The homework foci:
today’s 4:5-12, the treasure of Christ and Christ’s
power in our earthly vessels;
4:13-5:1, trusting in resurrection and not despairing
in mortality;
5:6-17, living by faith and not by sight, God’s new
creation;
6:1-13, Paul’s defense of his ministry, God’s working
for our salvation;
8:7-15, honoring the commitment to the Jerusalem
collection;
12:2-10, not boasting in one’s own accomplishments,
seeing God’s power made perfect in weakness