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2 Corinthians 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Forgive and Comfort

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolForgive

heartpeopletreesun

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenForgive

SORRY → picture 4FORGIVE → picture 3LOVE → picture 2FRIEND → picture 1

Grade 1Forgive and Comfort

Paul wrote a letter. → picture 3He wrote with tears. → picture 5Forgive the one who is sorry. → picture 2Show him love. → picture 4Be a sweet smell of Christ. → picture 1

Order:

1. Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him2. Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything3. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place4. For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God

Grade 2Be Friends Again

  1. How did Paul write the hard letter? With many tears (circle)
  2. How did Paul feel about the church? He loved them very much
  3. How did the man feel now? Sorry (circle)
  4. What did Paul say to do? Forgive him (circle)
  5. What are God's people like? A sweet smell (circle)
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Grade 3The Sweet Smell of Christ

  1. Why did Paul write the letter with tears? So they would know how much he loved them
  2. What had most of the church done to the man? Corrected him
  3. What did Paul beg the church to confirm? Their love toward him
  4. What spreads like a sweet smell? The knowledge of Jesus
1: Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him2: Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything3: Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place4: For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God
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Grade 4Confirm Your Love

  1. Why did Paul write the letter with many tears? So they would know his deep love for them
  2. Why did the church need to forgive the man? So he would not be swallowed up by too much sorrow
  3. How does forgiveness protect the church? Satan cannot take advantage of them
  4. How does God spread the knowledge of Christ? Like a fragrance through believers

Word bank: 1. sorrow; 2. wrote; 3. love; 4. forgive; 5. God

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Fragrance of Christ

  1. What was Paul's aim in writing the letter with many tears? To let them know the abundant love he had for them
  2. What does church discipline aim at? Restoration
  3. What would unforgiveness give Satan? An advantage
  4. What does God spread through believers? The sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place
5GRIEVE3FOGIVE4SWET2WROT1SORRO

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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