Discerning the Body and Covering the Head: Honour, Difference and Equality Among Christ’s People June 1, 2025 David Starling Body of Christ, Honour God, Communion, Honour and dishonour 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 11 Previously… Chapter 11 Covering the Head (v2-16) Discerning the Body (v17-34) Dinner in Corinth (v17-22) The meaning of the meal (v23-26) Paul’s instructions (v27-34)
“You are not your own” Six reminders about sin, holiness, and being the people of God March 9, 2025 David Starling Judgement & Restoration, Community, Belonging to Christ, Body of Christ, Honour God 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 5-6 A scandal in suburbia Two scandals in Corinth A man and his step-father (5:1-13) Predatory lawsuits (6:1-11) “Do you not know” Six things the Corinthians had forgotten “Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?” (5:6) “Do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?” (6:2, cf. v3) “Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?” (6:9) “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?” (6:15) “Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?” (6:16) “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit?” (6:19) You are not your own