1 Corinthians Questions
Text: 1 Corinthians chapter 13: [please read text & answer questions]
1. What makes all of our gifts (talents) and good deeds have real value and meaning?
2. Why does Paul describe speaking with the tongues of men and of angels without having love, as being like sounding brass or a clanging symbol?
3. Paul personifies love in verses 4-8. What characteristics and attributes of the true love of God can we observe?
4. Please explain what Paul means in his description of love in verse 7.
5. In verse 8 Paul says that love will never fail, but prophesies will fail. What does the word "fail" mean here? Also check other translations for other words used here. Is this how we commonly use the word?
6. What is "that which is perfect"? What is "that which is in part"? Please provide scriptural references to support your answers.
7. Paul makes two comparisons in verses 11-12. He compares childhood to manhood and seeing in a mirror to seeing face to face. What point is he making here by using these two comparisons?
8. What things will abide? What is Paul inferring or indicating will not abide?
9. Why do you think that love is the greatest of the virtues listed in verse 13? List other scriptures to support your answer.
10. Why is it important for the Corinthians to know that there are gifts more important than speaking in tongues, miraculous prophecies, and miraculous knowledge?
11. How is Chapter 13 different in its definition of true love versus what we see and hear in the world?