Thursday, January 19, 2012

2 Corinthians Worksheet - Chapter 12








Daily Reading Personal Application Questions
2 Corinthians Chapter 12 & 13

1. What can you apply to your life from today's reading?
2. What portion of this chapter stands out to you?
3. How would you describe the theme of the chapter to someone who does not know much about the Bible?
4. What example did you find to follow?
5. Was there an error (sin) you found to avoid?
6. Did you find a duty (command) to obey?
7. How will reading this chapter effect your life from now on?
8. Pick a verse to meditate on and try to memorize it.
9. Was there a promise to claim?
10. What is your summary and prayer today?
Observation Questions For
2 Corinthians Chapter 12 & 13
1. What is Paul going to share about in this chapter? vs. 1
2. What happened to a man Paul knows 14 years before he wrote this? vs. 2
3. What does Paul call this place? vs. 4
4. What did this man hear there? vs. 4
5. It appears that Paul was speaking of himself because he turns to personal pronouns in explaining the results in his life due to having such revelations. What was given to Paul to keep from exalting himself? vs. 7
6. How many times did Paul ask the Lord to remove this thorn in his flesh? vs. 8
7. What did the Lord tell Paul that was sufficient for him in dealing with this thorn? vs. 9
8. Upon getting this Word from the Lord, what did Paul say he would gladly endure and for what reason? vs. 9
9. What will Paul be well content with? vs. 10 - Name 5 things.
10. Why is Paul well content to have weakness? vs. 10
11.  What did Paul perform that showed he was a true apostle of the Lord? vs. 12  Name 3 things.
12.  Paul is ready to come to the Corinthians for the third time.  What is he determined not to be to them?   vs. 14
13.  Paul has sent others to them and none have taken advantage of them.  They have not been defending themselves to them, but actually in all they have spoken, they are building them up in Christ (vs.19).  What is Paul concerned might still be happening among them? vs. 20 - Name 8 things mentioned.
14.  Paul is afraid that when he comes he will be humiliated before them and begin to mourn over those who have sinned in the past and have not repented.  What are the sins he is so concerned about? vs. 21 - Name 3 things mentioned.
Chapter 13 .......
15.  Paul is coming to them for a third time, and he says every fact must be confirmed by two or three witnesses.  He wants those who have sinned and not repented, that he will confront them by Christ who speaks through him. What does He say concerning Jesus who was cruicified because of weakness? vs.4 
16.  Although they are weak in Christ, they also have His power directed toward them.  He wants to know from those who have not repented of their sins - are they truly in the faith?  What does he ask them to do? vs. 5
17.  What does Paul tell them concerning their own faith?  vs. 6
18.  What is Paul praying for these believers? vs. 7
19.  Paul wants the best for the church members, no matter what it may look like on them.  What does he know is a fact concerning their own lives? vs. 8-10
20.  In Paul's final words in 2 Corinthians, he gives them final instructions.  What does he ask of them? vs. 11 - Name 5 things.
21.  When these believers do these things, what will be with them? vs. 11
22.  Name the 3 parts of the Trinity and what is given by each one in the final sentence: vs. 14
From Jesus -
From God -
From the Holy Spirit -
23.  Take time to think through these last 2 chapters and make your summary statements.  Offer a prayer to the Lord for all you have learned today.
24.  When you think back over the entire book, what will stay with you in your thoughts of all that you have reflected on this read-through?
Next, we move on to Galatians

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