Lesson 1 | Restatement
Assignment: Writing Restatements
Remember that creative writing exercise we discussed and demonstrated for you? Now it’s your turn to give it a try in Part 2! (Find Part 1 of the assignment back on the Commentary vs. Paraphrase-Style step.) Then, in Part 3, we will move to paraphrasing key verses from 2 Corinthians 1–2. Part 2: Restate the following sentence in your words 5 times.
“The cat slept on the windowsill during the afternoon sun.”
Part 3
Read each verse carefully several times.
Move your eyes away from the words and reflect on its meaning for a minute.
Write a 1–3 sentence paraphrase in the box below each verse. Attempt to capture the tone and perspective of the author in your own words.
[He] comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
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For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
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But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
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When you are finished, continue to the next step and submit the lesson. After you do so, the instructor's work will be available for you to review while you wait for your coach to give you feedback (typically within 3-5 days).