthians
1 Corinthians
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Πρὸς Κορινθίους Αʹ (Pros Korinthious A — "To the Corinthians I") — Pauline epistle to the church
| Chapters | Chiasms | Intertextuality | Trajectories | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 28 | 17 | 46 | 5 |
Theme: Church order—unity, spiritual gifts, love, and resurrection hope.
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| Chiasms | 28 | View all → |
| Intertextuality Pairs | 17 | View all → |
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| Longitudinal Themes | 5 | View all → |
Major Chiastic Structures
Literary patterns revealing theological emphasis
| Chiasm | Span | Center/Turning Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Corinthians 01:1 - 17 | 1 01:1-17 | my God, by him (4) |
| 1 Corinthians 01:17 - 02:2 | 1 01:17-02:2 | Jews, Jews, Greeks (24) |
| 1 Corinthians 01:18 - 31 | 1 01:18-31 | Jews, Greeks, wisdom (22-24) |
| 1 Corinthians 01:26 - 31 | 1 01:26-31 | boast (29) |
| 1 Corinthians 02:1 - 03:1 | 1 02:1-03:1 | v. 9 |
Trajectory Tables
Typological studies tracing themes to Christ
| # | Trajectory | What It Traces |
|---|---|---|
| 005 | Adam — The First and Last Adam | The head of the old humanity, answered by the Last Adam. |
| 025 | Camp of Israel — Sacred Geography | Israel encamped in holy rings around God's tent, a boundary Christ dissolves to bring the far near. |
| 028 | Cherubim — Glorified Humanity | The winged guardians barring Eden's gate, a line deepening until the redeemed themselves stand and serve before God's face. |
| 033 | Conquest of Canaan — Victory in Christ | The LORD's war that gave Israel the land, fulfilled and surpassed at the cross where the powers were disarmed. |
| 035 | Covenant Meals — Fellowship with God | Elders eating and drinking before God on Sinai, a table deepening to the Supper and the Marriage Feast of the Lamb. |
| 036 | Covenant Succession — Inheritance and Election | Isaac over Ishmael, Jacob over Esau, a line of sovereign grace narrowing to the one chosen Son. |
| 039 | Crossing the Red Sea — Baptism into Christ | Passage through the waters of judgment onto dry ground, fulfilled and surpassed in baptism into Christ's death and life. |
| 048 | Eden as Temple — Original Sanctuary | The garden where God walked with man, a line of Presence deepening until the whole new creation is His sanctuary. |
| 057 | Feast of Tabernacles — Dwelling with God | Israel's week in booths, fulfilled when the Word tabernacled among us and God dwells with man forever. |
| 058 | Feast of Trumpets — The Final Call | The trumpet that summoned Israel to assembly, deepening across the canon into the last trumpet that gathers the elect. |
| 060 | First Fruits — Christ's Resurrection | The first sheaf waved to claim the whole harvest, fulfilled in the risen Christ who guarantees ours. |
| 065 | Glory-Cloud — Divine Presence | God's visible presence in pillar, tabernacle, and temple, drawing nearer until the glory shines in the face of Christ. |
| 066 | Golden Calf — Idolatry and Intercession | Israel exchanged God's glory for an image, and Moses' refused substitution is answered by the Mediator who was not refused. |
| 074 | Holy Places — Access to God's Presence | The barred and graded way into God's presence, opened wide by the blood of Jesus. |
| 076 | Image of God — Priestly Vocation | Adam set in Eden to serve and guard as priest-king, a vocation perfected in Christ the true Image. |
| 077 | Isaac — Child of Promise | The son given by promise and bound on Moriah, pointing to the Son the Father did not spare. |
| 079 | Israel — Corporate New-Adam | A nation called God's son to succeed where Adam failed, and did not, until Christ the true Israel. |
| 083 | Jonah — Death, Resurrection, and Mission to Gentiles | Three days in the fish and a reluctant word to Nineveh, the one sign Jesus claimed for Himself. |
| 087 | Journey to the Promised Land — Christian Pilgrimage | The sojourner confession of the patriarchs and the wilderness, deepening into the church's pilgrimage toward the city God builds. |
| 095 | Leprosy — The Plague of Sin | The disease that defiles, spreads, and exiles as sin does, answered when Christ's touch makes the unclean clean. |
| 098 | Living Water — Spirit and Life | Water flowing wherever God dwells, from Eden's river to the Spirit that Christ pours out on the thirsty. |
| 099 | Manna — The Bread of Life | Bread rained from heaven that fed a nation and still let them die, until Jesus gave His flesh instead. |
| 104 | Moses — The Prophet Like Unto Me | God's sworn promise of a prophet like Moses, kept in the Son the Father tells us to hear. |
| 108 | New Exodus — Second Exodus Pattern | Egypt's deliverance retold by the prophets as a greater one still coming, accomplished in Christ's exodus at Jerusalem. |
| 114 | Passover — Christ Our Passover Lamb | The lamb's blood that turns away death, fulfilled at the cross. |
| 118 | Pillar of Cloud and Fire — Divine Guidance and Protection | The cloud that led and shielded Israel, which Paul calls a baptism into Moses fulfilled in baptism into Christ. |
| 131 | Return from Exile — Restoration and Hope | Israel brought home from Babylon yet still confessing slavery, a homecoming completed when Christ ends the exile Himself. |
| 148 | Solomon — The King of Peace and Wisdom | The wise son of David who built the house and then let his heart turn, answered by One greater than Solomon. |
| 157 | Table of Showbread — Christ the Bread of Life | Twelve loaves kept before God's face, fulfilled in the true bread that feeds His people forever. |
| 158 | Temple Ecclesiology — Church as God's Dwelling | God's purpose to dwell with His people, from Eden to the temple of Christ's body and His Spirit-filled church. |
| 162 | Tree of Life — Eternal Life in Christ | The tree barred by a flaming sword, reopened when Christ bore the curse on another tree. |
| 175 | Zerubbabel — Royal Seed Rebuilding | A Davidic governor rebuilding the temple under a lifted curse, a promise kept in the greater Branch who builds God's house. |