1. What do you think are the main points of this chapter?
2. Where was the "man in Christ" taken from verses 2-4? What did he hear?
3. What is the point Paul is making in verses 5-6?
4. Why was Paul given "a thorn in the flesh" in verse 7?
5. How many times did Paul plead with the Lord to remove the "thorn" that “buffeted” him? What did the Lord respond?
6. In what, then, did Paul choose to boast in verses 9-10? Why?
7. What was Paul compelled to do and what should the Corinthians have done to Paul from verse 11?
8. What were the "signs of an apostle" that Paul had done among the Corinthians from verse 12?
9. What had Paul done that some charged made the Corinthians inferior to other churches from verse 13?
10. Why would Paul continue not to be a burden to them from verses 14-18?
11. What was the motive behind all that Paul did for the Corinthians from verse 19?
12. What was Paul afraid might occur when he got to Corinth from verse 20?
13. What was Paul afraid of finding when he got to Corinth from verse 21?