Final Exam Nee Testament Survey

Paul, in establishing his authority with the churches in Galatia wrote, "______, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me."

James

The painting in titled "The ____ Supper" by Safari Watanabe, 1982, illustrates the Passover meal Jesus ate with his disciples the night before his crucifixion. Paul, and his first letter to the church at Corinth, gave instructions for appropriate conduct and celebrating the "last supper", which is called "the Lords supper" or "holy communion" by Christians.

Last

Paul wrote, "do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your _____."

Mind

Paul added that it was the believer's ____ in the saving power of Christ that makes him or her "righteous" enabling the just deity to accept persons trustfully responding to his call.

Faith

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians, "neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your ____ continues to grow, our area of activity among will greatly expand"

Faith

According to the information in the introduction of Galatians, many of people who lived in the region of Galatia were descended from a group of people called _____, or Celts who settled there before 200 BC.

Gauls

Sin is pictured in ____________ as beginning with Adam and Eve.

Genesis

Paul wrote in Romans, "I want you to be wise about what is ______, and innocent about what is evil."

Good

The dates of the earliest letters of Paul likely fall in the period A D 50-60 and were written before the ______, Acts, and other New Testament writings

Gospels

From Paul's letters and Acts we learn that Paul spent about 20 years preaching and helping to create new groups of followers in Asia Minor and _____.

Greece

Paul's letter to the Romans is written in the traditional ______ letter writing style of the first century A.D.

Greek

Paul wrote in Romans, "live in ____ with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited."

Harmony

Paul wrote in Romans, "Be joyful in _____, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

Hope

Paul, in his first letter to the church at Corinth, contrasted _______ wisdom with God's wisdom.

Human

Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, compare the life of the church and all the duties within it to the ____ ____.

Human body

Paul wrote in Romans, "do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at _____ with everyone."

Peace

According to the information you learned from the article entitled "paradise," the Hebrew word "paradise" was borrowed from a _____ word for a wooded park or everything was peaceful and beautiful. It is also a word used to describe heaven in the New Testament.

Persian

Paul's teachings show his understanding of Jewish scripture as well as his knowledge of Greek _____.

Philosophy

Paul wrote in Romans, "I command to you our sister _____, a servant of the church in Cenchrea."

Phoebe

Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthians to defend himself as a true apostle of Christ and to encourage the Corinthians to be generous and giving money to help Christians in other parts of the ____ world.

Roman

According to chapter 13 and Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth, Paul planned to visit Corinth for a ______ time. This seems to indicate that the church had some issues that demanded Paul's personal response.

Third

Paul wrote that obedience to the ____ cannot save because the law merely defines errors and assigns legal penalties. It is God himself who overcomes the hopelessness of the human predicament.

Torah

Paul second letter to the church at Corinth may have actually been _____ letters that were circulated together and eventually joined together.

Two

According to the writings of Paul, true "children of _____," recognize the necessity of placing faith in Christ.

Abraham

Paul teaches in Romans that the good news is based in the beginning on God's promise to Israel's ancestor, ______.

Abraham

Paul wrote in Romans, "_____ one another, then, just as Christ _____ you, in order to bring praise to God

Accept, accepted

The name of the painting by Marti Shohet of the 20th century is titled ______.

Serpent and Apple

Paul wrote, "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who_____: first for the Jew, then for the gentile."

Believes

Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians about the influence of evil behavior. He asked, "don't you know that a little _____ works through the whole batch of dough?"

Yeast

According to the introduction, Galatians is a very personal letter that provides help in understanding Paul's _____ and his strong beliefs.

Character

According to information from the article entitled "spiritual gifts," the term "spiritual gifts" comes from the Greek word _______.

Charisma

Paul writes in his letter to the churches of Galatia, " I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but _____ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

Christ

The location of the city of Corinth was strategic since it was located on a narrow strip of land that had a ______ to both the east and west

seaport

Paul was born in ________, a major center for Greek education and culture.

Tarsus

Paul's name appears in the greeting of ______ New Testament "letters," nearly half the "books" in the New Testament

13

Paul probably stayed in the city of Corinth first in about A.D. 50-51 and then wrote his first letter to the church at Corinth in approximately A.D. ___

55

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthian's, "therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he has a new ______; the old has gone, the new has come!"

Creation

According to information in the introduction, another term for a letter like Galatians is ____.

Epistle

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians and his response to forgiveness of the person who had blatantly send in the church. He writes, "now instead, you ought to ______ and ______ him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow."

Forgive, comfort

Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians, "be careful, however, that the exercise of your _____ does not become a stumbling block to the week."

Freedom

Paul writes in his first letter to the Corinthian's, "they are different kinds of ______, but the same spirit."

Gifts

Paul wrote, "is God the God of the _____ only? Is he not the God of ____ too?"

Jews, Gentiles

Paul wrote in Romans, "may the God of hope fill you with all ____ and ____ as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Joy, peace

Paul observed the only God's undeserved love, expressed through Christ and excepted in faith, can ethically ______ humanity and reconcile it to the creator.

Justify

Paul wrote in Romans, "let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to ____ one another..."

Love

Paul also wrote his first letter to the Corinthian's to answer their questions about _____ and about eating food sacrificed to idols.

Marriage

"The Ecstasy of Saint ____" was a painting by Nicolas Poussin around 1650.

Paul

Paul argues that God's plan of rescuing sinners through faith began with Abraham, foremost ancestor of the Jewish people. As in Galatians, he cites Genesis 15:6: Abrahams faith in God "was counted to him as ________".

Righteousness

Paul's letters to Corinth urged the recipients to overcome their selfish divisions, abandon competitive behavior, and strive for unity of belief and _____.

Purpose

It is apparent that 1 Corinthians provides us a good idea of the kind of ______ one early group of Jesus' followers faced in the first country

Questions

The first nine chapters of Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth describes Paul's _____ with them.

Reconciliation

Paul, at the end of his first letter to the church at Corinth, reminds them of their previous agreement to help the Jerusalem church. They are to contribute money every ______.

Sunday

Paul, in the last three chapters of his letter, employs a masterpiece of Savage irony in chapters 10-13 showing himself boasting "as a fool," using every device of rhetoric to demolish his opponents pretensions to ______.

Superiority

Paul taught the Christian community in Corinth that they were led by the Holy Spirit which granted different ________ abilities to them to benefit the whole body, the church.

Supernatural

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians, "three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in ____."

Weakness

Paul wrote his letter to the churches of Galatia because he wanted them to know he was a true ______ of Jesus Christ, and that the message he had given them about Jesus was the only true one.

apostle