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    QUESTIONS OVER
    I CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4:
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    1. For those who would take "account" (take inventory) of the preachers of the gospel, in what way does Paul say they should be regarded?
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    2. When the preachers are called "ministers of Christ" here, what is the meaning of the word "minister" in the language of the New Testament?
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    3. What was required of a man that was a steward of another man’s household?
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    4. How did Paul look upon the judgment some of the Corinthians were passing on him?
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    5. According to Paul, when will "every man" (esp. the preacher) have his praise of God, which is what really matters?
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    6. In transferring these things in a figure to himself and Appollos, as he deals with their problems, what did Paul want to get across to them?
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    7. In the Corinthians glorying and boasting in themselves and their factions, what sobering questions does Paul ask them?
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    8. For a few verses, what literary form does Paul use to try to get the eyes of the Corinthians open to their situation?
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    9. What seems to be the illustration that Paul is using when he said it seemed "that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men"?
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    10. "We [the preachers] are ____________ for Christ’s sake, but ye [Corinthians] are _________ in Christ; we are __________ , but ye are _______________ ; ye are ____________________ , but we are ______________ ."
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    11. What are some of the privations and hardships preachers of the gospel experienced in the first century, as Paul states here?
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    12. Paul was writing these things not just to shame the Corinthians, but why?
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    13. Even though they had "ten thousand instructors in Christ," what did they not have many of (of which Paul identifies himself)?
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    14. "Wherefore I beseech you, be ye _________________ of me."
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    15. Who had Paul sent (or was sending) to them?
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    16. With what words does Paul describe this person?
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    17. What would this person do when he came to them?
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    18. What was the attitude of some regarding Paul as though he were not coming to visit them?
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    19. With what words does Paul qualify his statement when he said, "But I will come to you shortly"?
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    20. What options does he give to them as to how he might come unto them?
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    NAME: _________________________ DATE: ________________

    ANSWERS:  1. I Cor. 4:1; 2. Under-oarsmen (thus, suborinates); 3. I Cor. 4:2; 4. I Cor. 4:3; 5. I Cor. 4:5; 6. I Cor. 4:6; 7. I Cor. 4:7; 8. Satire, I Cor 4:8-14; 9. I Cor. 4:9, as condemned criminals brought into the arena for everyone to see; 10. I Cor. 4:10; 11. I Cor. 4:11-13; 12. I Cor. 4:14; 13. I Cor.4:15; 14. I Cor. 4:16; 15. I Cor. 4:17; 16. I Cor. 4:17; 17. I Cor. 4:17; 18. I Cor. 4:18, They were puffed, arrogant, proud; 19. I Cor. 4:19; 20. I Cor. 4:21.

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