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Lesson Four – The Major Thought Movement in I Corinthians

The Major Thought Movement in I Corinthians Introduction Our personal preparation for reading a New Testament letter will be our greatest challenge for our study.  The original recipients were fully prepared to read Paul’s letters.  Their daily lives had been lived in what we learned about their situation in our historical analysis.  Paul had taught […]

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Lesson Two – Let Him Who Boasts Boast in the Lord

Let Him Who Boasts Boast in the Lord Introduction From our previous lesson we understood how the word of God speaks to the mind, heart and conscience of our “self.”  Each person’s spirit came from God and it possesses a likeness of His Spirit (Heb. 12:9; Jas. 3:9).  God has a mind, heart and conscience […]

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Lesson One – A Living Being

A Living Being Introduction The aim of this lesson is to help us keep aware of what the Apostle Paul wanted each church member to be aware of about their “self.”  He wrote “so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.”  I Cor. […]

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Lesson Five – Paul’s Literary Style in II Corinthians

Paul’s Literary Style in II Corinthians Introduction II Corinthians is the last letter Paul wrote to the church at Corinth.  We know about four letters he wrote between the first time he left Corinth and the time he returned to pick up their gifts for the saints in Jerusalem (Acts 18:1-17; 20:2-6; 24:17; I Cor.3:10).  […]

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Lesson Three – Boasting in II Corinthians

Boasting in II Corinthians Introduction We learned about the Corinthian church’s problems and the possible source of their division in our historical analysis in Part I.  Now we are attempting to know and understand God’s divine answer to this problem from our study of Paul’s letters.  His answer will be the divine principle we take […]

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Part II, Introduction – Literary Analysis

Literary Analysis With a clear view of the information we gleaned in our exegetical approach to the Corinthian letters, we can more distinctly hear and understand what Paul said to the recipient’s particular situation.  Exegesis is concerned with the “then and there.”  We do historical and literary analysis under the banner of exegesis.  From what […]

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