1 Corinthians Questions
Text: 1 Corinthians chapter 2 [please read the text & answer the questions below]
1. Paul presented the testimony (mystery) of God to the Corinthians. What were the weaknesses in his presentation? What were the strengths?
2. Paul did not want the Corinthian’s faith to be in what? What source did Paul want the Corinthians faith to be in?
3. Paul wrote that they spoke the "wisdom of God in a mystery". What mystery is he referring to? Please provide others scriptures to support your answer.
4. In verse 8 Paul mentions that if the rulers had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Why do you think the rulers would have decided not to crucify Jesus?
5. How did God reveal the "mystery" to mankind?
6. What is the source of what Paul (Sosthenes, other apostles) speaks?
7. When it comes to understanding the Word of God, how should we view the writings of men?
8. What is the difference between the "natural" man and the "spiritual" man?
9. Whose mind are Christians to have?