New Testament Survey Final Exam Part 1

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

assembly

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Paul's understanding of the Crucifixion, Jesus' voluntary death pays the Torah's penalty for all lawbreakers. He now shared in Christ's new life, which enabled him to receive God's _______.

grace

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'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 (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 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

In both Galatians and Romans, Paul closely examines his own _____________ state, attempting to show how the experience of Christ achieves for him what the Law failed to do-assurance of God's love and acceptance.

physiological

Paul's letters to Corinth urge 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 century.

questions

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

reconciliation

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: Abraham's faith in God "was counted to him as ______________."

rightesousness

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

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

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

serpent, apple

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, at the end of this 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 this 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 __________.

superioty

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

supernatural

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

tarsus

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

Paul wrote that obedience to the _____ (First five books of the Old Testament) 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

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

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

two

In the second part of the letter to the Ephesian community of Christians, the author explores areas that the Spirit of Christ imparts _______.

unity

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

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

13

qPaul 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

According the writings of Paul, True "children of __________," recognize the necessity of placing faith in Christ.

abraham

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

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

asia minor

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

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

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 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

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

The principal theme in Ephesians is that the unity of the universe must be reflected in the unity of the church, which is the ______ manifestation of the divine oneness.

earthly

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

epistle

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

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 that only God's undeserved love, expressed through Christ and accepted in faith, can ethically _______ humanity and reconcile it to the Creator.

justify

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

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

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

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

marraige

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

mind

This letter to the churches of Galatia reflects Paul's continuous struggle with opponents who challenged his apostolic authority and his belief in the gospel that believers must live free of the _______ Law.

mosaic

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

paul

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 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 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 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.q

persian