II CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4: x x 2. How did Paul say they ("we") were "commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God"? x 3. Paul said, "But if our gospel be hid [covered, veiled], it is hid [covered, veiled] to them that are __________ ." x 4. Why was the gospel "hid" [covered, veiled] to these people? x 5. What did Paul say they (he and the other gospel preachers) didn’t preach and did preach? x 6. What does Paul mean when he said "we have this treasure in earthen vessels" (and why "in earthen vessels")? x 7. What are some of the paradoxes listed here that were being experienced by Paul and the other gospel preachers? x 8. What would be the end result of their "bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus" and their being "always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake," according to Paul? x 9. Paul saying, "So then death worketh in us, but life in you" shows that "us" (and "we") refers to whom in this context? x 10. What excellent Scripture does Paul quote from Psalms 116:10, applying it to their situation? x 11. "For which cause we faint not" (verses 1 and 16)—What are some of the "causes" for the preachers to "faint not" found in this chapter? x 12. Although the "outward man perish," what did Paul say was happening to the "inward man" day by day? x 13. Our "affliction which is but for a moment" is "light" compared to what? x 14. As Christians "we look not [peer, gaze intently, regard] at the things which are seen," but at what? x 15. How are the things that are seen and those that are not seen regarded here? x 16. What is said in the last few verses of this chapter that might help explain Romans 8:28? xx x NAME: _________________________ DATE: ________________ |