“Ambassadors For Christ: Reconciled Reconcilers (Part I)” | 2 Corinthians 5:11-15 Bible Study ✞-word | 10.9.24

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Across
  1. 5. Though Paul was not as polished as a speaker as the false teachers, he had true ___ of God (2 Cor 5:11; cf. 1 Cor 2:1-5; 2 Cor 11:5-6).
  2. 7. Paul’s aim is to give Christians in Corinth ammunition against the false teachers who take pride in ____ instead of what is in the heart (2 Cor 5:12; cf. 1 Sam 16:7; Jn 7:24; 2 Cor 10:7).
  3. 9. Christ died for ___; ___ should live for Christ (2 Cor 5:14-15; cf. Gal 2:20). But not ___ will do so (Mt 7:13-14; 2 Cor 2:15-16).
  4. 10. The ___ of Christ should restrain us from living for self, and urge us to live for the Savior (2 Cor 5:14; cf. Lk 6:46; 1 Cor 6:18-20).
Down
  1. 1. Jesus, the Suffering Servant (Is 52:13-53:12), is the prophesied ___ who died on the cross for the sins of the whole world and was raised to life (2 Cor 5:14-15; cf. Jn 3:16; Gal 3:13; 1 Tim 2:6; Tit 2:14; 1 Jn 2:2).
  2. 2. The ___ (i.e., reverence) of the LORD is one of the main motives for Paul’s ministry (2 Cor 5:11; cf. Dt 10:12-13; Pr 1:7, 9:10; 2 Cor 5:10).
  3. 3. If they called Jesus ___ (Mk 3:21; Jn 10:20), don’t be surprised when they call followers of Christ ___ (cf. Ac 26:24; 1 Cor 11:1; 2 Cor 5:13).
  4. 4. If we ___ about anything, we should ___ in the Lord. We should ___ about our knowledge of Him and what He is doing through us in ministry (Jer 9:23-24; cf. 1 Cor 1:31; 2 Cor 5:12, 10:17-18) – even when suffering for the Savior (2 Cor 11:21-28, 12:9).
  5. 6. Not for human approval (Gal 1:10), but because he has true reverence of God, Paul strives to ___ others rationally (2 Cor 5:11; cf. Ac 17:2-4; 19:8-10; 2 Cor 10:5).
  6. 8. In part, Paul wrote 2 Corinthians to address the church’s tolerance of false teachers. Such fake prophets liked to make ____ (2 Cor 2:17; cf. 2 Cor 4:2, 11:4, 13).