2 Corinthians Worksheet - Chapter 11

Daily Reading Personal Application Questions 2 Corinthians Chapter 11 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 11 1. Why was Paul jealous for the Corinthians? vs.1,2 2. How does Paul describe our relationship with Christ? vs. 2 3. What is Paul's fear concerning the Corinthians? vs. 3 4. Read Genesis 3:1-7. How did the serpent (Satan) deceive Eve? 5. How does the enemy deceive our minds concerning our devotion to Christ? vs. 3 6. Has your mind ever been led astray from these things? Share if you like. 7. What 3 things did Paul state that the Corinthians were being led astray in? vs. 4 8. Although Paul was not skilled in speech, he was equipped in true knowledge of the Lord and His teachings. He made this evident to them in all things. He had made sure that he took up offerings from other churches to support himself so that he would not have to ask this church for any money to support himself. (vs.5-8) Even when he was with them and in need, he did not ask them for help. Who came to meet his needs at that time? vs.9 9. Paul will continue in the regions of Achaia to boast in this way to show himself a true apostle because there are others who are not true apostles trying to deceive these believers in Corinth. What does he say about these false teachers? - vs. 13 - Name 3 things. 10. These men disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. Who are they led by? What does he disguise himself as? vs. 14 11. What do Satan's servants disguise themselves as? vs. 15 12. Jesus also warned us of the false teachers. What did He say about them in Matthew 7:15-23? 13. Mere appearance and listening to the words preached will not be enough for us to discern the true from the false. We need to know them well enough to know the fruit that is produced by their life. Have you ever been under a false teacher? What was the experience like and how did you come to recognize the truth? 14. Paul knows this church is tolerating these false men. What does he say these men actually do to them and they tolerate? vs.20 - Name 5 things 15. Paul says that he must seem 'weak' in comparison to them, and yet, he knows he has been a bold servant of the Lord. Because they are looking at the appearance of the others and have disdain for him, he decides to boast of himself to show them what he has gone through as a true apostle of the Lord. Give the list that he shares with them from vs.22-27 - (it will be a long list!) 16. Apart from these external things, what is a daily pressure on him as well? vs. 28 17. How does Paul relate to those who are weak? vs. 29 18. How does Paul relate to those who are led into sin? vs. 29 19. If Paul is going to boast, what will he boast about? vs. 30 20. What event does he also want them to know about? vs.31-33 21. Think through this lesson. Summarize it. Say a prayer.