1 CORINTHIANS
Unity · Wisdom · Love · Resurrection
Expanded Museum Poster · Timeline Theme Table
1 · Core Story & Meaning
1 Corinthians addresses a gifted but fractured church. Paul confronts division, pride, immorality, and confusion about worship and resurrection, re-centering everything on the cross-shaped wisdom of God and love that builds others up.
Core Sentence · 1 Corinthians in One Line
The gospel calls a divided church to unity, humility, love, and resurrection-shaped hope.
Cross-centered wisdom
├─ divisions confronted
├─ holiness restored
├─ gifts ordered by love
├─ resurrection clarified
└─ steadfast hope
Emotionally: tension → correction → humility → care → confidence in resurrection.
Four Major Movements
How the book actually flows:
1. DIVISIONS & WISDOM (1–4): Christ, not personalities
2. HOLINESS & LOVE (5–7): embodied faith
3. WORSHIP & GIFTS (8–14): love governs freedom
4. RESURRECTION & HOPE (15–16): future anchors the present
Practical-theological rail for the museum walk.
2 · Key Scenes & Emotional Gestures
Correctives that reshape a fractured community.
Scene · The Cross vs Human Wisdom (1 Cor 1–2)
God’s wisdom overturns pride.
Boasting → cross → humility
Power is redefined as self-giving love.
Scene · The Love Chapter (1 Cor 13)
Love becomes the measuring stick.
Gifts → love → maturity
Without love, even truth becomes noise.
Scene · Order in Worship (1 Cor 14)
Building others matters most.
Chaos → clarity → edification
Care replaces competition.
Scene · Resurrection Hope (1 Cor 15)
Death does not win.
Christ raised → we raised → labor not in vain
Hope stabilizes the community.
3 · Timeline of Themes by Argument Flow
Top = early correction; bottom = later restoration.
| Argument Order |
Section Block |
Creation |
Fall |
Covenant |
Promise |
Faithfulness |
Exile |
| 1 · 1 Cor 1–4 |
Divisions & True Wisdom |
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pride exposed |
Christ-centered identity |
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| 2 · 1 Cor 5–7 |
Holiness & Relationships |
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body matters |
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discipline restores |
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| 3 · 1 Cor 8–11 |
Freedom, Conscience, Love |
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love guides freedom |
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| 4 · 1 Cor 12–14 |
Spiritual Gifts & Love |
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body unity |
edification prioritized |
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| 5 · 1 Cor 15 |
Resurrection Theology |
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future victory |
steadfast faith |
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| 6 · 1 Cor 16 |
Generosity & Mission |
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shared mission |
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1 Corinthians is the museum’s ‘community repair wing’: truth, love, and hope holding a messy church together.