1 Corinthians Bible Trivia: 37 Questions and Answers

These 37 1 Corinthians Bible trivia questions cover the love chapter, the Lord's Supper, the body with many parts, and the great resurrection chapter -- with answers and verse references after every question. They're sorted into easy, medium, and hard rounds so ages 5 through adult can play the same game.

1 Corinthians is secretly one of the most quotable books in the Bible -- "love is patient," "in the twinkling of an eye," "bad company corrupts good character" -- so even kids who've never opened it will recognize half the answers. The hard round holds a genuine surprise: this famous letter wasn't actually Paul's first one to Corinth (question 30).

What Is the Book of 1 Corinthians About?

1 Corinthians is the apostle Paul's letter to a talented but messy young church in Corinth, a wealthy Greek port city, answering their problems one by one: divisions, lawsuits, food offered to idols, chaotic worship, and confusion about the resurrection. Paul had planted the church himself, staying a year and a half (Acts 18:11), and wrote this letter a few years later from Ephesus (1 Corinthians 16:8), around AD 55.

The letter's heartbeat is chapter 13 -- the "love chapter" read at countless weddings, though Paul actually wrote it to squabbling church members -- and its summit is chapter 15, the Bible's fullest teaching on the resurrection. The big idea: a church with every spiritual gift still amounts to nothing without love (1 Corinthians 13:1-3).

Easy 1 Corinthians Trivia Questions (Ages 5-8)

1. Who wrote 1 Corinthians? The apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 1:1)
2. Corinth was a big port city in which land? Greece (Acts 18:1)
3. Finish the famous verse: "Love is patient, love is ___" Kind (1 Corinthians 13:4)
4. Three things remain -- faith, hope, and love. Which is the greatest? Love (1 Corinthians 13:13)
5. Your body is a temple of whom? The Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19)
6. What special meal did Jesus begin that Paul explains, saying "do this in remembrance of me"? The Lord's Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-25)
7. What happened to Jesus "on the third day according to the Scriptures"? He was raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:4)
8. Whatever you do, do it all for what? The glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31)
9. The church is like one body with many ___. Parts (1 Corinthians 12:12)

Medium 1 Corinthians Trivia Questions (Ages 9-12)

1. The church had split into fan clubs around which four names? Paul, Apollos, Cephas (Peter), and Christ (1 Corinthians 1:12)
2. Whose household told Paul about the quarrels? Chloe's (1 Corinthians 1:11)
3. "I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but ___" God has been making it grow (1 Corinthians 3:6)
4. Because they weren't ready for solid food, what did Paul feed the Corinthians? Milk (1 Corinthians 3:2)
5. The message of the cross is ___ to those who are perishing. Foolishness (1 Corinthians 1:18)
6. Runners in the games get a crown that won't last -- what kind do believers run for? A crown that will last forever (1 Corinthians 9:24-25)
7. When you are tempted, what does God promise to provide? A way out (1 Corinthians 10:13)
8. In chapter 12, which body part says to the hand, "I don't need you!"? The eye (1 Corinthians 12:21)
9. "For now we see only a reflection as in a ___" Mirror (1 Corinthians 13:12)
10. Love keeps no record of ___. Wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:5)
11. How many people saw the risen Jesus at the same time? More than five hundred (1 Corinthians 15:6)
12. "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your ___?" Sting (1 Corinthians 15:55)
13. On which day of the week were believers told to set aside money for God's people? The first day of the week (1 Corinthians 16:2)
14. Finish the warning: "Bad company corrupts good ___" Character (1 Corinthians 15:33)
15. If Christ has not been raised, what does Paul say about our faith? It is futile -- useless (1 Corinthians 15:17)

Hard 1 Corinthians Trivia Questions (Teens and Adults)

1. Who is named alongside Paul as a sender of the letter? Sosthenes (1 Corinthians 1:1)
2. From which city did Paul write 1 Corinthians? Ephesus (1 Corinthians 16:8)
3. Who does Paul call "the last Adam"? Christ (1 Corinthians 15:45)
4. What is "the last enemy to be destroyed"? Death (1 Corinthians 15:26)
5. How quickly will believers be changed at the last trumpet? In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 15:52)
6. Trick question: was 1 Corinthians the first letter Paul wrote to Corinth? No -- Paul mentions an earlier letter that we no longer have (1 Corinthians 5:9)
7. Which converts could Paul remember baptizing in Corinth? Crispus, Gaius, and the household of Stephanas (1 Corinthians 1:14-16)
8. Which husband-and-wife team sent greetings, along with "the church that meets at their house"? Aquila and Priscilla (1 Corinthians 16:19)
9. Who described himself as "one abnormally born" because the risen Jesus appeared to him last? Paul (1 Corinthians 15:8)
10. Paul says a spiritual rock accompanied Israel in the desert -- who was that rock? Christ (1 Corinthians 10:4)
11. "Knowledge puffs up, but love ___" Builds up (1 Corinthians 8:1)
12. God is not a God of disorder but of ___. Peace (1 Corinthians 14:33)
13. How many chapters does 1 Corinthians have? Sixteen

Why Was the Church in Corinth Such a Mess?

Because Corinth itself was -- and knowing the city unlocks the whole letter. Corinth was a rich, rebuilt Roman port sitting on a narrow land bridge between two seas, famous for its markets, its temples, and its anything-goes reputation. New believers walked into church carrying all of it: status games (chapter 1), lawsuits (chapter 6), meat from idol temples (chapters 8-10), and rich members feasting at the Lord's Supper while poor members went hungry (chapter 11).

That context turns chapter 13 from a greeting card into a thunderclap. "Love is patient, love is kind... it is not proud... it is not self-seeking" (1 Corinthians 13:4-5) is a point-by-point reversal of how the Corinthians were treating each other. A great dinner-table exercise for older kids: read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and replace the word "love" with your own name -- then talk about which line stings the most. Paul knew Corinth's games from his own eighteen months there; the story of how the church began is told in Paul in Corinth.

How to Use These Questions

Play it in three themed rounds: the messy-church round (questions on divisions and the body), the love-chapter round, and the resurrection round -- chapter 15 questions make a natural grand finale. The fill-in-the-blank format lets young kids compete with teens on equal footing. For team setups and scorekeeping, use our family Bible trivia night playbook.

For the backstory, read who was Paul, and for the letter's two most famous ideas retold at kid level, see Love Is and Faith, Hope, and Love. Our video lessons at Faithful Kids pair every story with a short animated video and a quiz -- perfect trivia training.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who wrote 1 Corinthians?

The apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians, with a believer named Sosthenes named alongside him in the opening line (1 Corinthians 1:1). Paul had founded the church in Corinth on his second missionary journey (Acts 18) and wrote this letter from Ephesus around AD 55.

How many chapters does 1 Corinthians have?

1 Corinthians has 16 chapters. A quick map: chapters 1-6 tackle the church's divisions and moral problems, 7-14 answer their written questions about marriage, food, worship, and spiritual gifts, and 15-16 cover the resurrection and a collection for Jerusalem.

What is the love chapter in the Bible?

1 Corinthians 13, which begins "If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong." Though it's now read at weddings, Paul wrote it to a divided church to show that every gift and achievement is worthless without love -- and that "the greatest of these is love" (13:13).

What is the main message of 1 Corinthians?

That the cross reshapes everything about how believers live together -- their unity, their bodies, their worship, and their future. Paul answers a dozen practical problems with one repeated principle: you were bought at a price, so build each other up in love (1 Corinthians 6:20; 8:1).

Why is 1 Corinthians 15 so important?

It's the Bible's longest chapter on the resurrection, listing eyewitnesses of the risen Jesus -- Peter, the Twelve, more than 500 at once, James, and Paul himself (15:5-8) -- and arguing that if Christ was not raised, faith is useless (15:17). It ends with the promise that believers will be raised too, "in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye" (15:52).

What age can kids start learning 1 Corinthians?

Ages 5-8 can memorize the love chapter's opening lines and the body-parts picture of chapter 12, which reads almost like a fable. Ages 9-12 can handle the whole letter's practical questions, and the resurrection logic of chapter 15 rewards teens. For mixed questions from every book, start with our New Testament trivia for kids.