2 Corinthians: First Review Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) Paul defends his ministry as an apostle of the gospel and the new covenant.2) Paul saw at least four large temples there5) A wealthy city which hosted the Isthmian Games and had much corruption and immorality (like Las Vegas)7) Paul and Timothy8) December 53 A.D.9) It had both Jew and Gentile members, knew Paul well (he had worked there 18 months), and had many problems. Across: 3) God will raise believers from the dead and bring all of them into His presence.4) 1) The new covenant is more glorious since it can transform members. 2) The new covenant is more permanent. 3) The new covenant brings freedom (through the Spirit) while the old brought slavery (through the letter).6) To show that believers must act like their Heavenly Father, who is pure and holy10) His inward man is being renewed daily, and there will be an eternal glory which will be beyond all comparison to anything this world has to offer.11) A Roman authority in Corinth who dismissed the Jews accusation against Paul by saying it was a Jewish matter that they themselves could settle12) Paul commends the penitent members, urges the group to finish making a financial gift, defends his ministry as an apostle of the gospel (which includes much suffering), and admonishes members to test their fidelity, to be restored, to be unified, and to live in peace.13) Paul does not sound as upset as in Galatians, but his tone is more intense when he defends his own ministry against the "super-apostles". He claims that he can severe as an apostle, but he does not wish to do so unless he must defend the truth of the gospel.14) The Lord Jesus is with us whether in this life or in the one to come.15) False teachers who are Jewish Christians and who call themselves "super-apostles" push following the old covenant and undermine (or attack) Paul's credibility causing some members to go astray, but Titus reports that some of these members have repented16) Christians are the temple of the living God.17) Paul opens 2 Corinthians by taking care of some urgent business: God's comfort (seen in some members' repentance), forgiveness of a member, a refutation of the teaching of the false teachers concerning the old covenant.
 

 

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