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Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians), "Be careful, however, that the exercise of your _________ does not become a stumbling block to the weak.."

freedom

The author of Hebrews writes to the Christians to look at the Old Testament followers of God (Chapter 11) and _________ himself for encouragement.

Jesus Christ

The painting entitled "The ________ Supper" by Sadao Watanabe, 1982, illustrates the Passover meal Jesus ate with his disciples the night before his crucifixion. Paul, in his first letter to the church at Corinth, gave instructions for appropriate conduct when celebrating the "Last Supper," which was is called "The Lord's Supper" or "Holy Communion" by Christians.

Last

According to information in the introduction to 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 B.C.

gauls

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

genesis

Paul writes in his first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians), "There are different kinds of ________, but the same Spirit."

gifts

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

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians) in response to forgiveness of the person who had blatantly sinned in the church. He writes, "Now instead, you ought to _________ and ________ him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow."

forgive, comfort

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

Persian

Paul wrote his second letter to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians) to defend himself as a true apostle of Christ and to encourage the Corinthians to be generous in giving money to help Christans in other parts of the ________ world.

Roman

According the Bible, the tabernacle and the sacrificial system in the Old Testament was only a temporary stop gap measure for forgiveness. According to the New Testament, the plan of God since the creation of the world was to send himself in the person of Christ to provide ____________ for the people of the world.

forgiveness

Some believe that the letter of Ephesians may have been meant to be passed among a number of churches in ______ _______.

asia minor

The Greek word translated as "church" means an __________ or gathering of people who believe in the good news about Christ Jesus.

assembly

Paul, in writing about the second coming of Christ, was like other writers of the New Testament. These writers expected the return of Christ to happen _________________.

at any moment

The high priest represented the people before God on the Day of _____________. This once-a-year activity was to ask God to forgive the sins of the people.

atonement

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

charisma

According to information in the Introduction of Colossians, the writer of Colossians had never been to the city. However, he was pleased to learn that the Christians in the city were strong in their ___________.

faith

Paul writes in his first letter to Timothy that church officers (deacons) must keep hold of the deep truths of the ________ with a clear conscience.

faith

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians (2 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 you will greatly expand"

faith

The letter of Hebrews is likely written after A.D. 60 and before A.D. 95 when parts of it appear in a letter written by _________ of Rome (The church in Rome).

Clement

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

good

Paul, in his second letter to the church in Thessalonica, wrote, "And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is ___________."

good

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

greece

Paul begins his letter to the church at Philippi with a Christian form of the words of greeting traditionally used in formal __________ letter writing.

greek

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

greek

One of the main questions Paul attempts to answer in his second letter to the church at Thessalonica was concerning the false teaching that Christ _____________________.

had already returned

One of the teachings about the "End Times" or "Last Days" was that God's people would have to face _________ times before the final age comes."

hard

Paul wrote in Romans, "Live in __________ with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low (ordinary) position. Do not be conceited.."

harmony

Paul writes to the church at Ephesus, "In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves ________."

himself

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 (1 Corinthians), compared the life of the church and all the duties within it with the _______ ________.

human body

Paul's letter to the church at Colossae included an early Christian ________ that helped explain who Christ is.

hymn

"Everyone should be quick to _______, slow to _______ and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

listen, speak

Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians may be the _______ of Paul's letters in the New Testament.

oldest

The author of Acts reported that ____________ was the very first city Paul visited after he crossed over to southeastern Europe from Asia Minor.

philippi

Paul's teachings show his understanding of Jewish Scripture as well as his knowledge of Greek ____________.

philosophy

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

phoebe

"Is any one of you in trouble? He should ______. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise."

pray

The term "Second Coming" is from the Greek word "parousia" was used to describe the _________ appearance of an emperor or king. In relation to the second coming it was used to describe the type of appearance of Christ at the end of time.

public

James writes, "Religion that God our Father accepts as ________ and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

pure

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 century.

questions

Paul writes in his first letter to Timothy that overseers (pastors) must be above __________ (good reputation), and the husband of but one wife (faithful in marriage).

reproach

The writer of James challenges Christians to obey the most important law in the ____________; "to love others as much as they love themselves."

scriptures

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

Apparently some of the followers in the Thessalonican church had questions about what would happen to followers who died before Christ came back again. This is sometimes called the "__________ Coming."

second

The name of the painting by Marti Shohet of the twentieth century is titled ___________.

serpent and apple

Paul writes to the church in Philippi about the humility of Christ. "Who (Christ), being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a ___________, being made in human likeness."

servant

Paul writes in chapter 4 of Ephesians, "It was he (Christ) who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of _______, so that the body of Christ may be built up..."

service

After the first generation the church gradually became more __________ in its organization, with clear leadership roles and rules for the behavior of its members clearly defined.

structured

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

tarsus

Although Hebrews is traditionally called a letter, it is really a _________ sermon that is designed to answer questions about the Christian faith and tell people how important Jesus Christ really is.

teaching

Paul writes about true wealth, "People who want to get rich fall into ____________ and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction."

temptation

Paul writes, in his first letter to the church at Thessalonica, about the return of Jesus Christ, "...you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a ________ in the night."

thief

According to chapter 13 in 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

The author of the letter of James writes, "If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his _________, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless."

tongue

According to Paul's letter to the Galatians, we understand that, in the New Testament Abraham is frequently given as an example of human ________ in the promises of God.

trust

My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the ________ and someone should bring that person back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

truth

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

two

Paul writes to the church at Ephesus, "For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing _______of hostility..."

wall

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians), "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it (suffering) away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in ___________. "

weakness

Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians) about the influence of evil behavior. He asked, "Don't you know that a little _________ works through the whole batch of dough?"

yeast

In the chest in the most holy place in the tabernacle was three important things: a gold jar filled with manna, Aaron's walking stick, and the ____________________________.

Ten commandments

Paul encouraged Titus, "Do not let anyone __________ you.

despise

The author of Hebrews writes, "...without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he ________ and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

exists

Paul's second letter to Timothy is more _________ than the first letter.

personal

Philemon is the shortest and most ___________ of Paul's letters.

personal

Paul's name apears 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

What two people in the church at Philippi did Paul encourage to stop arguing with each other?

Euodia and Syntyche

Paul writes in his second letter to the Thessalonians about the "wicked one". He writes, "He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be ________."

God

According the apostle Paul, Jesus Christ was born in that region for the purpose of a strategic geographic location for spreading his good news of God's love to people. The New Testament churches were commanded to continue what God had started in the nation of __________.

Israel

Paul writes to the church at Ephesus, "Fathers, do not exasperate (provoke) your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the _________."

Lord

Paul addressed the parent and child relationship in chapter 6 of his letter to the Ephesians. He instructed children to, "...obey your parents in the _______, for this is _______. 'Honor your father and mother'—which is the first commandment with a promise— that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."

Lord, right

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

Paul

The biggest difficulty among the people in the church in Ephesus were that some members were trying to split up the followers of Christ into different groups instead of following the message ________ had taught them.

Paul

Paul teaches in Romans that the good news was 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

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by ________, is dead (lifeless)."

action

The author of Hebrews writes, "..he (Jesus) became as much superior to the _________ as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

angels

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

Paul uses the illustration of spiritual ________ as an analogy of facing challenges from potential evil forces.

armor

According to information in the Introduction to Colossians, Colossae was a small inland city in _________________, east of the major port city of Ephesus.

asia minor

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 writes in his letter to the church at Colossae, "...he (Christ) is the head of the _________, the church.

body

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

character

Philemon was a wealthy man who probably lived in ____________.

colossae

The leader of the church at Cenchreae was Phoebe. The leader of the church at Laodicea was Nympha. Philemon was the leader of the church at ____________.

colossae

According to information in the introduction, the letter to the church at Ephesus is most likely written by Paul because of its similarity to his other letters including the letter to the ____________.

colossians

Titus was a close friend of Paul who worked with him in Asia Minor and Greece and was connected with the church located in ___________.

corinth

Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians), "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new _________; the old has gone, the new has come! "

creation

Titus received his letter from Paul while he was still on the island of ________.

crete

Paul wrote to Titus, "Warn a ________ person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him.

divisive

Philippi was an important city in Macedonia. It was located on the eastern end of the major highway called the _________ Way, which merchants and the Roman army used to carry goods and supplies between the eastern part of the empire and Rome in the west.

egnation

Church is from the Greek word for church "_________" which means "assembly."

ekklesia

Paul writes about the leadership authority of Titus. He writes, "These, then, are the things you should teach. ___________ and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you."

encourage

Some scholars believe that Timothy was the pastor of the church at ____________.

ephesus

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

epistle

Paul wrote in his second letter to Timothy, "I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother _______ and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also."

eunice

In the second letter to Timothy, Paul is pictured as being in ________ as he writes to Timothy.

jail

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."

james

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 author of Hebrews explains how Christianity is based on the _________ religion but also tells how it is different.

jewish

The author of Hebrews uses the _________Scripture to help explain what the new Christian faith is about.

jewish

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 writes his letter asking the church at Colossae to send his letter to another church. He requested, "After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the ____________ and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.."

laodiceans

Paul's letter to Titus focuses on instructions to church leaders about following correct beliefs and ___________ in a proper way.

living

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

love

According the writing of Paul in chapter 6 of Ephesians, he instructed husbands to _____ their wives and the wives to _________ their husbands.

love, respect

Thessalonica was the capital of the Roman province of _____________ in northern Greece and was located on a major east-west highway.

macedonia

Paul also wrote his first letter to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians) to answer their questions about __________ and about eating food sacrificed to idols.

marriage

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

mind

The author of the letter of James writes, "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a ________ that appears for a little while and then vanishes."

mist

The New Testament office of overseer (bishop) is also the same as __________, and elder. These terms are used to define the same office in the church.

pastor

1 and 2 Timothy and Titus are often called the "__________ Letters."

pastoral

"Be ________, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near."

patient

According to information from the introduction, the letter to the Ephesians summarizes many of the important teachings found in the letters of the apostle _________.

paul

The letter of 1 Timothy may have been written toward the end of _______ life.

paul's

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


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