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1 and 2 Corinthians

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of 1 and 2 Corinthians (Skim 1 and 2 Corinthians)
    24 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Holiness in the Context of Freedom (1 Corinthians 5–8, 10, 15)
    20 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Unity and Order in the Context of Diversity (1 Corinthians 1–3, 11–14)
    19 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    Paul's Apostleship (1 Corinthians 4, 9, 16, 2 Corinthians 1–7)
    19 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    Author and Audience (2 Corinthians 8–13)
    25 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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1 and 2 Corinthians Author and Audience (2 Corinthians 8–13) In | Workbook: Paul’s Lost Epistles, Part 2
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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

In any event, we know that not all of Paul’s correspondence survived in the New Testament. Ephesians and Colossians also reference letters we do not have today—an earlier letter to Ephesus and a letter to the Laodiceans, respectively (cf. Ephesians 3:3-4; Colossians 4:16).

When we read Paul’s letters, we might assume that we’re reading all of them, but clearly this isn’t the case. At least three or four letters, and very likely more, have been lost to history. This may limit our ability to access a comprehensive view of Paul’s thought. 

  1. How might our awareness of this limitation change the way we read Paul and understand his meaning in the letters that do survive?