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| 1. [Discussion] What factor most contributed to the continual poverty of Christians in Jerusalem? |
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| being ostracized by fellow Jews |
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2. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul’s emphasis on taking up the collection was to provide
for the physical needs of the saints. |
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| 3. [PowerPoint] Who is an example of overly generous Christians? |
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| 4. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Unlike the Corinthians, the Macedonians acted just as Paul expected in regard to the contribution for the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem. |
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| 5. [PowerPoint] Whom did Paul send to help complete the Corinthian collection? |
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| 5. [PowerPoint] Whom did Paul send to help complete the Corinthian collection? |
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6. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): In order to ensure a large collection, Paul instituted a
“quota” system of giving, based upon the expected contribution each congregation could make. |
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| 7. [PowerPoint] Whom does Paul use as an example of one who was rich, but made himself poor for the Corinthians? |
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8. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): At least a year had passed between the beginning of the
collection and the writing of 2 Corinthians. |
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8. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): At least a year had passed between the beginning of the
collection and the writing of 2 Corinthians. |
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9. [PowerPoint] Complete: “He who gathered much_____
[PowerPoint] This quote in 8:15 refers to what OT event? |
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did not gather too much.”
manna |
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| 10. [PowerPoint] What analogy does Paul use for giving and receiving? |
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| 11. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): In 2 Corinthians 8-9, Paul advocates the principle of tithing, that is, devoting 10% of one’s money to the Lord. |
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| 12. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul emphasized that the Corinthians should surpass the old covenant standard of tithing. |
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| 13. [PowerPoint] What is the ultimate result of generosity (9:11-13)? |
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1. [PowerPoint] Chapters 10-13 are dominated by what grammatical feature?
a: 1st person sing. “I, me”
b. 2nd person sing. “you”
c. 3rd person sing. “he, him” |
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| a: 1st person sing. “I, me” |
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2. [PowerPoint] According to 10:4, the “weapons of our warfare are _______________________ .”
a. “not fleshly / not carnal”
c. “the body and Spirit of Christ”
b. “not of this world / not of this age”
d. “filled with all the fullness of God” |
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| a. “not fleshly / not carnal” |
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| 3. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): In Paul’s extended military figure (10:3-6), Paul emphasizes that the spiritual battle is against evil people, such as the false apostles bothering Corinth. |
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| 4. [PowerPoint] What accusations against himself does Paul specifically mention in 2 Cor 10? |
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| being timid in person, but bold in writing from a distance |
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5. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul was accused of being a tyrant in his letter writing,
trying to frighten people into compliance with his demands. |
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5. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul was accused of being a tyrant in his letter writing,
trying to frighten people into compliance with his demands. |
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| 6. [Discussion] True or False (circle one): When Paul twice (10:8; 13:10) refers to the authority that the Lord gave him for building up and not tearing down, this meant Paul was forbidden to use that authority to punish the Corinthians. |
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| 7. [PowerPoint] How does Paul describe the person who is self-commending, self-boasting, and self-comparing (10:12)? |
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8. [PowerPoint] According to 10:17, the “one who boasts _______________________________ .”
a. “must repent”
b. “cannot be proud”
c. “does not know Christ”
d. “should only boast in regard to himself”
e. “must boast in the Lord”
f. “roasts” |
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| e. “must boast in the Lord” |
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9. [Discussion] In the original context of Jeremiah 9:24, which Paul quotes in 10:17, the text says
“he who boasts must boast in this.” What does “this” explicitly refer to in the text? |
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| that he understands and knows Yahweh |
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9. [Discussion] In the original context of Jeremiah 9:24, which Paul quotes in 10:17, the text says
“he who boasts must boast in this.” What does “this” explicitly refer to in the text? |
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| that he understands and knows Yahweh |
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| 1. [Discussion] True or False (circle one): Paul never stooped to boasting “according to the flesh” in his writing 2 Corinthians. |
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| 2. [PowerPoint] Which proverb best explains why Paul wrote 11:1-12:13? |
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| 3. [PowerPoint] What is Paul’s role in the analogy of 11:2? |
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| 4. [PowerPoint] List two (out of three) reasons the Corinthians should indulge Paul’s foolishness: |
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| his jealousy/love for them // their history of putting up with fools // he is not inferior to superapostles |
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| 5. [PowerPoint] What OT allusion did Paul use to express his fears for the Corinthians purity? |
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| Eve being deceived by serpent |
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6. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): The instructor thinks that Paul uses “false apostles” and
“super apostles” to refer to the same people. |
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| 7. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Regarding the financial support of preaching, Paul refused to accept money from anybody. |
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| 8. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul implies that the intruders at Corinth acted like slave- owners rather than slaves toward the Corinthians. |
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| 9. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul’s five-fold subjection to the 39-lash scourging showed his determination to be a Jew in order to win Jews to Christ. |
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| 10. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Of the three shipwrecks that Paul mentions in 2Cor, we only know of one of these three from the Book of Acts. |
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| 11. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul not only boasted in the Lord, but in his own weakness. |
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| 12. [PowerPoint] What is the final, climactic example of “strength” that Paul boasted of in 2 Cor 11? |
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| escape from Damascus in basket |
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| 1. [Discussion] What are two reasons that Paul found fleshly boasting necessary (12:1)? |
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a. to expose the foolishness of his opponents’ boasting
b. to demonstrate the nature of true apostleship |
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| 2. [Discussion] True or False (circle one): Special visions were a frequent claim of false teachers. |
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3. [Discussion] Who was the “man in Christ” who saw the heavenly vision?
[Discussion] When did he have this heavenly vision? |
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Paul
fourteen (14) years ago; ca. AD 40 |
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| 4. [Discussion] What are three unusual features about the heavenly vision of 2 Cor 12? |
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a. Paul emphasizes his ignorance, not knowledge
b. Paul kept it private, not revealing it publicly
c. it was a humiliating experience, not an exalting one |
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| 5. [Discussion] True or False (circle one): Paradise and the “third heaven” refer to two different locations. |
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| 6. [PowerPoint] How does the account of the heavenly vision advance Paul’s argument? |
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a. denigrates similar claims of Paul’s opponents
b. explains Paul’s specific weakness
c. reveals God’s modus operandi |
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| 7. [Discussion] T or F (circle one): The instructor thinks Paul’s thorn was probably a bodily ailment. |
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8. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Divine power working through human weakness has been
God’s method of doing things all throughout human history. |
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| 9. [Discussion] Paul’s three-fold request to remove the thorn echoes what other Bible story? |
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| Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane (3-fold request, garden, same answer) |
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| 10. [Discussion] For what “wickedness” did Paul ask the Corinthians to forgive him? |
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| not taking their money // not being a financial burden to the Corinthians |
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| 1. [PowerPoint] What figure does Paul use to reaffirm his love for the Corinthians, that he is willing to spend and be spent on their behalf? |
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| Paul is like a parent to the Corinthians |
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2. [PowerPoint] Which statement is most accurate concerning the love between Paul and Corinth?
a. b. c. d.
it was equal
they professed to love him more
he loved them more than they loved him
the more he loved them, the less they loved him |
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| d. the more he loved them, the less they loved him |
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| 3. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Some in Corinth were accusing Paul of skimming money from the collection for the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem. |
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| 4. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Due to Paul’s great faith, he was a man without any fear. |
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5. [Discussion] True or False (circle one): There were actual cases of internal strife and immoral
behavior going on among the Corinthians. |
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| 6. [PowerPoint] Who are the “witnesses” in the original context of Deuteronomy 19:15? |
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| eyewitnesses / material witnesses / witnesses to establish the truth of what happened |
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| 6. [PowerPoint] Who are the “witnesses” in the original context of Deuteronomy 19:15? |
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| eyewitnesses / material witnesses / witnesses to establish the truth of what happened |
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7. [PowerPoint] True or False (circle one): Paul had forewarned the Corinthians more than once to
repent in order to avoid a more severe punishment. |
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| 8. [PowerPoint] Although he admitted being weak in bodily presence, oratorical skill, and his ability to mistreat the Corinthians, what did Paul say he was NOT weak in regard to? |
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| 9. [PowerPoint] Whom did Paul say that the Corinthians should test? a: Paul b. God c. themselves |
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| 10. [PowerPoint] What specific reason does Paul give in 13:10 for writing 2 Corinthians? |
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| to avoid the need for correction once he got there |
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