STUDY QUESTIONS FOR 2 Corinthians Lesson 1 (Chapters 1-4)

1. According to 2 Corinthians 1:1, to whom is the Book of Second Corinthians written?

2. How is God described in 2 Corinthians 1:3?

3. According to Hebrews 12:23, where are Christians’ names registered?

4. According to 1 Timothy 3:14-15, what is “the house of God”?

5. Who, according to Acts 20:28, “bought” the church?

6. According to Acts 20:28, what was the purchase price for the church?

7. What does Ephesians 5:17 admonish Christians not to do?

8. What does Ephesians 5:17 admonish Christians to do?

9. According to 1 John 5:13, what was one of John’s reasons for writing Christians?

 10. In 2 Timothy 2:15, what did Paul admonish Timothy to do?

 11. What important admonition is found in Proverbs 23:23?

 12. What important piece of information is found in the last section of 2 Corinthians 1:24?

 13. In 2 Corinthians 2:14 we are told that God “leads us” in a certain manner. What is it?

 14. According to 1 John 5:4, what is the victory that “overcomes the world”?

 15. According to 1 John 2:25, what has God promised all faithful Christians?

 16. What tragic event had taken place in the church in Corinth (according to Paul’s discus­sion in 1 Corinthians 5) that also was discussed by Paul in 2 Corinthians 2?

 17. According to John 1:29, who is Jesus Christ?

 18. According to 2 Corinthians 2:11, about whom should Christians not be ignorant?

 19. What did Paul mean when he said in 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 that Christians are “the fragrance of Christ”?

 20. In Matthew 5:16, what command did Jesus give His followers?

 21. In 2 Corinthians 3:3 Paul said that Christians are “epistles of Christ, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh.” What did Paul mean by such statements?

 22. How would you summarize in your own words the message of 2 Corinthians 4:16-18?

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