Reference Questions for 2 Corinthians 1-4

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2 Corinthians 1
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:1, to the church of God in Corinth from whom?
Answer: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:5, through Christ what?
Answer: Just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:7, we know that what?
Answer: We know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:8, we do not what?
Answer: We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:16, I planned to visit you when?
Answer: I planned to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:21, in Christ WHAT?
Answer: It is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, guaranteeing what is to come, he what?
Answer: He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. (he/God)

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 1:21, it is God who WHAT?
Answer: It is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ.

2 Corinthians 2
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:3, I wrote why?
Answer: I wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be distressed by those who ought to make me rejoice.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:4, I wrote why?
Answer: I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:7, you ought to what?
Answer: You ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:8, I urge you to what?
Answer: I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:9, I wrote why?
Answer: The reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:14, thanks be to God why?
Answer: Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:14, in Christ WHAT?
Answer: (God) always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:15-16, we are what?
Answer: For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:17, we do not what?
Answer: Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 2:17, in Christ WHAT?
Answer: In Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God.

2 Corinthians 3
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 3:2, you yourselves are what?
Answer: You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 3:3, you are what?
Answer: You are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 3:5, what comes from God?
Answer: Our competence comes from God.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 3:7, what came with glory?
Answer: The ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 3:11, what came with glory?
Answer: What was fading away came with glory

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 3:13, we are not what?
Answer: We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away.

2 Corinthians 4
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:1, we do not lose heart why?
Answer: Since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:2, we do not what?
Answer: We have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:4, who is the image of God?
Answer: Christ is the image of God.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:5, we preach what?
Answer: We do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:7, we have what?
Answer: We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, we are what?
Answer: We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:14, we know that what?
Answer: We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 4:16, we are what?
Answer: Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.