Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

The Bible in Context

November 30, 2008

II Corinthians 11-13

"Three Times Shipwrecked"

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Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

 

 

1.      Paul’s visit to Corinth was financed by:

          a.      the Church of Jerusalem

          b.      Chloe

          c.       the churches in Macedonia

          d.      the church in Rome

 

2.      (See NRSV) Paul objects to the activities of --:

          a,      Stoics

          b.      magicians

          c.       heretics

          d.      super-apostles.

 

3.      Paul claims to have been shipwrecked --:

          a.      Never

          b.      once

          c.       three times

          d.      thirteen times

 

4.      Paul was once -- :

a.    imprisoned

b.      flogged

c.       stoned

d.      excommunicated

 

5.      When Paul escaped from Damascus, it was under the control of:

          a.      Vitellius

          b.      Aretas

          c.       Gallio

          d.      Agrippa II

 


 

6.      Paul's “thorn in the flesh” was:

          a.      epilepsy

          b.      malaria

          c.       gangrene

          d.      the opposition of pious Jews

 

7.      Paul has been accused of:

          a.      trickery

          b.      embezzlement

          c.       heresy

          d.      theft

 

8.      When Titus visited Corinth, he was accompanied by --:

          a.      Timothy

          b.      Phoebe

          c,       Apollos

          d.      Peter

 

9.      Paul says that, when he comes, he will --:

          a.      forgive his opponents

          b.      not be lenient

          c.       explain any difficulties

          d.      charge for his work

 

10.    The Corinthians should :

          a.      test themselves

          b.      scourge themselves

          c.       forgive themselves

          d.      prepare themselves