Here Paul discusses the Holy Spirit's role in enabling us to understand the things of God. The Holy Spirit is absolutely essential in knowing and understanding God the Father and God the Son rightly.

In this text, Paul will not begin to explain that God has revealed to us his accurate and trustworthy wisdom through the illuminating power of the Holy Spirit.

In this section, Paul will qualify what he has been saying since 1-18, that is that not all wisdom is bad, just the wisdom of the world. However, we all need the wisdom which comes from God which is the gospel.

In this passage, Paul begins to focus the attention of the church in Corinth on what should be the central emphasis of the church. Everything else is simply a distraction.

In this text Paul helps us understand that in our union with Christ we have all that we need. Christ himself is our wisdom, righteousness, holiness, and sanctification.

The apostle Paul continues to gently work on the pride of the Christians in Corinth, reminding them of how and why God saved them.

Here Paul seeks to help the church in Corinth understand that the key to knowing God and unity within the church is not found in human effort or wisdom, but in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Growing in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus.

In this text, Paul will now provide a reason as to why he will not preach the gospel with -words of eloquent wisdom- because the gospel is sufficient in and of itself to save sinners.

In this section, Paul deals with divisions which are taking place within the church at Corinth and what he would like to see happening instead and how they can achieve unity within the church.