2 Corinthians Nine

 1. What is the ministering under consideration in verse 1? _____________

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 2. To whom had Paul boasted of the Corinthians? ________________________

 3. Why had Paul "sent the brethren"? ___________________________________

 4. What do we learn about the nature of mankind from verses 2-4? _______

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 5. Due to this trait, what is needful? _________________________________

 6. Define "bounty." ____________________________________________________

 7. What principle about "sowing" and "reaping" is found in this chapter?

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 8. What regulates one's giving under the gospel? _______________________

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 9. In Lev. 27:32, we learn that the Jews were to tithe _________%. Is

    the Christian today bound by this law? ________ If not, does this in

    anyway effect our giving? ___________________________________________

10. What kind of giver does the Lord love? ______________________________

11. One should not give ____________________ nor of ____________________.

12. How did they (and how can we) have all sufficiency? (cf. 2 Cor. 3:5)

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13. This being true, when will we abound unto every good work? __________

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14. Explain how God and man work together for "our daily bread." ________

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15. Children of God need to increase the _______________ of their

    righteousness.

16. What else, besides supplying the needs of the saints, did the relief

    accomplish? _________________________________________________________

17. Was this ministering directed to all men in general? If not, then to

    whom? _______________________________________________________________

18. Discuss, "his unspeakable gift." ____________________________________

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TRUE OR FALSE:

________  1. If one sows sparingly, one will reap sparingly.

________  2. The main thing to be concerned about in our giving is the
             need for the gift.
________  3. Paul boasted to Achaia that Macedonia had been ready "a year
             ago."
________  4. Paul teaches that giving to please God requires planning.

________  5. Paul said that God loves a "big giver."

________  6. This chapter regulates the amount of one's gift.

________  7. One's reaping depends on what is sown.

________  8. Paul was concerned about the Corinthians completing their
             contribution as they had begun.
________  9. Paul said this contribution could be distributed to all men
             in general.
________ 10. Paul called the ability to speak in tongues an "unspeakable
             gift."

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