The Books of Corinthians — Bible Study
The books of Corinthians in the Holy Bible are amazingly filled with precious truth we need to understand. We put these two epistles of the New Testament in question-and-answer form.
1 Corinthians Questions and Answers — Bible Exam
1 Co. Ch. 1 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
In what are we enriched by God? In all utterance and in all knowledge.
What will God do for us? Confirm us unto the end, that we may be blessed.
How should we be joined together? In the same mind and judgment.
What does God do with the wisdom of the wise? 1 Co. 1:19 — “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
How did the world know not God? By the wisdom of the world.
What do Jews and Greeks seek? Jews seek signs; Greeks seek wisdom.
What is Christ crucified to them? To the Jews, a stumbling block; to the Greeks, foolishness.
What are not many of those who are called? Wise, mighty, or noble.
What has God chosen? The foolish, the weak, the base, and the despised.
What is Jesus made unto us? Wisdom, sanctification, righteousness, and redemption.
In what should we glory and have pride? In the Lord.
1 Co. Ch. 2 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
What was Paul’s speech not? Enticing words of wisdom.
Why? So that faith would not stand in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God.
What do the princes of this world know not? The wisdom of God.
What would they have done had they known God’s wisdom? Not crucified the Lord of glory.
How can we know the things of God? By the Holy Spirit.
What are the things of God to natural men? Foolishness.
Why can he not know them? They are spiritually discerned.
What does he that is spiritual do? He judges all things and is judged by none.
1 Co. Ch. 3 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
Why were the Corinthians still carnal? Envying, strife, and divisions.
We are God’s what? Husbandry and building.
Husbandry? Care, cultivation, and the breeding of crops and animals.
How will every man’s work be revealed? The day shall declare it, for it shall be revealed by fire.
How shall we receive a reward? If any man’s work abides.
If we think ourselves to be wise, what should we do? Become a fool.
How does God see the thoughts of the wise? As vain.
1 Co. Ch. 4
What did Paul know of himself? Nothing.
What will God bring? To light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the heart.
Why should we not be proud? What do we have that we have not received?
Why, then, what? Why do we glory as if we have not received it?
What are we made? The filth and offscouring of the world.
Offscouring? Someone rejected by society — an outcast.
1 Co. Ch. 5
What do we need to purge out, and why? The old leaven — to be a new lump, as we are unleavened.
How should we keep the feast? With the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
With whom should we not keep company? The covetous, extortioners, idolaters, railers, and drunkards.
1 Co. Ch. 6 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
Who will not inherit the kingdom? The unrighteous, fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, the effeminate, abusers of themselves with mankind, thieves, the covetous, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners.
1 Co. Ch. 7
What does the husband render to the wife? Due benevolence.
What do the wife and husband have no power over? Their own bodies.
How can they defraud one another? Only by consent.
How is this spoken? By permission, not by commandment.
When should people marry? If they cannot contain themselves.
How are the children of non-Christian couples regarded? As unclean.
What should we not be? Servants of men.
Why should those who use this world not abuse it? For the fashion of this world passes away.
When can one think he behaves uncomely toward his virgin? When she passes the flower of her age.
After whose judgment is a woman happier remaining single? After Paul’s judgment.
1 Co. Ch. 8
What does knowledge do? Knowledge puffs up; charity edifies.
What does he that thinks he knows anything find? He knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
If someone loves God, what then? He is known of Him.
What is an idol? Nothing in the world.
Why is the conscience of the weak one emboldened to eat idol’s meat? By your knowledge that idols are nothing.
Why would a weak brother perish? By your knowledge.
1 Co. Ch. 9 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
Who was Paul’s seal of apostleship? The Corinthian church.
Who could forbear working? Paul and Cephas.
What things do people not do at their own charge? Go to war, plant a vineyard, or feed a flock.
What should those who plow and thresh do? Do so in hope.
What should those who sow spiritual things reap? Carnal things.
1 Co. Ch. 10
What did the Jewish fathers do? They went under the cloud and passed through the sea.
How were they baptized? In the cloud and in the sea.
How did God feel about many of them? He was displeased and overthrew them in the wilderness.
What were these things? Examples.
Why? So that we might not lust after evil things.
What happened to those who tempted Christ? They were destroyed by serpents.
What happened to those who murmured? They were destroyed by the Destroyer.
Why did these things happen? As examples, for our admonition.
We, being many, are? One bread and one body.
All things are lawful to me — but? All things edify not; not all are expedient.
What should we seek? Another man’s wealth — that is, his spiritual profit.
To whom should we give no offense? To the Jews, the Gentiles, or the church of God.
What did Paul not seek? His own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
1 Co. Ch. 11 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
Who is the head of every woman? The man.
Who is the head of Christ? God.
Why should a man not cover his head? He is the image and glory of God.
What is the woman? The glory of the man.
What is the man not of? Of the woman.
What was the man not created for? For the woman.
What does he that eats of the communion unworthily do? He is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
What does he that eats and drinks unworthily bring upon himself? Damnation to himself.
By not doing what? By not discerning the Lord’s body.
What is the result in the church? Many are weak, sick, and many sleep.
1 Co. Ch. 12
What does the same Holy Spirit give? Gifts.
There is the same Lord, but? Differences of administration.
Why is the manifestation of the Spirit given? To profit withal.
What things are given to Christians? The word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, divers kinds of tongues, and interpretation of tongues.
How does the Holy Spirit divide these? As He wills.
What have we been made by the Spirit? To drink of the Holy Spirit.
Which members of the body are more necessary? Those who are feeble.
Upon which members do we bestow more honour? Those who are less honourable.
Which of our parts have more comeliness? Our uncomely parts.
What has God given to the body? More abundant honour to the parts that lacked.
How did God set some in the church? Apostles, prophets, teachers, miracles, healing, helps, governments, and diversity of tongues.
What should we covet? The best gifts.
1 Co. Ch. 13
What am I if I have not love? Sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.
When am I nothing? Even if I have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all faith to remove mountains.
What profits me nothing? If I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and give my body to be burned — without love.
What is love? It suffers long, is kind, envies not, vaunts not itself, is not proud, is not dishonest, is not selfish, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil, rejoices not in iniquity but in the truth.
Vaunteth meaning? To boast or brag.
What does love do? It bears, believes, hopes, and endures all things.
What else does love do? It never fails.
What will fall away? Prophecies will fail, tongues will cease, and knowledge will vanish away.
How do we know things? In part — we prophesy in part.
What did Paul do when he was a child? He spoke, understood, and thought as a child.
1 Co. Ch. 14
What should we follow after? Charity — and desire spiritual gifts, but rather to prophesy.
Who understands the one who speaks in an unknown tongue? No man — only God.
What does he do in the spirit? He speaks mysteries.
What does he that prophesies do? He speaks to men for edification, exhortation, and comfort.
What does he that speaks in tongues do? He edifies himself.
He that prophesies? Edifies the church.
How did Paul profit the churches? By revelation, knowledge, prophesying, or by doctrine.
How can people not prepare for battle? If an uncertain sound is given.
In what should we be children? In malice.
In what should we be men? In understanding.
For whom are tongues? For those who believe not.
For whom is prophesying? For those who believe.
How should unknown tongues be spoken? By two or three.
What are subject to the prophets? The spirits of the prophets.
What are the things that Paul wrote? The commandments of the Lord.
1 Co. Ch. 15
How many disciples saw Jesus after He rose? Above 500.
What if Christ is not risen? Our preaching and faith are vain.
With whom did Paul fight in Ephesus? Beasts.
What corrupts good manners? Evil communications.
What should we awake to? Righteousness — and sin not.
What is the sting of death? Sin.
What is the strength of sin? The law.
How should we be in God’s work? Steadfast, unmovable, always abounding.
1 Co. Ch. 16
Where was Paul going? Macedonia.
How long did he want to stay? The winter.
Where was Paul staying until Pentecost? Ephesus.
Why? Because a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
What did Timothy do? He worked the work of the Lord.
Who did not come? Apollos.
How should all our things be done? With charity.
What is the firstfruits of Achaia? The house of Stephanas.
To what have they addicted themselves? To the ministry of the saints.
Who supplied what was lacking in the Corinthian church? Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus.
What have they done? Refreshed my spirit and yours.
2 Co. Ch. 1 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
Blessed be who? God — the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.
When does God comfort us? In all our tribulations.
Why? That we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble.
What abounds in us? The sufferings and consolations of Christ.
Why is our hope steadfast? If we partake of the sufferings, we will partake of the consolation.
What happened to Paul in Asia? He was pressed out of measure, above strength.
What did Paul do? He despaired of life.
What did Paul have? The sentence of death in himself.
What has God done for us? He has sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
Why did Paul not yet go to Corinth? To spare you.
What was Paul to the Corinthians? A helper of their joy.
What happened in Troas? A door was opened.
Why did Paul have no rest? Because he found not Titus.
2 Co. Ch. 2
In what state did Paul write to the Corinthians? In much affliction and anguish of heart, with many tears.
What does God always do? He always causes us to triumph and makes manifest the savour of His knowledge in every place.
What are we unto God? A sweet savour of Christ in those that are saved and those that perish.
What are we to them? A savour of life unto one, or of death unto the other.
2 Co. Ch. 3
What were the Corinthians? Our epistles.
What are we not sufficient in ourselves to do? To think anything.
Where is our sufficiency? Of God.
How was the ministration of death? Glorious.
What shall be rather more glorious? The ministration of the Spirit.
What is where the Spirit of the Lord is? Liberty.
How do we behold? With open face, as in a glass.
What happens to us? We are changed into the same image from glory to glory.
By whom? By the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Co. Ch. 4 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
As we have received this ministry? We faint not.
What have we renounced? The hidden things of dishonesty — not walking in craftiness, not handling the Word of God deceitfully.
If the gospel is hidden, to whom is it hidden? To those who are lost.
What has Satan done? He has blinded the minds of those who believe not.
Why? Lest the light of the glorious gospel shine unto them.
What do we preach not? Ourselves.
What has God commanded? That light shine out of darkness — and shine in our hearts.
Why? To give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God.
Where do we have this treasure? In earthen vessels.
Why? That the excellency of the power may be of God.
Troubled but? Not distressed.
Perplexed but? Not in despair.
Persecuted but? Not forsaken.
Cast down but? Not destroyed.
Always what? Bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord.
Why? That the life of Jesus might be manifest in our body.
What are we who live? Always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake.
Why? That the life of Jesus might be manifest in our mortal bodies.
Though our outward man perishes, our? The inward man is renewed day by day.
The things that are seen are? Temporal.
The things which are unseen are? Eternal.
2 Co. Ch. 5
What happens if the earthly house of this tabernacle is dissolved? We have a building of God — a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Why do we groan earnestly? Desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven.
What has God given us? The earnest of the Spirit.
What must we all do? Appear before the judgment seat of Christ.
For what? That everyone may receive the things done in his body.
Which things? Whether good or bad.
Knowing the terror of the Lord, we? Persuade men.
And that He died for all — that? Those who live should not live unto themselves.
But unto whom? Unto Him who died for them.
What has God given us? The ministry of reconciliation.
Who has God made sin? Jesus.
For whom? For us.
For what purpose? That we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Co. Ch. 6 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
What did Paul beseech the Corinthians? Not to receive God’s grace in vain.
How are we approved as ministers of God? By much patience, necessities, afflictions, distresses, stripes, imprisonments, tumults, labour, watchings, and fastings.
How else? By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report.
As deceivers and? Yet true.
As unknown and? Yet well known.
As dying and? Behold, we live.
As chastened and? Not killed.
As sorrowful and? Always rejoicing.
As poor and? Yet making many rich.
As having nothing? And yet possessing all things.
What part has he that believes with? An infidel.
2 Co. Ch. 7 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
Having these promises, what should we do? Cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh.
Doing what? Perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
What happened in Macedonia? No rest — troubled on every side, without fightings, within fears.
What did God do? He comforted those that are cast down, by the coming of Titus.
What did that selfsame thing work in the Corinthians? Carefulness, clearing of themselves, indignation, fear, vehement desire, zeal, and revenge.
What did they prove themselves to be? Clear in this matter.
What does godly sorrow do? It works repentance unto salvation.
What does the sorrow of the world work? Death.
2 Co. Ch. 8
In what did the Corinthians abound? Faith, utterance, knowledge, diligence, and love toward us.
He that gathered much? Had nothing over.
He that gathered little? Had no lack.
2 Co. Ch. 9
He that sows bountifully? Shall reap bountifully.
How should every man give? As he has purposed in his heart.
Not? Grudgingly or out of necessity.
What is God able to do? Make all grace abound towards us.
Why are we enriched in everything? To all bountifulness.
What is the administration of this service? Giving to the poor.
What does it do? It supplies the wants of the saints.
Also? It is abundant by many thanksgivings to God.
Thanks be to God for what? His unspeakable gift.
2 Co. Ch. 10
Now I Paul beseech you by? The meekness and gentleness of Christ.
For though we walk in the flesh, we? Do not war after the flesh.
For our weapons are not? Carnal.
But? Mighty through God.
For what purpose? To the pulling down of strongholds.
Casting down? Imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.
Having in readiness? To revenge all disobedience.
Why did God give Paul authority? For edification, not for destruction.
How were Paul’s letters described by some? As weighty and powerful.
But his bodily presence? Weak — and his speech contemptible.
To whom did Paul not want to compare himself? To those who commend themselves.
What is not wise? Comparing and measuring ourselves among ourselves.
Who is approved? He whom God commends.
Who is not approved? He that commends himself.
Commends meaning? Presents, introduces, shows, proves, establishes, exhibits.
2 Co. Ch. 11
How was Paul toward the Corinthians? Jealous with a godly jealousy.
What did Paul do? He espoused them to one husband.
That Paul may present the Corinthians as? A chaste virgin unto Christ.
What did Paul fear? That your minds would be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
How were those who preached another gospel described? As false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Who are transformed into ministers of righteousness? Satan’s angels.
How shall their end be? According to their works.
What did Paul receive of the Jews? Forty stripes save one.
Twice what? Beaten and stoned.
Thrice what? Shipwrecked.
How long in the deep? A night and a day.
Who desired to apprehend Paul? The governor under Aretas the king, who kept the city of the Damascenes.
How did Paul escape? Through a window — in a basket, let down by the wall.
2 Co. Ch. 12
When did Paul receive his vision? Fourteen years ago.
Where was he taken? To the third heaven.
Yet of myself? I will not glory.
Lest I be? A fool.
Why did Paul receive a thorn in the flesh? Lest he should be exalted above measure.
How many times did Paul ask God to remove it? Three times.
Why should we glory in our infirmities? That the power of Christ may rest upon me.
In what did Paul take glory? Infirmities, reproaches, necessities, persecutions, and distresses.
How were the signs of an apostle wrought in the Corinthians? By patience, signs, wonders, and mighty deeds.
What was Paul’s will toward the Corinthians? To spend and be spent for them.
The more he loved them? The less he was loved.
Why did Paul do all things for the Corinthians? For their edifying.
2 Co. Ch. 13 — 1 Corinthians Questions and Answers Bible Exam
How shall every word be established? In the mouth of two or three witnesses.
How was Jesus crucified? Through weakness.
Yet? He lives by the power of God.
Prove your own selves — why? Lest ye be reprobates.
Reprobate? Not standing the test, not approved, unfit, unproved, spurious.
What did Paul pray for the Corinthians? That they do no evil and be honest.
What can we do against the truth? Nothing.