OUTLINE for Ecclesiastes Chapter One
I. PROLOGUE TO THE BOOK (1:1-3)
A. AUTHOR IDENTIFIED (1)
B. THEME STATED (2)
C. QUESTION RAISED (3)
II. FUTILITY OBSERVED IN THE CYCLES OF LIFE (1:4-11)
A. NOTHING SEEMS TO CHANGE (4-7)
B. NOTHING SEEMS TO SATISFY (8)
C. NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE SUN (9-11)
III.THE FUTILITY OF HUMAN WISDOM (1:12-18)
A. THE PREACHER DESCRIBES HIS SEARCH (12-15)
B. THEPREACHERAPPLIEDHISGOD-GIVEN WISDOM(16-17a)
c. THE PREACHER CONCLUDES (HUMAN) WISDOM IS FUTILE (17b-18)