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This Week's Assignment : Twenty Questions

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1. What is the core of the Gospel which Paul preached
2. What are the "Scriptures" to which Paul refers in 15:3. Give an example from these Scriptures that points to Jesus as the Messiah
3. Which James is referred to in 15:7? How do we know that it was not James the Apostle, brother of John, who was meant. - see Acts, chapter 12
4. What was the common reaction of Greeks to the resurrection from the dead - see Acts 17:32 & Acts 26:22-24
5. In 1 Corinthians 15:13-18, trace the line of logic which Paul uses to show that either Christ rose from the dead, or else Paul is a liar and the dead perish in sin.
6. How does Paul refute the argument that there is no Resurrection of the dead.
7. Which Athenian playwright does Paul quote, and what is the quotatioon
8. What questions do the members of the Church at Corinth seem to have had about the resurrection of the dead
9. How does Paul deal with the questions about the nature of the resurrected body
10. According to the textbook, what was one great diferrence between the "mystery" of the Gospel, and the Mystery Religions or cults
11. What will finally happen to death
12. What non-Biblical evidence is there that Jews were in the habit of sending money to Jerusalem
13. How was the collection to be organized, and what was it's purpose
14. From chapter 16, how do we know where Paul was when he wrote 1 Corinthians, and where was he headed
15. Who were the probable adversaries mentioned in 16:9. How does this help us to pinpoint the date for the writing of 1 Corinthians
16. What might have been the reason for Paul's remark about Timothy, 16:10-11 - see 1 Timothy 4:12
17. How can we deduce that Paul was not jealous of Apollos' popularity in Corinth
18. 16:13-14 - What are Paul's concluding comands to the Church at Corinth
19. Who were Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and how were they involved in the questions from Corinth, and Paul's answering letter.
20. What is the significance of 16:21

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