As Garland explains, what conclusion might Paul’s opponents in Corinthians have made about him based on the suffering he continued to endure (2 Cor 4:16)?
According to 2 Cor 5:5, how do Christians know that the promise of a heavenly existence is real?
According to Garland, the veiling experienced by Israel and described in 2 Cor 3:14-15 refers primarily to the people’s inability to understand the law.
What is the primary reason that many scholars assume that while 2 Corinthians 1-9 is a unity, 2 Corinthians 10-13 was originally part of a different letter?
In Paul’s world an image, like that described of Christ in 2 Cor 4:4, was considered something that was distinct from the object it represented.
According to Garland, Paul’s view of the future resurrection of the dead changed from a view of a general resurrection of the dead at the second coming (1 Cor 15) to a belief in resurrection at death (2 Cor 5)
Paul mentioned that his “spirit could not rest” in which town, even though “the Lord had opened a door?”
Corinth was a thriving commercial center for what primary reason?
The majority of modern commentators identify the offender described in 2 Cor 2:5-13 with the man guilty of incest in 1 Cor 5.
2 Cor 3:7-18 contains Paul’s exposition of a passage from which Old Testament writing?
According to Garland, Paul’s apostolic authority was questioned in Corinth just as it had been in the churches of Galatia.
According to Acts 18, what is the name of the Roman proconsul of Achaia who judged from the bema seat in Corinth during Paul’s extended visit to the city?
Paul’s reference to “commending oneself (2 Cor 3:1.” refers to an act of self-boasting.
In addition to the two canonical letters, the text of 1-2 Corinthians indicates that Paul wrote at least two additional letters to the church in Corinth which have not survived.
Earthen vessels were sturdy and expensive containers used in the first century to store valuable items.
Compared to the other Pauline epistles, what was is unique about the opening of 2 Corinthians?
From what does Paul’s imagery of himself as an aroma (2 Cor 2:15-16. derive?
According to Garland, what is the “letter” Paul mentions in 2 Cor 3:6?
Which associate of Paul was charged with carrying the “sorrowful letter” to the Corinthians?
From what, according to Garland, did Paul want to spare the Corinthians (2 Cor 1:23.?
According to Garland, who does Paul describe as “the God of this age” in 2 Cor 4:4?
2 Corinthians was written from which location?
Due to its many deficiencies, Paul concluded that the Old Covenant was never regarded as glorious.
Which individual did Paul likely send to Corinth to deliver the so-called “severe letter?
Paul revealed in 2 Corinthians 1 that he experienced immense hardship and affliction in which Roman province?
According to Garland, Paul used the metaphor of the triumphal procession (2 Cor 2:14. in order to describe himself as a conquered prisoner who was put on display.
The city was destroyed in 146 BC by which of the following?
According to Garland, what are the “sufferings of Christ” mentioned in 2 Cor 1:5?
Paul likely wrote which epistle while visiting Corinth prior to his departure to Jerusalem with the collection?
According to Garland, the letter Paul refers to in 2 Cor 2:3-4 is most likely the non-extant “weighty” or “severe” letter.