| 1. Since the church is the dwelling place of God’s Spirit, the people who make up the church should work for unity by building each other up. |
1:10–4:21 (esp.3:10–16; 14:12) |
| 2. Christians should build up the church in four practical ways: |
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| a. they should be sensitive to those of fragile faith. |
8:1–9:18; 10:28, 33 |
| b. they should win unbelievers through culturally sensitive evangelism. |
9:19–23; 10:27, 32–33 |
| c. they should conduct worship services in such a way that unbelievers present might come to faith. |
14:16, 23–25 |
| d. their corporate worship should use spiritual gifts not for personal display, or evaluating who has a better gift, but to build up the church. |
11:2–16; 12:12–30; 14:1–35 |
| 3. Sexual relations form a union between man and woman as profound as the union of the believer with Christ, and so sexual activity should be confined to marriage. |
5:1–13; 6:12–20; 7:5, 9, 36 |
| 4. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are important, but both are subordinate to personal trust in the gospel and to living in the way that God commands. |
1:14–17; 10:1–5; 11:17–34; 15:29–34 |
| 5. The bodily resurrection of Jesus (and of his followers) from the dead is a critical component of Christian faith and practice. |
6:14; 15:1–58 |