Epistles--Instruction

1. Multiple choice: Paul was amazed that God would entrust humans with the very life of God in Christ. He said, "We have this treasure in  (a) Human bodies; (b) weak people; or (c) earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us."

2. Sentence completion: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a...

3. Fill in the blanks: Paul, speaking of how God has reconciled us to Himself, says, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the ----------- of ---------- in Him."

1. (c) "Earthen vessels" (2 Cor. 4:7). Paul uses this term to emphasize our weakness as human beings.

 

 

2. " New creation: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Cor. 5:17).

 

3. "Righteousness.... God" (2 Cor. 5:21).