First Corinthians is Paul's response to a congregation fractured by party spirit and compromised by the surrounding culture. This volume works through the divisions over leaders, the discipline of the immoral, questions of marriage and liberty, the abuse of the Lord's Supper, the ordering of spiritual gifts, the primacy of love, and the extended defense of bodily resurrection in chapter fifteen.

Each volume in the MacArthur New Testament Commentary works verse by verse through the Greek text, explains the passage in its context, and presents its theology with precision, in the service of expository preaching rather than academic debate. The series is written for pastors preparing sermons, teachers preparing lessons, and any believer willing to study carefully, and it is the fruit of more than five decades of pulpit ministry at Grace Community Church.