Corinthians and
Galatians
Level 4
by David Baker
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Introduction to First Corinthians
A. AUTHOR, Paul( ch. 1:1 ).
B. TIME, Around 57 A. D.
C. SETTING( Acts 18:1-18 ).
1. Second journey of Paul.
2. First contacts:
a. Priscilla and Aquilla, tentmakers, Roman Jew.
b. Preaching began in the Synagogue.
3. Alone at first - joined by Silas and Timothy.
4. Great opposition by the Jews. Goes to the Gentiles.
5. Converts: Titus Justus? Crispus, ruler of the synagogue, Gaius, Stephanas'
household.
6. The Lord's encouragement - 1 1/2 years work.
7. Gallio( vs. 17 ) and Sosthenes( 1 Cor. 1:1? ).
8. Apollos( Acts 18:24-27 ). A favorite of the Corinthians and Paul.
9. Return on the 3rd journey( Acts 20:1-3 ).
10. Written sometime between, perhaps while Apollos was there. Paul was at
Ephesus.
D. AUTHENTICITY - Clement quotes in a letter to Corinth in 95 A. D.
A. GREAT COMMERCIAL CITY, Strategic location in Greece.
B. TWO SEAPORTS, Cenchrea and Lechaeum.
C. 500,000 PEOPLE, Capital of Achaia.
D. CULTURE DERIVED, NOT ORIGINAL. Like a man with sudden wealth.
E. GOOD TIME CITY, Temple of Aphrodite, and a great stadium.
A. INTIMATE, Could be rough and harsh on minute, tender the next.
B. 2nd LETTER( 1 Cor. 5:9 ), Much teaching previous to this. There was enough
trust between Paul and a number of brethren that they felt at ease in writing him for
answers to problems in the church( 7:1; 8:1; 12:1; 16:1 )
C. THE DISASTROUS EFFECT OF THE JEWS.
1. False teaching.
2. False accusations.
3. Paul's great care not to give the wrong impression( 1 Cor. 9; 2 Cor. 11 ).
4. Many converts after Paul leaves( 1:10-13 ).
A. ADDRESS DIVISION.
B. ANSWERS QUESTIONS THEY ASKED.
C. REMIND THEM OF THEIR PLEDGE( 1 Cor. 16:1 ).
A. THE GOSPEL EXTOLLED, DIVISION CONDEMNED( ch. 1-4 ).
1. Division Condemned( 1:1-17 ).
2. The Wisdom of God vs. Man's wisdom( 1:18-31 ).
3. Paul's part( 2:1-16 ).
a. The gospel over Paul( 2:1-5 ).
b. Delivered by inspiration..., the mind of Christ( 2:6-13 ).
c. Lost on the carnal mind( 2:14-16 ).
4. Paul and Apollos, co-workers with God( 3:1 - 4:21 ).
a. Good Stewards( 3:1-9 ).
b. The ONLY foundation( 3:10-22 ).
c. The solution to division( 4:1-13 ).
d. A personal appeal( 4:14-21 ).
B. SPECIFIC ISSUES ADDRESSED( ch. 5-15 ).
1. Sin in the church - Discipline( 5:1-13 ).
2. Sin of lawsuits( 6:1-11 ).
3. Liberties abridged( 6:12 - 11:1 ).
a. Difference between unlawful acts and exercise of liberty( 6:12-20 ).
b. The present distress and marriage( ch. 7 ).
Consider the effect on you.
c. Meats sacrifice to idols( ch. 8 ).
Consider the effect on a brother.
d. Paying preachers( ch. 9 ).
Consider the effect on the church and the work.
Rights aren't always right!
e. A warning against falling( 10:1-13 ).
f. Fellowship with demons( 10:14 - 11:1 )
4. Women and their submission ( 11:2-16 ).
5. The Lord's Supper profaned( 11:17-34 ).
6. Spiritual gifts, miracles( ch. 12 - 14 ).
7. The resurrection( ch. 15 ).
C. THE COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS AND FINAL EXHORTATIONS
( ch 16 ).
1. List all of the people named in chapter 1.
2. How did Paul come to be an apostle?
3. What were those addressed called to be?
4. What was Paul thankful for in his prayers for them?
5. How was the testimony of Christ confirmed in them?
6. How were they confirmed?
7. While they came behind in no gift, what were they waiting for?
8. How does Paul express the need for unity in verse 10? How does he describe it?
9. What were the contentions described by those of Chloe’s household?
10. Why was Paul glad he only baptized a few of those converted in Corinth?
11. Why did God send Paul to Corinth?
12. How do those who perish perceive the “word of the cross?”
13. How did God plan to save men?
14. What did the Jews and the Greeks want? Who might they compare to today?
15. What did God give them instead?
16. “Because the ___________________ of God is ____________ than men, and the
_________________ of God is ____________________ than men.”
17. What did God choose, and why?
18. What was Jesus made unto us?
19. What does man have to glory in?
20. What does Paul say is the “power of God, and the wisdom of God?”
Memory Work: verse 21
1. How did Paul view his own speaking ability?
2. What was Paul determined to make the focus of his work in Corinth?
3. What did Paul desire their faith to stand in? …not to stand in?
4. Why does Paul refer to God’s wisdom as a “mystery?”
5. When did God plan the wisdom of this mystery?
6. Considering the context of 1 Corinthians 2, what is verse 9 talking about?
7. How does God reveal “things which the eye saw not, and ear heard not, and which
entered not into the heart of man?
8. Who knows what is in the mind of man?
9. Which spirit did the apostles receive, and what was the result?
10. Which things also we ________________, not in _________ which _______________
_________________teacheth, but which the ________________ teacheth; combining
spiritual things with ________________ ___________________.
11. Read Ephesians 3:3-5 and 1 Pet. 1:10-12. To whom did the Holy Spirit reveal these things?
What did they do with the revelations?
12. Who cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, and why not?
13. Who can receive the things of the Spirit of God, and how does he do it?
14. Who is the “natural” man, and who is the “spiritual” man? Read 1 Cor. 3:1-3 first.
15. For who hath known the _______________ of the ______________, that he
should _______________ him? But we have the _______________ of _________________.
16. How can we know what is in the mind of God and Christ? Read these passages again:
1 Corinthians 2:12-13, Ephesians 3:3-5, 1 Pet. 1:10-12
Memory Work: verses 12-13
1. Why did Paul speak to the Corinthians like they were babies?
2. What does Paul mean “carnal?”
3. Why was there jealousy and strife among them?
4. How did Paul view himself and Apollos?
5. I _____________________, ___________________ watered; but _____________ gave the increase.
6. For _________ are God's ________________-________________: ________ are
God's ______________________, God's ___________________.
7. Who laid the foundation for the church in Corinth, and what was that foundation?
8. What must those who build on that foundation be careful to do?
9. What reveals the quality of a man’s work? What does this mean?
10. What is the temple of God in 1 Corinthians 3?
11. What if someone should damage or destroy Paul’s work for the Lord?
12. What does it mean, “the temple of God is holy, and such are ye?”
13. What must a man do to become wise? What does this mean?
14. What are we not to glory in?
15. For whose benefit and glory is the work done?
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 3:6; 9; 10; 11; 16-17; 18
1. Paul considered himself and Apollos what? (vs. 1)
2. What is required in stewards? (vs. 2)
3. Who would be the judge of Paul, whether he was faithful or not? (vs. 4)
4. From whom do we seek praise? (vs. 5)
5. What did Paul intend to illustrate in using the examples of himself and Apollos? (vs. 6)
6. What is the stated result of going beyond that which is written? What does this mean?
(vs. 6)
7. Who was the cause of division in the church? (vs. 6-7)
8. Did Paul ever use sarcasm in his letters? (vs. 7-8)
9. Was the life of an apostle easy or hard? ( vs. 9)
10. How did the world view the apostles? (vs. 10-13)
11. Why did Paul write these things? ( vs. 14)
12. For though ye have ten thousand _________________ in Christ, yet have ye not many
___________________: for in Christ Jesus I have _________________ you through
the ______________________. 1 Cor. 4:15 KJV
13. Who did Paul send to them, and for what purpose?
14. Did Paul teach different things in different churches? ( vs. 17).
15. What would Paul acknowledge when he came? ( vs. 19)
16. Where does the power of God reside? (chapter 1:24)
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 4:1-2, 6-7, 15-16
1. What sin had been committed by a Corinthian Christian?
2. How did Paul seek to impress them with the evil done?
3. What was the attitude of the brethren in this matter?
4. What should they have done? (vs. 2 )
5. How did Paul arrive at his judgments in the case? (vs. 3)
6. Who supported Paul in this judgment? (vs. 4)
7. What is the meaning of “deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh?”
8. What is the object of such an act?
9. Should such language be taken in its most literal meaning?
10. Your _________________ is _________ ____________. Know ye not that a little ___________________
______________________ the whole _______________? ___________________ out
therefore the old __________________, that ye may be a new ___________________, as ye are _________________________. For even _______________ our passover is ____________________ for us: - KJV
11. Who were they to have no company with?
12. Who, specifically, was he talking about? Not talking about?
13. What could they do with people outside the church that they could not do with erring brethren?
14. Who judges those in the church in this life? (vs. 12)
15 Who judges those outside the church?
16. What are they to do with wicked people who are in their midst?
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 5:6-7, 11
1. With what subject do the first few verses of this chapter deal with/
2. Paul was dismayed that they took their disputes before whom?
3. What are the saints said to judge? How?
4. What was the purpose of Paul’s discussion of this matter?
5. Who should they take their disputes before, and who should they not?
6. Rather than go to court with one another, what is a more acceptable solution to disputes that cannot seem to be resolved?
7. Who shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
8. What does the Bible say about homosexual behavior?
9. Who delivered the Corinthians from such behavior and how?
10. All things are ________________ unto me, but all things are not _________________:
all things are _________________ for me, but I will not be _________________
____________ the ______________ of any.
11. What is Paul telling us in verse 12?
12. What is the final outcome if a person decide to eat or not eat meat?
13. What is the body NOT to be used for?
14. Who does the body belong to?
15. What does the fornicator sin against?
16. In this chapter, what is the temple of the Holy Spirit?
17. Who does the body belong to and what are we to do with it?
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 6:11, 12, 19-20
1. Does Paul say that marriage is essential or forbidden?
2. Is there a special circumstance that calls for the teaching of this chapter?
3. What consideration does Paul mention that might abridge this liberty?
4. If a couple should separate, for what reason and how long?
5. To what classifications of Christians does Paul give instruction?
6. Under what condition may the unmarried and widows disregard Paul’s instruction?
7. If a married Christian finds himself/herself separated or divorced, what must they do?
8. Is it okay do divorce for any reason as long as you don’t remarry?
9. If one is married to an unbeliever, what is his/her obligation?
10. What if the unbeliever departs, what all is the believer bound to do?
11. What is the hope in staying in such a marriage?
12. To whom is the statement of verse 24 addressed?
13. I ____________ therefore that this is good for the _____________ _______________,
I say, that it is ____________ for a man ______ _____ ______.KJV
14. To whom is the instruction of verses 27-28 given, and why?
15. Who does the unmarried try to please? Who must the married look out for?
16. Paul’s motivation in encouraging Christians to stay single is what?( vs. 35)
17. How long is a wife bound to her husband? What if he dies?
18. What restriction is place on her remarriage?
19. In the distress of the day, what is best for the widow?
Memory Work:
Matt. 19:9; 1 Cor. 7:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 15
1. What is the difference between knowledge and love.
2. Who does God know?
3. What is this chapter about?
4. What is an idol?
5. How many gods are there?
6. How did the world view this question?
7. What is the danger to those who are ignorant that idol gods are nothing?
8. What effect does eating meat sacrificed to idols really have?
9. Is eating meat sacrificed to idols prohibited, or is it a liberty?
10. What effect does all of this have on my exercising of a liberty?
11. What does this chapter tell be about exercising liberties?
12. But when ye ________ so ______________ the ________________, and wound their
________________ ________________, ye _________ against __________. Wherefore, if ____________________
make my brother to __________________, I will __________ no _____________ while
the _________________ ___________________, lest I make my brother to _______________________.-KJV
1. What was the seal of Paul’s apostleship? What does that mean?
2. What right did Paul assert for himself that the brethren of the Lord and Cephas had?
3. What did the law of Moses forbid with regard to oxen?
4. For whose benefit were these words written?
5. If we have _______________ unto you ______________ _____________, is it a great
thing if we shall _______________ your _______________ _________________?KJV
6. What is Paul saying that he was at liberty to do?
7. Did he exercise this liberty?
8. What was his main consideration in his decision?
9. What did the Lord proclaim concerning those who proclaim the gospel?
10. Was Paul writing that they might begin proper support?
11. For though I be ___________ from all ___________, yet have I made myself
____________ unto all, that I might _____________ the _____________.KJV
12. How did Paul behave when among the Jews, and why?
13. How did he behave himself among those without the law (Gentiles), and why?
14. What Paul under law?
15. For what’s sake did Paul all things?
16. Those who strive in the games do what?
17. What sort of reward have they? Have we?
18. Was it possible, after all he had brought to the Lord, for Paul to be lost?
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 9:14, 19, 20-21, 23, 27
1. Who were the fathers baptized unto?
2. When did this happen?
3. What did passing through the Red Sea mean to them?
4. Why were they overthrown in the wilderness?
5. Why did these things happen to them?
6. Wherefore let him that ________________ he _________________ take ___________
lest he __________. – KJV
7. What provision has God made for us when we are tempted?
8. What is that way of escape? (Eph. 6:16)
9. The ________ of blessing which we ____________, is it not the _________________
of the _______________ of Christ? The _____________ which we ______________,
is it not the ____________________ of the ____________ of Christ? For we being
____________ are one ___________, and one ___________: for we are all
______________ of that one ________________. – KJV
10. What is the one body? How is that signified by its members?
11. What is to be our disposition toward idols and their celebrations? Why?
12. How do we understand this in the light of chapter 8?
13. All things are ___________________ for me, but all things are not
________________: all things are ___________________ for me, but all things
__________________ not. – KJV
15. Whose good do we seek?
16. We are to give no occasion of stumbling to whom?
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 10:12, 13, 11, 23-24
1. Be ye __________________ of _______, even as I also am of ________________
2. Why did Paul praise the Corinthians?
3. Who is the head of the woman? The man? Christ?
4. Is the man to have his head covered when he prays? Why or why not?
5. In the text, is the woman to have her head covered? Why or why not?
6. A woman without a covering might as well what?
7. In the matter of men and women, who was created for whom?
8. For this cause ought the ___________ to have ____________ on her ___________
because of the ______________.
9. What did nature teach them about hair length? What is meant by nature?
10. What is given for the woman’s covering?
11. Was this a matter of law, or did it pertain to the custom of people in Corinth? (9:19-23)
12. For what did Paul not praise the Corinthians?
13. How did this effect their assemblies?
14. How are those who are approved made known?
15. How was the Lord’s supper corrupted, and what was the solution?
16. What did the bread represent? The cup?
17. What if we partake not thinking about what the bread and cup represent?
18. When we partake, who are we to be concerned about?
19. When we come together to eat, what are we to do?
20. If any man is hungry, what is he to do? Why? What is meant by “hungry?”
Memory Work:
1 Corinthians 11:2, 3, 19, 23-25, 26, 27-29, 33
1. What would Paul not have them ignorant of? What are these?
2. No man can say Jesus is Lord but in what?
3. Now there are _______________________ of ___________, but the ____________ _______________.
And there are ___________________ of __________________, but the _____________ ______________.
And there are ________________ of _________________, but it is the _____________ ________________
which worketh
all in all. - KJV
4. To what purpose were the different gifts given to each one?
5. What are the miraculous gifts named? Who determines who gets each one?
6. How many bodies are there? How do we get into Christ’s body?
7. Nay, much more those ______________ of the _____________, which seem to be
more ________________, are _________________. KJV
8. Who is the designer of the body?
9. What do we do with less comely parts of the body?
10. What does God do?
11. God’s desire is that there be no what in the body of Christ?
12. What should be our attitude toward one another?
13. What has God set in the church?
14. Could everybody in the early church work miracles or speak in tongues?
15. Rather than be concerned about miracles, what should be their desire?
1. Does this chapter endorse speaking in the tongues of angels?
2. What if I could, but I don’t love?
3. Which is more important, the gift of prophecy or love?
4. Which gift is most basic?
5. Which gift effects our lives more profoundly?
6. Did these people have miraculous gifts?
7. How did they behave toward each other?
8. ______________ never _____________: but whether there be _________________,
they shall ______________; whether there be _________________, they shall ___________;
whether there be __________________, it shall _________________ away. - KJV
9. Were miracles intended to last forever?
10. What did the Corinthians have in part?
11. When would the partial be done away?
12. What stage of the church’s growth did the miracles belong to?
13. When the church reaches maturity, what happens to the miracles?
14. For _________ we see through a ________________, darkly; but then ___________ to
_____________: now I __________________ in ________________; but then shall I
___________________ even as also I am _________________. - KJV
15. What are the greatest gifts? Why are they greater than miracles?
16. Which of these is greatest?
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 13:1-3, 4-7, 8, 9-10, 11, 12, 13
1. Love is the greatest gift, but what miraculous gift is most useful?
2. Who alone can we be certain understands if we speak in a tongue?
3. Who does the tongue speaker edify? Who does the prophet edify?
4. What determines which gift is greater?
5. The tongue is compared to what musical instruments?
6. How do we view those who do not understand us? How do they view us?
7. When we pray or sing with the spirit, we must pray and sing with what, also?
8. Tongues are a sign for whom?
9. What is the supposed reaction of those who are unbelieving to tongues?
10. What is the supposed reaction of those who are unbelieving to prophecy?
11. All things are to be done unto what?
12. What are the rules Paul gives for speaking in tongues in the assembly?
13. What are the rules Paul gives for prophesying in the assembly?
14. And the _______________ of the prophets are ________________ to the prophets.
For God is not the _________________ of _________________, but of
_______________, as in all churches of the saints. – KJV
15. What are women to do in the assemblies and why?
16. Is Paul talking only about the exercise of spiritual gifts?
17. What if a woman has a question? What if she has no husband or he doesn’t know?
18. The things Paul writes are what?
19. How are all things to be done?
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 14:8, 15, 20, 23, 32-33, 34,40
1. What four things does Paul say about the gospel?
2. Upon what two conditions will the gospel save them?
3. What were the essential elements of the gospel?
4. To whom did Jesus appear? Who was last?
5. What two reasons does Paul give that he is the least of the apostles?
6. No matter who does the preaching, what is the important thing?
7. What was the provocation for writing this chapter?
8. What would be the result of Christ not being raised?
9. If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, what is our condition?
10. How do all die in Adam? How are all made alive in Christ? What does this mean?
11. At the resurrection, what happens to the kingdom?
12. How long does Jesus reign, and what is the last enemy?
13. What is not subjected to Jesus?
14. Explain baptism for the dead.
15. Do evil associations effect us?
16. What kind of body to we receive in the resurrection?
17. What is raised in incorruption?
18. What cannot inherit the kingdom?
19. How does Paul describe the question of what we will be?
20. Where is our victory over sin and death?
21. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye ______________, __________________,
always ______________________ in the _____________ of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your _______________
is not in ______________ in the _____________. – KJV
Memory Work:
1 Cor. 15:1-4; 19; 22-23; 24-26; 33; 42-44; 50; 51-52; 55-57; 58
1. Paul opens the chapter with a discussion of what?
2. Were all the churches given the same instruction?
3. Upon what day were they to lay by in store? Why?
4. What does this serve as a pattern for?
5. Who carried the money collected for needy saints to Jerusalem?
6. Why was Paul determined to tarry at Ephesus?
7. Who did Paul expect to arrive at Corinth before him?
8. What was Paul’s concern for this man?
9. Who did Paul encourage to go to Corinth, but could not?
10. ________________ ye, _______________ ______________ in the ____________,
______________ you like men, be _________________. Let _________ your
___________ be done with ___________________. – KJV
11. What does Paul exhort them to behave like?
12. What is the source of their strength?
13. What is to be their attitude in all that they do?
14. Who set themselves to minister unto the saints in Achaia?
15. Who refreshed the spirits of Paul and the brethren in Corinth?
16. Who sent salutations to the brethren with Paul’s letter? Where did he first meet them?
17. All the _________________ ______________ you. Greet ye __________
_______________ with an ____________ _____________. – KJV
Introduction to 2nd Corinthians
AUTHOR: Paul
DATE: A few months after 1st Corinthians, 57 or 58 A. D.
PLACE OF WRITING:
1. Paul left Corinth and went to Ephesus (Acts 19).
2. Where his life was threatened (2 Cor. 1:8-10).
3. May have written 1st Corinthians while there.
4. Expected Titus at Troas. He didn’t show (2:12).
5. Went from Troas to Macedonia where he found Titus (2nd Cor. 7:5-7).
The letter was written about this time.
PURPOSE:
1. Encourage after their good response to 1 Cor.
2. To justify his preaching and apostleship.
3. To give inspired answer to the circumcision issue.
a. By a discussion of the law.
b. By a discussion of their fellowships.
c. By a discussion of false brethren.
A. Paul's Original Plan 1:12-22
B. Paul's Change of Plans 1:23-2:4
C. Paul's Appeal to Forgive 2:5-13
A. Christ Causes Us to Triumph 2:14-17
B. Changed Lives Prove Ministry 3:1-5
C. Paul’s Motivation
1. New Covenant the Basis of Ministry 3:6-18
Answer to a new problem – Judaizers.
2. Christ Is the Theme of Ministry 4:1-6
3. Trials Abound in the Ministry 4:7-18
4.. A house not made with hands 5:1-10
6. Knowing the fear of the Lord 5:11-13
7. The love of Christ constrains us 5-14-17
8. The ministry of reconciliation 5:18 – 6:2
G. Giving No Offense in the Ministry 6:3-10
A. Paul's Appeal for Reconciliation 6:11-13
The real source of their difficulties.
B. Appeal for Separation from Unbelievers 6:14-7:1
C. Paul's Meeting with Titus 7:2-7
D. Corinthians' Response to Paul's Letter 7:8-16
Good news from Titus.
A. Example of Christ 8:7-9
B. Purpose of Giving 8:10-15
C. Explanation of the Delegation 8:16-9:5
D. Exhortation to Giving 9:6-15
A. The Charge of Cowardice is Answered 10:1-2
B. Charge of Walking in the Flesh Answered 10:3-9
C. Charge of Personal Weakness Answered 10:10-18
A. Paul's Declaration of His Apostleship 11:1-15
B. Paul's Sufferings Support His Apostleship 11:16-33
C. Paul's Revelations Support Apostleship 12:1-10
D. Paul's Signs Support His Apostleship 12:11-13
A. Paul's Concern Not to be a Financial Burden 12:14-18
B. Paul's Concern Not to Find Them Carnal 12:19-21
C. Paul's Warning to Examine Themselves 13:1-10
1. Who wrote 2 Cor., to whom is it addressed?(vs. 1) What does the author call himself?
2. How does he describe God, (vs. 3) and why? (vs. 4)
3. What abounds when the sufferings of Christ abounds in us? (vs. 5)
4. For whose benefit are the sufferings and comforting of Paul? (vs. 6)
5. Where were Paul and his friends afflicted to the despair of life? (vs. 8)
6. In whom did Paul trust? (vs. 9) What was the cause of that hope?
7. What had the Corinthian brethren done to help? (vs. 11)
8. Where was Paul’s glorying? (vs. 12) Who would be the judge of his sincerity?
9. Were there any secret, or private letters written to them by Paul? (vs. 13-14)
10. What would be the hoped for result of his planned visit with them? (vs. 15)
11. Where was he going? (vs. 16)
12. Did Paul claim sincerity in his visit and letters? (vs. 17-18)
13. Who were some of the teachers involved in his work in Corinth? (vs. 19)
14. Upon whose word did Paul establish his intent? (vs. 19-20)
15. Who anointed and established Paul’s work in Corinth? (vs. 21)
16. Who sealed them and what was the guarantee of their work? (vs. 22)
17. How did Paul regard his relationship to the Corinthian brethren? (vs. 24)
1. What did Paul determine about his next appearance in Corinth? (vs. 1)
2. Who makes Paul glad? (vs. 2)
3. Why had Paul written them? (vs. 3)
4. What was the purpose of his letter? (vs. 4)
5. Who had felt the greatest sorrow from his previous writing? (vs. 5)
6. What was the apparent subject of his previous letter? (vs. 6) Were they successful?
7. What now should they do, and why? (vs. 7)
8. Their forgiveness would be a confirmation of what? (vs. 8)
9. Who all was being tested in this affair? (vs. 9)
10. What was Paul’s attitude in all of this? (vs. 10)
11. Who was hoping for their failure? (vs. 11)
12. What was the source of grief for Paul in Troas? (vs. 12-13)
13. Where did he go while he waited? (vs. 13)
14. In whom do we have our triumph? (vs. 14)
15. Among whom did Paul recognize that he had influence? (vs. 15)
16. What had Paul been careful not to do? (vs. 17) Had others done this?
1. How did Paul refer to his Corinthian brethren, and what was his purpose? (vs. 1-2)
2. They were an epistle of whom? With what were they contrasted? (vs. 3)
3. To whom did Paul give credit for the good he had done? (vs. 4-5)
4. Describe the contrast he makes between the Old and New Covenants? (vs. 6-11)
a. vs. 6:
b. vs. 7-8:
c. vs. 9:
d. vs. 10:
e. vs. 11:
5. How did Paul describe the glory of the Old Covenant? (vs. 7)
6. This contrast caused Paul to have what kind of attitude in preaching? (vs. 4, 12)
7. Who put a veil on his face, when, and why? (vs. 13)
8. What was the attitude of Israel? (vs. 14) What was the proof?
9. What was God’s disposition of the Old Law? (vs. 14)
10. What figure did Paul use to describe the Jews prejudice? (vs. 15)
11. What does it take to remove the veil? (vs. 16)
12. What exists where the Spirit of the Lord is? (vs. 17)
13. Are the faces of Christians veiled with the same kind of prejudice? (vs. 18)
14. What do we see as reflected in a mirror? (vs. 18)
15. Into whose image are believers transformed? (vs. 18)
16. How is Paul’s preaching effected by all of this?
1. Why didn’t Paul faint, or become discouraged? (vs. 1)
2. What did Paul renounce? How did he comment himself to others? (vs. 2)
3. In whom is the gospel veiled? (vs. 3)
4. Who blinded the minds of the unbelieving, and to what purpose? (vs. 4)
5. Who did Paul preach as Lord? Who did he preach as their servants? (vs. 5)
6. Where do we see the light of the knowledge of the glory of God? (vs. 6)
7. What is the treasure, and what does he mean “earthen vessels?” (vs. 7)
8. Why is the treasure born about in earthen vessels? (vs. 7)
9. Why is Paul willing to “bear about in the body the dying of Jesus?” (vs. 10)
10. The suffering of the apostles resulted in what? (vs. 12)
11. What then motivated Paul to speak? (vs. 13)
12. What was his confidence in? (vs. 14)
13. All that he was doing was for whose sake? (vs. 15)
14. What is happening to the outward man? The inward man? (vs. 16)
15. How does the suffering of this life compare to the glory of the next? (vs. 17)
16. What is to be our focus? (vs. 18) Why?
1. What do we have if our “earthly tabernacles” are dissolved? (vs. 1) What does this mean?
2. What two figures does Paul compare dying to? (vs. 2-4)
3. Who created our hope in us? (vs. 5)
4. What motivates us to continue in God’s way? (vs. 7)
5. What is our preferred state? (vs. 8)
6. Wherever we are, what is our chief aim? (vs. 9)
7. Why is this vital? (vs. 10)
8. Who will judge, who will be judged, and what will be judged? (vs. 10)
9. Why does Paul persuade men? (vs. 11)
10. What constrains us to obedience? (vs. 14)
11. What is our chief consideration in all of this? (vs. 14)
12. For whom do we now live? (vs. 15)
13. If a man is in Christ, what is he now, and how? (vs. 17)
14. Who reconciled who to whom, and how? (vs. 18-19)
15. Who was entrusted with the task of proclaiming this reconciliation? (vs. 18-19)
16. What then is the plea of the apostles to us? (vs. 20)
17. What was Jesus made to be, and what was God’s aim? (vs. 21)
1. What does Paul entreat? (vs. 1)
2. Now is the acceptable time for what? (vs. 2) What does this mean?
3. How was Paul commended as a minister of God? (vs. 3-4)
4. List things in Paul was commended as a minister of God? (vs. 4-10)
5. Did Paul welcome discussions of disagreements? How did he describe his
feelings?(vs.11)
6. What was the cause of the difficulties in the Corinthian church? (vs. 12)
7. What was Paul’s desire as far as they were concerned? (vs. 13)
8. How did Paul wish to view them? (vs. 13)
9. With what are we not to be unequally yoked? (vs. 14) What does this mean?
10. What does Paul use to show the differenced between unbelievers and us? (vs. 14-15)
11. How does Paul explain our relation to God? (vs. 16)
12. What is the promise associated with this relationship? (vs. 16)
13. What does Paul tell us to do in the light of these promises? (vs. 17)
14. Where does he get his information? (vs. 17-18)
15. What promise is given? (vs. 18)
1. Considering God’s gracious promises, what should we do? (vs. 1)
2. What are we to perfect, and what does this mean? (vs. 1)
3. Why should they open their hearts to Paul? (vs. 2)
4. What was it not Paul’s purpose to do? (vs. 3) How does he express his attitude? (vs. 3-4)
5. How was Paul comforted in Macedonia? (vs. 5-6)
6. What news did Titus bring which was a source of comfort? (vs. 7)
7. What sorrow was associated with the writing of Paul’s first epistle? (vs. 8)
8. What was the source of joy? (vs. 9)
9. What brings one to repentance, and what is the outcome of that? (vs. 10)
10. What is the product of the sorrow of the world? (vs. 10)
11. How did their godly sorrow and repentance effect them spiritually? (vs. 11)
12. What was the purpose in writing discipline instructions in 1 Corinthians? (vs. 12)
13. What cause of joy does he mention in regard to Titus? (vs. 13-14)
14. What produced affection in the heart of Titus? (vs. 15)
15. How did Paul now feel about the Corinthian brethren? (vs. 16)
1. What was given in the churches of Macedonia? (vs. 1) What does this mean?
2. From where did their liberality abound? (vs. 2)
3. What did they do beyond their power? (vs. 3)
Who took the initiative in this giving? (vs. 4)
4. What did they do before they gave the money? (vs. 5)
5. Who was helping Paul raise money in Corinth? (vs. 6)
6. What all did they abound in? (vs. 7) What would their giving prove? (vs. 8)
7. Who gave up his abundance for them? (vs. 9) Why?
8. What were they to do now? (vs. 11)
9. What does God desire from us? (vs. 12)
10. What was Paul’s purpose in asking this money from Corinth for
Jerusalem saints? (vs 13-14)
11. Was Titus alone in helping in this matter? (vs. 16-18)
12. Who selected those who traveled with Paul and Titus? (vs. 19)
13. What was Paul seeking to avoid? (vs. 20)
14. What was Paul concerned about – what did he want others to see? (vs. 21)
15. Why is the un-named brother sent with Titus? (vs. 22)
16. How are Titus and his companion described? (vs. 23)
17. What did Paul want the Corinthians to show? (vs. 24)
1. What was the subject of Paul in this chapter? (vs. 1)
2. What caused Paul to glory? (vs. 2)
3. What effect did this have on others? (vs. 2)
4. Why did Paul send the brethren to them? (vs. 3)
5. Why did Paul send these to make up the “bounty” beforehand? (vs. 5)
6. What proverb does Paul quote to encourage them to complete their pledge? (vs. 6)
7. Who decides how much each one is to give? (vs. 7)
8. How is our attitude in giving to be characterized? (vs. 7)
9. What is God able to do in connection with this matter? (vs. 8-10)
10. What will their generous gift result in? (vs. 11)
11. What two things are accomplished in this work? (vs. 12)
12. What two things are named that cause Jerusalem Christians to glorify God? (vs. 13)
13. What would be the attitude of these toward those who gave in Corinth? (vs. 14)
14. Who is given the credit for all of this? (vs. 15)
1. What is Paul’s attitude toward the Corinthians? (vs. 1)
2. How did some of them view Paul? (vs. 2)
3. What is the nature of our warfare? (vs. 3)
4. What are our weapons capable of doing? (vs. 4)
5. What strongholds are cast down? What is the object of this warfare? (vs. 5)
6. What does Paul claim with reference to his relation to Christ? (vs. 7)
7. Why did Jesus give Paul the authority he had? (vs. 8) What did he not want to do? (vs. 9)
8. Did Paul consider himself a good speaker? (vs. 10)
9. Was there any difference in his authority while either speaking or writing? (vs. 11)
10. What is not to be our standard when evaluating our work and worth? (vs. 12)
11. What did Paul glory in? (vs. 13)
13. What was emphasized in Paul’s presence among them? (vs. 14)
14. What did Paul not glory in? (vs. 15)
15. What are all to glory in? (vs. 17)
16. Who is approved? (vs. 18)
1. Did Paul feel comfortable talking about himself? (vs. 1)
2. How did Paul describe his attitude, his work, and his fear for them? (vs. 2-3)
3. What were they not to put up with? (vs. 4)
4. How did Paul rank among the apostles? (vs. 5)
5. What fear did he express with reference to not taking money from them? (vs. 6)
6. Where did Paul get his support for his work in Corinth? (vs. 8-9)
7. Why did Paul not take money from them? (vs. 9, 11, 12)
8. How does Paul describe his critics? (vs. 13)
9. Who fashions himself into an angel of light? (vs. 14) What about his ministers? (vs. 15)
10. How did Paul regard those who glory after the flesh? (vs. 16-19) What does this mean?
11. Who does he criticize them for tolerating? (vs. 20-21)
12. What did these people have to glory over Paul? (vs. 22)
13. What did he have to demonstrate that he had more to glory in? (vs. 23)
14. What were all the experiences Paul had proving his genuineness? (vs. 24-27)
15. What weighed on his mind more than anything else? (vs. 28-29)
16. Who was there to bear witness to Paul’s truthfulness? (vs. 31)
17. Who does Paul name as one who was trying capture Paul? (vs. 32)
18. How did Paul escape? (vs. 33) When did all this occur?
1. What does Paul say that he is now going to talk about? (vs. 1)
2. How long had it been since his example occurred? (vs. 2) What was strange about it?
3. What happened? (vs. 2)
4. Where did the man go and what happened there? (vs. 4)
5. Why did Paul refuse to glory in his own experience? (vs. 6)
6. What was sent to keep Paul from being exalted overmuch? (vs. 7)
7. How many times did Paul pray about this matter? (vs. 8)
8. What was the answer Jesus gave him? (vs. 9) What it did it mean,
and how did Paul take it?
9. How did Paul rank among the other apostles? (vs. 11)
10. How could they be confident that Paul was indeed an apostle? (vs. 12)
11. What had brought about any disadvantage they may have had among
other churches? (vs. 13)
12. How many times had Paul come to them and what was he determined not to do? (vs. 14)
13. What was Paul ready to do, and why? (vs. 14)
14. Who does he refer to as one who was trustworthy, and why did he refer to him? (vs. 17-18)
15. Was Paul merely trying to excuse his behavior, or did he have a
more noble motive? (vs. 19)
16. What was his real fear? (vs. 20-21)
1. To whom does Paul appeal for confirmation of what he says? (vs. 1)
2. What does he warn of concerning those who are in sin? (vs. 2)
3. What had they demanded of Paul? (vs. 3)
4. What is the parallel between Paul and Jesus that he draws? (vs. 4)
5. What does Paul hold us responsible to do? (vs. 5)
6. As they were judging Paul, what did he want them to find? (vs. 6)
7. Why does he say that he wanted them to do no evil? (vs. 7)
8. What does Paul hold important that he cannot effect? (vs. 8)
9. What did Paul desire in them? (vs. 9)
10. What did Paul say was his reason for writing what he has? (vs. 10)
11. What was Paul’s final exhortation to them? (vs. 11)
12. Whose blessing was pronounced by Paul on them? (vs. 14)
THE GALATIANS were a people of Celtic descent. Coming from Western Europe, this nomadic people migrated east, conquering as they went. They were Gauls, as Frenchmen were then called( McGarvey ), in search of more area in which to settle because of what Burton( ICC ) calls overcrowded conditions. After unsuccessful attempts to take Greece and Rome, they migrated into Asia Minor where they plundered and fought until the land was subdued( Lipscomb ).
Around 220 B. C. they finally settled in an oval shaped region, northeast of the center of Asia Minor. They were conquered by the Romans in 189 B. C., but they were allowed to retain their kings ( McGarvey ). They were bounded by the provinces, Bithynia, Paphlagonia, Pontus, Cappadocia, Lycaonia, and Phrygia. In 25 B. C., Galatia was made into a Roman province, and was thenceforth known as Galatia. It included "politically...a large province of the Roman Empire, including not merely the country Galatia, but also Paphlagonia and parts of Pontus, Phrygia, Pisidia, Lycaonia and Isauria.
The people of this region were not all of this sweeping tribe from the west. In fact, Gauls made up only a minority of the population of Galatia. Many of the people in this province were Romans, Greeks, Jews, and many other ancient races. Yet, the character of the inhabitants of this province was that of those Gallic warriors who invaded Asia Minor in the third century B. C.
The Gauls were a tall and proud people. They were courageous and certainly willing to be the aggressor in battle. As a testimony to this aspect of their nature, many of the kings in surrounding provinces had in their armies companies of Gauls.
The Gauls were sensitive and intelligent. Their generosity was demonstrated by their reception of Paul as described in Galatians 4:12-15. They had a keen interest in religions. They were conscious of their own culture and, therefore, retained much of the old Gallic language, manners and art. Still, they were receptive to the Greek culture, incorporating it into their own. Barlow and others feel that they were superior in intelligence to their neighbors.
The Galatians, however, were also vain, fickle, and quarrelsome. Julius Caesar said of them, "The infirmity of the Gauls is that they are fickle in their resolves and fond of change, and not to be trusted." Thierry speaks of them thus: "Frank, impetuous, impressable, eminently intelligent, but at the same time extremely changeable, inconstant, fond of show, perpetually quarreling, the fruit of excessive vanity." They relied to a great extent upon human wisdom, and were easily "bewitched" by Judaizers. Their vanity was condemned by Paul in the sixth chapter, verse 3.
On of the great flaws of these people was their quarrelsome nature. In Galatians 5:13-15, Paul found it necessary to admonish them to love one another and to warn them against their biting and devouring one another. Indeed, "8 of the 15 works of the flesh enumerated in chapter 5:20-21 are sins of strife." ( Barlow )
Their inconsistency and fickle mindedness was probably the greatest factor in their apostasy. Paul acknowledged this in chapter 1:6 when he said that he was surprised that they were "so quickly removing from him that called you...." He expresses the unreasonableness of their "removing" in Chapter 4:12-20 he says that they had originally received him as they would an angel of God. Now he was their enemy.
The people of Galatia had a great interest in religions, but they were fleshly minded. Their own religion was a worship of fertility gods and goddesses, just like all those around them. They were given to drunkenness and revellings, satisfying their fleshly desires, even in their worship.
Jews were thickly settled in Galatia, and the ceremonial and ritualistic law of Moses appealed to the people of that region. The Jews had helped to establish the way in Galatia for the gospel in that they familiarized the Galatians with God. But when the gospel came, they preferred the works of the flesh over the promises of faith and retained the Law of Moses.
There is some disagreement as to whether the churches addressed in the letter were in the northern region of Galatia or the Roman province with that name. My only honest answer is that I do not know. If the former, the churches must have been located in the cities of Ancyra, Pessimus, and Tarvim; these cities are not named in the Bible. If the entire Roman province is accepted, the churches would be the ones established by Paul on his first and possibly his second missionary journeys. The reasoning behind both of these positions is good, but I think that he was writing to the church of south Galatia, mainly because we don't know much about Paul's work, or even if he did work, in north Galatia. This theory also seems to correspond with Paul's reference to the success of his first venture into the province, when he and Silas were treated like they were gods. ( Acts 14:8ff. ).
The time and place of the writing of this epistle is of little importance. It is important in that the book deals with the problems that seemed to bother the early church the most.
The letter must have come some time after the Jerusalem Conference ( Acts 15; at around 53-55 A. D. ), but while the issue was still a problem. Other writings by Paul on this subject, Romans and 2 Corinthians, were written around 57 or 58 A. D., and certainly must have been written about the same time. The place would depend on the year, so any city named as the origin would be a guess. Most commentaries guess that it was written from somewhere in Greece.
There can be no doubt that this letter was written by the apostle Paul. First of all, the letter begins, "Paul, an apostle...." Second, the short biography in the first two chapters fits perfectly into the framework of the book of Acts. So the author must be Paul.
Who could have been a better man to answer the false doctrines of the Judaizers than Paul? Paul was a Jew, himself. But he was not an ordinary Jew. In Galatians 1:14 Paul said that he was advanced in the Jew's religion beyond many of his own age. Indeed, he was well versed in the law, having studied at the feet of Gamaliel and being brought up in Tarsus. ( Acts 22:3 ). Gamaliel was the leading authority on Jewish law in his day, and Tarsus was a great city for learning. Paul was a very zealous man for the Jewish religion and traditions. ( Gal. 1:14 ). What man could be more closely connected with the Jews than Paul?
But Paul was also a Roman, raised in the Gentile city of Tarsus. Paul must have been close to the Gentiles, because he continually worked with them and had his greatest success with them.
Paul was also close to the people of this area. He had brought them the gospel of Christ, and they had treated him as royalty. Notice again in chapter 4:14-15, that they had originally received Paul as though he were an angel of God, even as they would receive Christ. In Lystra we find the people wanting to worship Paul. Naturally Paul would feel a closeness to them.
It is easy to see what happened in Galatia and what promoted the writing of this letter to the Galatian. Albert Barnes, in his commentary on Galatians, probably has the best outline of these circumstances taken from the text as I have seen.
1. At first, they had become strongly attached to Paul and had readily accepted the
doctrine that he brought to them( 4:14-15 ).
2. Soon after he had gone, the faith of the Galatians had become polluted with the
teaching of the Judaizers( 1:6 ).
3. Jews had convinced the Galatians that they must adhere to Jewish ceremonial rites
and traditions in order to be saved.
4. They claimed to have received this teaching from the apostles, themselves.
5. The Galatians had been told that Paul's apostleship was either a fraud or inferior to
the apostleship of those in Jerusalem, and that his authority must yield to theirs.
6. They were taught to observe Jewish holidays and feastdays. The ceremonial laws
were said by the Judaizers to be binding, especially circumcision, upon Gentile
converts.
7. It would seem that some had been told that Paul had changed his views
concerning circumcision, because Paul finds it necessary to assert that he had not.
8. They must have argued that all the promises of God were made to Abraham, and
that whoever would partake of those promises must be circumcised like Abraham.
9. The result of this false teaching was a great deal of animosity and strife in
the church, and this strife was of an unrighteous and childish nature.
How Paul found out about such conditions is not hard to imagine. There would be many who would run to Paul with the news of such an apostasy the minute it started. He may have discovered the unfaithfulness through the letter of some concerned brother in the area. We do not know for sure how Paul received word, but it is certain that it was inspiration of the Holy Spirit that gave rise to Paul's answer.
The letter of Paul to the Galatians is an answer to the problems that they were having at that time. There can be no doubt as to the theme of the book. It is found in chapter 2:15-16:
We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, yet knowing that a man
is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we
believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by
works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Paul tells the Galatians with his letter that only through faith in Jesus Christ can one be justified,
because the works of the law will not justify.
Before Paul convinces them of his theme, he asserts his authority and office as an apostle. He then gives a short biography with which he supports this assertion. This biographical sketch contains four main ideas. First, the change that he made in his life from a persecutor of the church to a preacher of the gospel is an indication of something fantastic happening to him. Second, he was never in Jerusalem long enough to be taught the gospel by the other apostles, so his learning must have been from the Holy Spirit. Third, in the Jerusalem Conference, he was given the right had of fellowship and entrusted with the gospel, to take it to the Gentiles. Fourth, he implied equality with Peter, in that he rebuke him to his face for his dissimulation with the Jews from his Gentile brethren.
Paul, establishing his right to speak as an apostle, then asserts that justification is through faith in Jesus and not through the works of the Law of Moses, which are of the flesh. He does this by showing that Christians are Abraham's seed through their faith in the promises of God and not through circumcision. He says that the law is a curse, and that Jesus' death upon the tree removes that curse. The law was a curse, not because it made the promise void, which it did not, but because it made known our sins and shut us up under sin, or made us slaves to a sinful state.
Paul then says that we were kept in ward under the law, and the law is a tutor, or schoolmaster, to bring us to Christ. When we were baptized, we put on Christ and there is no longer any distinction among men because of a common faith in Jesus. Previously, the Jews were in bondage to the law, but now they are sons of God through faith.
The Gentiles, however, were in bondage to paganism. Now they are free through their faith. No wonder Paul was perplexed by their turning again to bondage, even if it was bondage of a different sort. He was given even more cause for wonder because they had received the gospel readily, now they turned from it.
Paul uses an allegory to show them what they had done. The allegory is the story of Sarah and Hagar. Sarah was a freewoman who had given birth to a free child. Hagar was a slave who had given birth to a slave. Paul compares the free Christian to the child of Sarah, and the one who would accept the Mosaic Law to the child of Hagar.
In chapter 5, Paul begins his exhortations like this:
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled
again in a yoke of bondage.
Then he makes a point that the Galatians needed to learn. If they accepted a part of the law, the circumcision, they were indebted to do the whole law. Those who would seek justification through the law would have no need of Christ, and therefore would be severed from him, and fallen from his grace.
The concluding two chapters are exhortations to apply what Paul had just told them. But they were cautioned not to use their freedom under Christ as a license to what they pleased. Their freedom was to be guided by love. They were also cautioned to live by the Spirit and in so doing, they must forsake the fleshly lives they had live while in bondage to sin.
Paul closes by stating that circumcision did not matter, but that we are a new creature through our faith in Jesus.
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A. THE APOSTASY OF THE GALATIANS( 1:6-7 ).
B. THE AUTHENTICITY OF PAUL'S PREACHING( 1:8-10 ).
C. THE SOURCE OF HIS WISDOM AND TEACHING( 1:11-24 ).
D. THE ENDORSEMENT OF HIS APOSTLESHIP( 2:1-10 ).
E. THE CONSISTENCY OF HIS TEACHING AND CONDUCT( 2:11-21 ).
A. ARGUMENT #1. CONTRAST BETWEEN FAITH AND THE LAW (v. 2-5 ).
B. ARGUMENT #2. OUR RELATION TO ABRAHAM THROUGH FAITH(6-9).
C. ARGUMENT #3. THE CURSE AND THE PROMISE ( vs. 10-14 ).
D. ARGUMENT #4. THE LAW AND THE PROMISE( vs. 15-18 ).
E. ARGUMENT #5. WHAT THEN IS THE LAW?
F. ARGUMENT #6. ABRAHAM'S SEED, HEIRS OF PROMISE( vs. 23-29 ).
G. ARGUMENT #7. OUR ADOPTION AS SONS( 4:1-7 ).
H. ARGUMENT #8. DANGER OF RETURNING TO APOSTASY( 8-11 ).
I. ARGUMENT #9. THEIR REACTION AT THE BEGINNING( 12-20 ).
J. ARGUMENT #10. THE ALLEGORY OF SARAH & HAGAR( 21-31 ).
A. IF YE RECEIVE CIRCUMCISION( 5:1-11 ).
B. ABUSE NOT YOUR FREEDOM( 12-15 ).
C. THE SPIRIT VS. THE FLESH( 16-26 ).
D. BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS( 6:1-10 ).
E. PERSONAL REMARKS AND CLOSING SHOTS( 11-18 ).
