1 & 2 Corinthians| Lecture 1 : BC304-1&2 Cor-20260814

Okay, the recording has started. Okay, good morning once again to lecture one of what? First and 2 Corinthians. Okay, so we're going to go journey along uh the books of first and second Corinthians. So here's how we are going to do this. I want all of us to uh carry our Bibles and uh open to the book of 1 Corinthians. So every class we will be going through this entire book first and 2 Corinthians. It's after Romans, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians. Okay, everyone there? Okay. Shall we pray before we start? Yeah, let's pray. Father, we thank you Lord for this time. We thank you for your presence. We just welcome the work of the Holy Spirit to be our teacher, our guide. We pray Lord that you will minister to each one of us Lord as we open up your word, your scriptures. Lord, as we learn through the book of 1 Corinthians uh and 2 Corinthians, we just pray that your Holy Spirit will come and have your way. Fill us with wisdom, anointing, and open up our eyes that we may see the wonderful things in your book. We thank you once again in Jesus mighty name we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, so we're going to start a book study. I love book studies because we can go slow. We can go through verse by verse. We can we can just look at the scriptures and spend lot of time on it. Uh so it's it's going to be good. Yeah, we're going to have fun. If you have any questions, feel free to ask any question. I want us to be free. But uh we want to really go through verse by verse, passage by passage and understand the book of first and second Corinthians. Okay. So in lecture number one uh before we read the verses we need to understand the context and the background. First Corinthians the place is Corinth. That's so the the book is first Corinthians but Paul is writing to people in a city called Corinth. Okay. So I want to just share my screen and I'll just show you the map. If uh can all of you join online? No. Oh, okay. Uh okay, I will share this with you in the cl in the in the notes. For those of us who are online, can you see my screen? Okay. Yes, people can see my screen. Okay. So, first we're going to talk about the city of Corinth. To understand this entire book, we need to understand the city of Corinth. So, Corinth was a city of business. It was very rich, very lot of luxury. Why? Because this was a port city. A port city which had two harbors, west and east. On the west was the Gulf of Corinth. Okay. Okay. So on the west side there was a harbor. Ships would come and go with goods and services. On the west was the Gulf of Corinth Europe. So Europe. On the east was Asia Minor. So if you see the map you see this is it's a narrow strip of so it had two shores west and east. On the west was the Gulf of Corinth. um or the Mediterranean, Italy, Europe. On the east is modernday Turkey. Okay, modern day Turkey or Asia Minor. Okay, so uh Corinth was this narrow strip of land. It was a city and on the it had access to the west and the so lot of people would you know come in and go out and lot of people will do business because it had two harbors two ports. So it was a very cosmopolitan mixed crowd. People will come from the west people come from the east and there was a lot of business. Okay. Now Corinth was uh it was rebuilt by Julius Caesar uh under the Roman Empire and it became the capital city of this Roman province called Aaya. So Aaya was a region under the Roman rule. Corinth was its capital. So this entire region in the south is Aaya. Okay. So if you see uh or or it it's also known as pilom mines if you see the map that entire region is aa that was a Roman province meaning the Romans were ruling there and Corinth was the capital okay so now I will stop sharing and now we can we can go for further okay so just for for all of us to get an understanding of where oops sorry one second. Uh yeah. Um so it was a busy port city. Lot of ships would come. Lot of people will come from the east and the west. So it was a very cosmopolitan crowd. Lot of um lot of business. So it was city of business. Lot of it was called the ornament of Greece. So Corinth was in ancient Greece. It was called the ornament of Greece. Ornament of Greece simply means because it was rich and beautiful. It was called the jewel of Greece because it was very rich. Lot of business, lot of money, people with a lot of luxury. Does that remind you of a city like Bangalore? Yeah. Lot of people, right? Lot of money, lot of business. There were about 200,000 people who lived there. And um it was called a rich and a beautiful city, lot of luxury. But Corinth was also a very sinful city. Okay. In Corinth, it was known for its sin. It was known for its wrong living sexual sin. So, you know, when when Greek people wanted to talk about a prostitute, they would say the Corinthian girl. They would they would say, "Hey, that's the Corinthian girl." Because there was so much prostitution, sexual sin. That was the reputation of the city of Corinth. Lot of wrong living, wrong ideas, sinful lifestyle. Right now in Corinth there were two temples. Okay. So we are still not started the letter. We need to understand the city then we will understand the letter. Okay. So Corinth had two temples. One was the temple of Apollo. The second was the temple of Aphroditi. So Apollo was the Greek god of the sun, light and knowledge. So they look at the sun, light and knowledge and they would call you know the god of Apollo. He is the god that gives sun, light and knowledge. Second, the temple of Aphroditi was uh Aphroditi was the Greek goddess of love. Her temple stood on a high hill uh about thousand about a thousand 1,800 ft above sea level. And it is said based on history that there were around thousand temple prostitutes. That was the kind of temple it was. So you can imagine right this city it had two prominent temples filled with sin filled with idols filled with wrong understanding ideologies. Right? So this is a very important background for us to understand because we need to understand how the people were thinking in that city to understand the book the letter that Paul is writing. We need to understand what kind of uh what kind of area what kind of place this place was? What what kind of thinking are they what kind of mind did these people have? What was their surrounding? So whenever we read a book in the Bible, it's always good to a background context, right? So this is the city of Corinth. Now how did the church at Corinth start? How did the church start? So Paul visited Corinth during his second missionary journey. So this is around AD 49 to 52. So second missionary journey he stayed there for around 18 months and he started the church. So who started the church at Corenth? Paul, right? Because he writes Paul planted Apollos watered. So he started the church. He planted the church in Corinth. When when Paul arrived at Corenth, he met this couple, very important couple, Akula and Priscilla. Right? So they were they were a Jewish couple. They had to leave. They were actually from Rome but they had to leave Rome to come to Corinth because uh the Roman emperor Claudius they ordered all the Jews out of Rome and so all the Jews Akila Priscilla they they scattered and Akila and Priscilla this couple came to Corinth. Akila and Priscilla were tent makers like Paul. Paul was also a tent maker. See this is so amazing. Imagine how a church starts. three people who had a common interest tent making they partnered and they started the church. So Paul worked with Akila and Priscilla. So if all of you you know who are desiring to start a church it takes sometimes just one person to go to a city and maybe find one or two people. That's the beginning of this church. three people. They three worked together to do the ministry and the church was started. Right? So look for people with similar interests. They believe in your vision and you can work together. Right? That's how the church was started. Now even though the city was full of sin, there was a lot of fruit. Lot of people came to know about Jesus because of what Paul Priscilla did, right? And so many people many most of the new believers were ordinary everyday people living in a sinful world but they encountered Jesus right and so uh what I want to say is God's heart is for the city even though the city is sinful. Corinth was very sinful. Yet God sent Paul. God sent God moved in the heart of Akila and Priscilla in the midst of a sinful place. They started ministry. So you don't need to start ministry to have the perfect condition. Sometimes you're going to be you can start the ministry even in the midst of a very sinful culture. Are we understanding? Right? So you know you don't need to worry or you don't need to be like oh God how will you work so much sin around me you can still do the work of the ministry like Paul now there was this other man very important man called Apollos now Apollos um Apollos was at Ephesus so what happened was Paul came to Corenth with Akila and Priscilla he planted the church he was there for about 18 months. After 18 months, he went on his third missionary journey. This is the second missionary journey where he came to Corinth. Third missionary journey. He went to Ephesus. Ephesus, he spent 3 years there. So Paul, Akila and Priscilla went to Ephesus. In Ephesus, there was this man called Apollos. Apollos was from Alexandria, from Egypt. The Bible says he was full of good speech, wisdom, and he was great at oration. He could he could speak well. But the Bible says he only knew until the baptism of John. Okay? So, Apollos, he was a great minister. He was speaking. He had uh he had lot of gifts. He was a gifted speaker. He knew the scriptures well. But he only knew until the baptism of John. So what Akila and Priscilla did was they took him aside and told him the full gospel. They told they told him about Jesus, about the cross, about this Jesus saves us from our sin. He's resurrected. So Apollos got a great understanding and he effectively ministered. See, this is an amazing example of how one piece of advice can change your life. How one conversation from a friend or from a minister can change your life and that happened to Apollos when he spoke to Akila and Priscilla his mind was open to Jesus he was a minister he was in the ministry but he only knew till John John the Baptist he didn't know much about the ministry of Jesus the cross his resurrection aka and Priscilla took him aside hey Apollos I need to talk to you about Jesus he died for He died on the cross. He's resurrected. He's seated on the right hand throne of God. And then the Bible says he got a full understanding and he became an exceptional effective minister. This just goes to show how one conversation, one piece of advice can change the course of your ministry. So always be open to talking to people. Always be open to getting feedback. Always be open to learn and understand from other ministers. Are we understanding? Right? Don't be prideful. Don't say to yourself that I know everything. Don't say that, "Oh, I know more than you." Always be willing to learn. And Apollos had that heart. So then what happened is after Apollos heard about the gospel about Jesus, he went to Corinth. He went to Aaya, the province. Corinth is the capital. He went to Corinth and he started to work with the believers that Paul had started the church at. Where is Paul now? Ephesus. So Apollos is in Ephesus and he is now going to Corenth. So Paul is going this way. Apollos is going this way. Right? So Paul went to Ephesus. Apollos came to Corenth to minister. So the believers in Ephesians, they write to the believers in Corinth. Hey, welcome Apollos. He's a great minister. Welcome. And he the Bible says he did a great work. That's why you will you will read about Apollos in 1 Corinthians. Okay. So, we need to understand this because before we read the letter, we need to know what's happening. So, are we all following? So far, we understood about the city of Corinth. It's a sinful city, business, rich, but very sinful. We also understood that uh Paul planted the church. He went to he went to Ephesus. There Akula and Priscilla met Apollos preached the gospel. Now Apollos in Corinth he is working with the believers the church in Corinth and he is ministering to them. Okay. So that's why in 1 Corinthians 3:6 he says Paul says I planted I planted Apollos watered. I planted the church but Apollos watered but God gave the increase. So God is working through Apollos. Right? So Paul started the church, Apollos came, he built them, he taught them and God gave the increase. Now how did the letter of first Corinthians start or why was it written? So after Paul left Corenth after about um after about 7 years he started to get uh complaints from the church in Corenth started to get complaints. there are some divisions in the church. And so because Paul planted they wrote to him, hey there are some divisions and then what also happened is one is one reason is there was a complaint. Second they wrote a letter to him with questions. They had questions about singleness about marriage about sexual sin about Christian lifestyle. So two reasons why the letter of first Corinthians is written. One because there was a complaint that there are divisions in the church. Second, they wrote a letter with questions. Okay. So if anyone asks you why was first Corinthians written, two reasons. There was a complaint and second they had questions and Paul had to write he he he was writing to them answers on the questions that they had. So far are we understanding? Yes. Everyone okay? Yeah. Am I going too fast? No. Okay, good. So Paul wrote this letter to first of all address the complaint. So this is very important as a pastor. How many of you want to become pastors? Pastors, leaders, raise your hand, please. Oh, all okay. A lot of us. So this is very important that when you get a complaint, it's important as a pastor to address it. when you get questions, it's important as a pastor, as a leader to address those questions. And so that's why Paul does in this letter and he does it with so much wi so much wisdom. Right? Okay. Now, uh what are some of the major themes we will cover? We have not yet started. Okay. What are some of the major themes in the letter? So Paul will write about unity. He will write about spiritual maturity. He will write about the wisdom of God. He will write about sin and church discipline. He will write about marriage, singleness, sexual purity because they had a lot of questions. He will write about Christian liberty or freedom. Basically, how to use our freedom in Christ without causing others to stumble. Right? Then he will talk about order in worship, order in the church. He will talk about uh spiritual gifts. And lastly he uh in chapter 15 he'll talk about resurrection, the resurrection of Christ and he will talk about the love of God. Okay. So these are the major themes. Okay, just for us to keep in mind. So as we study first Corinthians, I want us to keep this background, this context in mind that this is a church, it's a growing church. It's a young church living in a sinful culture living in a rich and businessfilled city. These this church had a lot of problems, divisions. this church had a lot of questions and so we will now look at how Paul addresses uh the questions and the problems. Right? So Paul is basically writing to a to a young growing church in a city that is filled with sin, in a city that is rich, in a city that is so has so many ideas, in a city that has so much uh ideologies, idols, temples. This is the background. So as you read as we start reading the book of 1 Corinthians I want us to you know place our minds with that context with that background because when you understand the context and the background we can get better understanding on what Paul is writing. Are we understanding? >> Yes. >> All good so far we have not yet started. I just wanted to paint the history the context. Yeah. So very quickly before we start just to summarize okay just to summarize where is Corinth it is a port city. It had west and east two harbors. So very cosmopolitan crowd rich lot of business lot of people entering from the west and the east from Europe and from Asia Minor. So very cosmopolitan mixed crowd. It had two temples. Temple of Apollo temple of Aphroditi right sunlight knowledge. Aphroditi the temple of love goddess of and lot of sexual sin right the city is filled with lot of ideas sinful city and it's in that midst God sends apostle Paul to start the work of the ministry how does he start by meeting this Jewish couple Akila and Priscilla all three of them were tent makers and they started the work of the ministry to to to start church. Amen. Okay. So, now shall we go to the book of first Corinthians? Yeah. Okay. Online, are we okay online? Yes. So far, everyone's journey along. Okay. So, I want all of us online and offline to please turn your Bibles to the book of 1 Corinthians. And for the first lecture, >> we are unable to see your screen three verses. >> Okay. 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 1:3 and then we will then we'll go to the next lecture. Okay. So 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 1 to3. Anyone has the mic to read? Yeah, you can read the first three verses please. Paul called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God and our brothers sustenance >> sustenance to the church of God in Corinth to those sacrificed in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Their Lord has ours. Grace and peace to you from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ. >> Amen. >> Amen. So first three verses, okay, we're going to go very slow. We want to understand every word in all these verses. Are we ready? It's like a proper Bible study. Do you like Bible studies? Yes. Do you like going deep into the Bible? Then you will enjoy this course because we're going to read every verse. Okay. So verse number one, Paul begins usual uh in all his letters uh by with a greeting and also he talks about the call of God on his life. So verse number one, Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God and softenus our brother. So Paul I want to focus on two words called an apostle. Paul what does he say? Paul called to be an apostle. Called to be an apostle. So Paul didn't get his call by his own mind. And then he says um apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God. So so Paul was not called because of his own desire, because of his own dream, because of his own vision, because of his own ambition. He was called to be an apostle because of the will of God. Will of God means plan of God, purpose of God. See Jesus prays this prayer. He taught us to pray. No Matthew chapter 6:10, your kingdom come, your will be done. That is God's desire for each one of us. When we are called, we should be called into the will of God. So whatever we do in life, first first lesson in the first verse is to be called through the will of God. Don't go by your own feeling, your own ambition, your own vision, your own desire. be called by the will of God. So no matter what you do, whether it's in college, school, um whether it's in Bible college, whether you become a pastor, minister, you start a church, do it by the will of God. Be called. So when people ask you, hey, why are you doing what you're doing? Because I'm following the will of God. God's will. That word will can mean plan purpose which means Paul was in the plan of God. Paul was in the purpose of God. So when we read that Paul came to Corenth, it's because God had a plan for him to go there. God had a will. God had a purpose for him to go there. So what's the first lesson? Be called through the will of God. The plan of God. God has a plan for each one of us. Amen. >> And then he says to be an apostle. So that is God's will for Paul. It may not be God's will for you and me but for Paul it was to be an apostle. Apostle simply means the one who is sent out with a message but not any message. He was called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. The message of Jesus. So he was called to be an apostle of Jesus. He was sent out by God to be a messenger of the gospel. Are we understanding right now? I want us to just think about Paul a bit. God had a call on his life. And you know all of us when we read about Paul we're little we are very impressed right? Aren't we? Wow. We all say the great apostle Paul. He wrote twothirds of uh the New Testament. He was the apostle. He Peter writes that this Paul had so much mystery that even we can't understand. But I just want us to just look at the background of Paul and really understand how much you know God called him. Okay. Let's go to uh Galatians chapter 1. Galatians chapter 1 verse 15 and 16. Galatians chapter 1 verse 15 and 16 just to understand. Yeah, go for it. Galatians chapter 1 verse 15 and 16. >> But when God But when God who sent set me apart from my brother's womb and called me by his grace was pleased to reveal his son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles. My immediate response was not to consult any human being. >> Ah when was he called? From his mother's womb. Separated. Now let's go to 1 Timothy. Just one more background please. 1 Timothy 1 verse 13. Sorry lot of scriptures. Okay. So 1 Timothy 1 verse 13. You don't need to read it. I'll read it. Verse 13. Although I was a former blasphemer, a persecutor, an insolent man. Who was this Paul? He was a blasphemer. He was a persecutor. When was he called? Before his when he was in his mother's womb. So your past does not determine your calling or your future. This is that Paul who's writing first Corinthians. He was a persecutor. Now look at um verse uh in first in 1 Timothy chapter 1 um where is verse 15. Verse 15. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all accordance that that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief. He's saying I am actually one of the worst of sinners because I blas blasphemed against Christ. I persecuted the church. He's saying that that was my past. Yet God called him to be an apostle. So never let your past, your experience, your story determine the call of God upon your life. God can use anybody. Even Paul who was a persecutor. He calls himself I was the chief of sinners. I mean if you say that I mean like really like he looked at his life and he said hey this Jesus saved me. This Jesus separated me. He called me even though I was persecuting him. Even though I was the worst of sinners. This Jesus called me by the will of God. Amen. That should be such an encouragement. Sometimes when we read this, we are so impressed. But understand the background. Understand how God even called Paul. How understand how God used Paul. Even though he was a persecutor, even though he was going against Jesus, he still called him to be an apostle. Amen. So all of us have a call. All of us have a purpose. All of us have a vision. All of us have a plan. that we have to accomplish for God. Don't let your own story or your past, your mistakes determine the call of God on your life. Amen. >> Yeah. Are we okay? >> Shall we go to the next verse? So, we're going to go like this verse by verse. Yeah. Just to understand. Okay. Verse two. Verse two, it says to the church of God which is at Corenth. So, now we know who he's writing to. Who is he writing to? To the church of God which is at Corinth. And then look at what he calls the church of God in Corinth. Those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus. Second called to be saints. So first he says he's writing to the church in Corinth and he says who they are. First he says those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be saints with all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord both theirs and ours. So now you you can ask a question know why are we studying the book of first Corinthians like why should we study this? First of all, all scripture is God breathed. It's an inspiration. But he says there to all who call upon Jesus. Who's that? We we have called upon Jesus. So this is relevant. He's calling the church us. That word church there simply means people gathering of people. So what I want us to understand is that where is this church in Corinth? What did we just learn about the city? It is sinful. It is lot of people. It is rich. It It has lot of sinful lifestyle. Yet the church is called sanctified and they are called saints. Think about this. Your city can be very sinful. Your city can have all sorts of idols. But if you are called by Jesus, if your church believes in Jesus, that church is called sanctified and they are called saints. That word sanctified simply means set apart. They are different. Sanctified means set apart. They're different. And then saints simply means a holy people. Holy people set apart for God. Are we understanding? In the midst of sin, in the midst of idolatry, in the midst of all the environment, in the midst of so many sinful lifestyle, the what is the church called? Sanctified. And each member is called a >> saint. That is the church. Sanctified. Set apart. Set apart for God. Holy. Saint means holy. pure, blameless. Are we understanding? So, church is a place where we are sanctified. We're not sanctified by ourselves. We're not sanctified because I read my Bible, because I praise and worship, because I listen to a sermon. No, we are sanctified because of what Jesus did for us. He's perfect and his righteousness is now upon us. And so, we are sanctified. We are called saints not because I am holy, not because we are holy. We are sinful. But we can call ourselves saints because we are sanctified because we are holy. So now I can be called a saint of God. The church is called saints. So when you sit in a church, think about that your neighbor is actually a saint. All of us are being sanctified. All of us are being perfect. Amen. >> Are we understanding? >> Yes. So the church is a place where we are being sanctified and where we are being called saints. Remember that every time you come together as a church. Remember these two things that are happening that we are being sanctified. We are being made perfect and we are we are being we are called saints saints by Jesus. And then he says all with all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus. So everyone who puts their faith in Jesus is called sanctified. Not just the church in Corenth. Everyone who puts their faith in Jesus, they are sanctified and they are called to be saints. Are we understanding? Yeah. Okay. Shall we go to verse three? And um maybe if if if there are any questions, we can take questions. But verse three, verse three. Grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ. So grace, what is grace? Grace is God's favor. Grace is God's mercy. See, all of us are saved by grace through faith. But we are saved first by grace. It is because of the grace of God we are saved. So grace simply means unmmerited favor. It simply means it's you know it's that it's that verse where Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Meaning even when we were still sinners, Jesus loved us. Jesus died for us. That is grace. That even while we were in our darkness, even while we were in sin, God's grace was upon us. He loved us so much. God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son. That is grace. Grace, that's that word. Unmmerited favor. We don't deserve it. We can't earn it. Are we understanding? We don't deserve it. We can't earn it. But it's the grace of God upon our life. Amen. Are we understanding? Right. So underline that word grace. It's the grace of God that we are saved. And then he says, "Grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ." So peace means total well-being or safety or wholeness, shalom. So as believers, we have the grace of God on our life and we have the peace of God. So when we receive God's grace, we receive his peace. So whenever you are in a chaotic situation, whenever you're confused, whenever thoughts are running in your head, Lord, fill me with your grace. And when you make that prayer, his peace will come. Shalom, total well-being. Your mind is filled with his thoughts. You're at peace. You're at shalom. Are we understanding? Yes. This is so as believers, grace and the peace of God belong to us. How does it belong to us? Because he loved us so much. He showers us with his grace. We don't earn it. We can't do anything. We can't climb one mountain and ask for grace. No, it comes from him. It's his love over us. And so we can walk with this every day. So every day you wake up, you can pray like this. Lord, fill me with your grace because you love me. Fill me with your grace. And with his grace comes peace. So you can walk confidently. any situation like Jesus in the boat in Mark chapter 4 and 5, right? What is Jesus doing? Sleeping in the midst of a storm. Peace, right? So grace and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ. So we have both grace and we have peace. Total well-being. Amen. Okay. So, we'll pause here and then we will go to the next section. Any questions? Any thoughts on what we just read? See, we'll go very slowly, okay? Like this. Want to read every verse. We want to understand every verse. But I want all of you to to take your Bibles, underline words, write down the meanings so that when you go back, you'll be established. Yeah. Okay. Any any questions online or um in person? Any question? Any thoughts? Yes. Can you take the mic please? >> So, uh there is a name in uh the verse one, right? >> Sen. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Good question. >> You're paying attention. Good. So Senus is so we don't exactly know who he is but he might be the leader of a synagogue in uh so I I'll just I'll just tell you where we find that in um Senus was most likely a synagogue leader and Acts 18:1 17 says that um so this might be that Senus so Paul is writing this letter and he's just mentioning who is with him. Sust greeting the church together. So it most likely is this person. Acts chapter 18 and verse um 17. And so it looks like he became a believer and he joined Paul's ministry team. So as Paul is writing this letter, he's with him. And so he's greeting the church and so he's just mentioning his name. So most likely he's that person uh the synagogue leader. He was beaten by the crowd. Acts chapter 18. And then he joins he most likely joins Paul's ministry team and because of that as he's writing to the church in Corinth from Ephesus he's with him. Are we understanding? Yeah. So the letter of c first Corinthians Paul is writing from Ephesus. Okay. So most likely he was with him at that time. Any other questions? Good question. Good. Good that you saw that. We didn't we didn't cover that. So good. Any other questions or thoughts? >> Could you please repeat the other the major themes? >> Uh just run through the major themes once. speaking but I can't hear them. One just one second Juliana. One second. >> Yes. >> Can you speak now? >> Uh could you repeat the major themes? >> Uh just sorry one minute. >> Uh Julian, sorry. Can you speak now? >> Could you repeat the major themes? >> Yes. Yes, I can. We can hear you now. Yeah. Can you can you just >> tell us your question? >> Would you kindly repeat the major themes that we we'll be uh looking at >> the major things you said will be let me just text let me text let me write let me do a text. >> Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. We'll wait for her question. But so far so good. Are we learning something? Yeah. So we'll go verse by verse. Okay. So we'll just wait for Juliana's question. We'll close and pray and then we'll come for lecture two. Okay. We'll look at verse 4 to verse we will go to verse 17. Verse 4 to 17 lecture two. Oh, repeat the major themes. Okay. Yes. So the major themes are unity. Unity spiritual maturity. Wisdom of God. and church discipline, marriage, singleness, sexual purity, Christian liberty, order in worship or church service, the gifts of the spirit, the resurrection of Jesus and God's love. So these are like the major themes. I'll anyway share the outline with you after class. So you can always have that with you. I'll share the outline after every lecture. So you can keep that as a note. Yeah. Everyone okay? Lecture one. Shall we close? We close a little early. It's okay. We can have more time break. Yeah. Shall we pray? Okay. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this hour. We thank you for this lecture. We thank you Lord for the book of first Corinthians. We thank you Lord that we are called by the will of God. We thank you Lord that the grace of God, the peace of God is upon us. We thank you Lord that we are called saints. We thank you Lord that you are sanctifying us reminding us Lord that we are sanctified and we are called saints. We thank you once again for this lecture. We thank you Lord for journeying with us. We continue to welcome the work of the Holy Spirit to be our teacher, our guide into all truth Lord. So bless us in Jesus mighty name we pray. Amen. All right. God bless you. We will be back at 11:00. Thank you.