In the first seven chapters Paul is trying to get them to prepare for his coming by embracing his mission. In chapters 8 and 9, he’s trying to get them ready by embracing the need for the collection for Jerusalem. And then, in the last four chapters, 10–13, he’s trying to get them ready by getting rid of the false teachers who have come to Corinth. What we’ll do as we walk our way through that structure is we will deal with the purpose of each segment of Scripture, and then we’ll talk about the process