Reference Questions for 2 Corinthians 5-8

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2 Corinthians 5
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:1, we know that what?
Answer: We know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:2-3, we groan why?
Answer: We groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:4, we groan why?
Answer: While we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:5, guaranteeing what is to come, he what?
Answer: (God) has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:5, it is God who WHAT?
Answer: It is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:7, we live how?
Answer: We live by faith, not by sight.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:11, we know what?
Answer: We know what it is to fear the Lord

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:18, through Christ what?
Answer: (God) reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:19, in Christ WHAT?
Answer: God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:20, we are what?
Answer: We are Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 5:20, be what?
Answer: We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 6:2, I tell you what?
Answer: I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 6:14, do not be what?
Answer: Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 6:16, we are what?
Answer: We are the temple of the living God.

2 Corinthians 7
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 7:1, let us what?
Answer: Since we have these promises, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 7:12, I wrote why?
Answer: Even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong or of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.

2 Corinthians 8
Question: According to 2 Corinthians 8:3, they gave how?
Answer: I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 8:5, they gave how?
Answer: They did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 8:8, I want to what?
Answer: I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 8:9, you know what?
Answer: You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

Question: According to 2 Corinthians 8:15, what is written?
Answer: It is written: "He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little."