Adult Sabbath School Lesson 3rd Quarter 2026
Title: First and Second Corinthians
Writing letters is an age-old activity that has not become obsolete. We’ve merely changed the way that letters are written. Yes, social media superseded paper. However, in their essence, emails and other forms of electronic letters exert basically the same function: they connect people by exchanging information, feelings, and thoughts.
Why do people write letters? A possible answer is that they have something to say. So it was with the apostle Paul. Although he had so much to say, he did not always have the chance to be face-to-face with those whom he wanted to talk.
So, he wrote letters instead—such as to the Corinthians, which contain some of Scripture’s most profound truths. Among them are: “I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2, ESV), and “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich” (2 Cor. 8:9, ESV). And what about the stunning hymn to love in 1 Corinthians 13?
