1: An apostolic rebuke (6-13)

• The apostles—not the Corinthians—model God’s wisdom, because the apostles live in light of the cross.

2: Paul’s fatherly appeal, and warning to imitate him (14-21)

Christian leadership means encouraging—and if necessary, enforcing—the way of the cross among the people of God.

• Encouraging the believers (14–17)
• Warning the believers (18–21)

*This sermon owes a debt to D.A. Carson’s “The Cross and Christian Ministry”.