Key Verse—v. 5: "Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!" (ESV) Aim: To "pass" "The Faith Test" with "flying colors"—through true love for God in Christ

Key Verse—v. 2: "I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them— . . . " (ESV) Aim: To Fear our Great God—even as we are Perfectly Loved by Him

Key Phrase—v. 19b: "It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved." (ESV) Aim: To be strong and secure in Christ—despite fearful threats

Key Phrase—v. 14a: "Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you." (ESV) Aim: To be honorable, regenerated Christian churchmen

Key Phrase—v. 11b: "For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing." (ESV) Aim: To aspire to Christ-greatness as God's redeemed church

Key Verses—vv. 8-9a: "Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he [Christ] said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'" (ESV) Aim: To accept our "thorn in the flesh"; with true gratitude

Key Verse—v. 5: "On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses— . . . " (ESV) Aim: To comprehend that all of our strength is in Christ alone

Key Verse—11:30: "If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness." (ESV) Aim: To glory in Christ—even as we are destitute sinners

Key Phrase—v. 3a: "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God . . . " (ESV) Aim: To Love The Father Who Loves us—In Christ, and By The Spirit.

Key Phrase—v. 21b: "But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that." (ESV) Aim: To Appreciate God's True Apostles and Ministers