New Testament Final
Which of the following is not a general epistle: - James - 1 Peter - Titus - Jude
Titus
Which of the following is a key aspect of 2 Peter: - To God a 1000 years is as a day - Faith without works is dead - Quotes the book of 1 Enoch - Be ready to give an answer
To God a 1000 years is as a day
Which of the following is a key aspect of 2 John: - Jesus is a high priest - To Gaius - "God is love" - to a sister church
To a sister church
Which of the following is a key aspect of 3 John: - Jesus is a high priest - To Gaius - "God is love" - to a sister church
To gaius
1 Corinthians addresses both things Paul had heard about the Corinthian church as well questions from a letter they had written him (T/F)
True
1 John says that a person who has been born of God is not able to continue to sin. (T/F)
True
1 Peter encourages Christians who suffer for their faith. (T/F)
True
1 Thessalonians discusses what happens to Christians who have died (T/F)
True
1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus emphasize Paul as a teacher (T/F)
True
2 Peter 2 and Jude have very similar content, so much so that most scholars think one is using the other as a source (T/F)
True
2 Peter more than any other book in the NT tells of the coming destruction of the world by fire (T/F)
True
2 Thessalonians discusses some in Thessalonica who are not working hard enough (T/F)
True
2 Thessalonians discusses the question of whether the Day of Judgment has already happened (T/F)
True
According to Acts, Paul generally went to the Jews first when he arrived at a new place. Then he would go to the Gentiles after he was rejected by them (T/F)
True
According to the textbook, the Holy Spirit is the real central character of Acts. (T/F)
True
Acts occasionally refers to Christians as followers of the way. (T/F)
True
Acts seems to be an ancient history in genre (T/F)
True
Acts seems to depict the Day of Pentecost as the birth of the church (T/F)
True
An ancient person largely defined him or herself by their gender, their family or genealogy, and their people group or "geography" (T/F)
True
Apostles and prophets are said to be the foundation of the church in Ephesians (T/F)
True
At one point the apostle Peter and the apostle Paul had a sharp disagreement in which Paul considered Peter a hypocrite (T/F)
True
Atonement is about reconciliation with God on the basis of an offering or sacrifice (T/F)
True
Baptism in water and baptism in the Holy Spirit seem roughly associated in Acts. The early Christians seem to have expected the Holy Spirit to fill someone soon after s/he was baptized. And if someone was filled with the Spirit, they were soon baptized thereafter (T/F)
True
Because of Jesus' death on the cross, we do not need to offer any more animal sacrifices (T/F)
True
Before Saul/Paul became a believer, he had persecuted the Church (T/F)
True
Ephesians told its audience that they had been saved by God's grace on the basis of their faith, not on the basis of anything they had earned by their deeds (T/F)
True
God made Jesus Lord and Christ as He exalted him to His right hand in heaven (T/F)
True
Grace means "unmerited favor" (T/F)
True
Hebrews contrasts Christ with a number of old covenant figures like Moses and the Levitical priests. Christ is greatest than them all. (T/F)
True
Hebrews is the only book in the Bible that explicitly calls Jesus a priest. (T/F)
True
If we know we should do something good and we do not do it, that is sin. (T/F)
True
If you walk in the Spirit, you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. (T/F)
True
In Christ, there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, and there is not male and female (T/F)
True
In Galatians 3:28 Paul says that in Christ there is not "male and female", perhaps echoing Genesis 1:27 where God creates humans "male and female" (T/F)
True
In the first century, the majority of people thought that the husband was the leader of the home. This was not specifically Christian idea. (T/F)
True
James and Jude were likely the half-brothers of Jesus (T/F)
True
James teaches about the importance of controlling our tongues (T/F)
True
Most scholars currently believe that the phrase "the righteousness of God" in Romans 1:17 referred to God's own righteousness rather than the righteousness he gives to us. (T/F)
True
Most scholars thing that either 1 Thessalonians or Galatians was Paul's first letter (T/F)
True
Not many of the believers in the church of Corinth were upper class or part of the social elite (T/F)
True
On debated issues, Paul seems to say that whether an act is sinful depends on whether you truly believe it is acceptable to God for you to do it (T/F)
True
On his way to Rome, Paul's boat shipwrecked (T/F)
True
One characteristic of the earliest church in Acts was that they prayed a lot together (T/F)
True
One of the early things the disciples did was replace Judas as a disciple (T/F)
True
One of the main points of several sermons in Acts is that God raised Jesus from the dead (T/F)
True
One subject that is discussed in both 1 and 2 Thessalonians is Christ's second coming. (T/F)
True
Paul and Barnabas carried out "Paul's first missionary journey" in Acts, on which they visited the island of Cyprus and central Asia Minor. (T/F)
True
Paul and Silas carried out "Paul's second missionary journey" in Acts, most of which was in Greece. (T/F)
True
Paul apparently wrote more letters to Corinth than are in the New Testament (T/F)
True
Paul assumes that women can prophesy in the church at one point. (T/F)
True
Paul emphatically said that any meat that had been sacrificed to a god was inherently tainted (T/F)
True
Paul had persecuted Christians before he became one (T/F)
True
Paul indicates that nothing can separate us from the love of God. (T/F)
True
Paul indicates that there is some behavior that is incompatible with being part of the coming kingdom of God. (T/F)
True
Paul says at one point that, when he was a Pharisee, he was "blameless" as far as the righteousness that can be had from the Law is concerned. (T/F)
True
Paul says in so many words that the gospel reveals the fact that God is righteous (T/F)
True
Paul says that he has learned to be content no matter what his circumstances (T/F)
True
Paul spends about 4 years total in prison or under arrest at the end of Acts: Two years in Caesarea and two years in Rome. (T/F)
True
Paul spends roughly two years in Corinth on his second missionary journey and three years in Ephesus on his third. (T/F)
True
Paul thinks that the fact that Christians are taking each other to court suggests they have a problem (T/F)
True
Paul was a Roman Citizen. (T/F)
True
Paul was in prison as he wrote Philippians (T/F)
True
Paul wrote Galatians because some of its Gentile Christians were contemplating circumcision and keeping the Jewish law. (T/F)
True
Paul's letters are basically arranged in the New Testament from longest to shortest (T/F)
True
Peter's sermon on the Day of Pentecost predicts that women will prophesy (T/F)
True
Repentance and baptism are appropriate responses to the good news about Christ in Acts (T/F)
True
Romans is the most systematic presentation of Paul's thought of all his letters (T/F)
True
Saul/Paul comes to Christ after seeing a bright light and hearing Christ speak to him. (T/F)
True
Some of the emphases of Acts include the fact that the gospel is for the whole world, the fact that Christians aren't troublemakers, a focus on women and the poor, and on prayer. (T/F)
True
Some of the imagery of the book of Revelation was likely understood by its audiences as references to the Roman Empire. (T/F)
True
Some people at Corinth were getting drunk at the Lord's Supper, which apparently was more of a meal than a small ceremony. (T/F)
True
Some scholars believe that several of the General Epistles were written several years after the deaths of the individuals for whom they are named, although most evangelical scholars disagree (T/F)
True
The Jerusalem Council was the meeting where James, the Lord's brother, declared that Gentiles did not have to be circumcised in order to be saved (T/F)
True
The New Testament occasionally uses language of predestination -- the idea that God has chosen those who come to Him. (T/F)
True
The Pastoral Epistles deal predominantly both with false teaching and leadership qualifications in the church (T/F)
True
The ancient world in general tended to be fatalistic -- you couldn't change your destiny (T/F)
True
The book of Ephesians compares the relationship between a husband and a wife with the relationship between Christ and the church (T/F)
True
The book of Revelation pictures two resurrections and an eternity on a new earth with a new Jerusalem (T/F)
True
The book of Revelation was originally written to seven churches in Asia Minor (T/F)
True
The church to which 1 John was written seems to have undergone a split in the recent past. (T/F)
True
The command to love one's neighbor was the essence of the Jewish Law for Paul. (T/F)
True
The disciples received power after the Holy Spirit comes on them, and they do things like healing, witnessing with boldness, speaking in tongues, etc. (T/F).
True
The dragon of Revelation probably represents Satan (T/F)
True
The early Christians in Jerusalem seem to have shared their possessions in common and distributed their abundance to those who had need (T/F)
True
The first chapters of 2 Corinthians have a very comforting tone, because Paul has been reconciled to the Corinthian church. (T/F)
True
The fundamental problem of the Corinthian church was disunity, and the fundamental solution Paul implied was love. (T/F)
True
The image of a final battle between God and evil takes place at a place called Armageddon (T/F)
True
The majority of conservative New Testament scholars believe Paul was the actual author of all the writings in the New Testament with his name on them. (T/F)
True
The majority of non-evangelical scholars believe that Paul did not write Ephesians, 1 or 2 Timothy, or Titus, and that these books were written after Paul's death. (T/F)
True
The region of Asia Minor is roughly the area we call Turkey today. (T/F)
True
The tone of 2 Corinthians changes significantly toward the end of the letter (T/F)
True
There are some significant differences between the style of the Gospel of John and the book of Revelation, so much so that many suggest they may have had different authors (T/F)
True
Thousands became believers on the Day of Pentecost, and the number grew by thousands in the days after it (T/F)
True
Titus calls Jesus "God our Savior" (T/F)
True
When Paul talks about resurrection in 1 Corinthians, he assumes a body is involved (T/F)
True
When the Holy Spirit comes on some Gentiles, Peter knows that you do not have to be circumcised to be saved (T/F)
True
to be justified is to be considered right with God (T/F)
True
Which of the following did Paul recommend in the final chapter of Romans: a. Phoebe b. Timothy c. Priscilla d. Titus
a. Phoebe
Which of the following relates most of Philippians: a. Rejoice! b. One Lord, One Faith c. Strange Jewish Philosophy d. To a Servant Owner
a. Rejoice!
Which of the following deals the most with the idea of justification by faith: a. Romans and Galatians b. Philippians and Colossians c. Colossians and Ephesians d. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
a. Romans and Galatians
Which of the following is not a prison epistle: a. Titus b. Ephesians c. Philippians d. Colossians
a. Titus
The view of the millennium that holds that it is symbolic of the reign of Christ in all times and places is called the - premillennial view - postmillennial view - amilennial view - pre-tribulation rapture view
amilennial view
Which of the following relates most to Ephesians: a. Rejoice! b. One Lord, One Faith c. Strange Jewish Philosophy d. To a Servant Owner
b. One Lord, One Faith
Which of the following may very well have early Christian hymns in them: a. Romans and Galatians b. Philippians and Colossians c. Colossians and Ephesians d. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
b. Philippians and Colossians
Which of the following is not one of the fruit of the Holy Spirit: a. love b. keeping the smallest law in the Bible c. peace d. patience
b. keeping the smallest law in the Bible
Which of the following is a key aspect of 1 Peter: - To God a 1000 years is as a day - Faith without works is dead - Quotes the book of 1 Enoch - Be ready to give an answer
be ready to give an answer
Which of the following have "household codes", instructions for how Christians can be respectful in the household in a first century context: a. Romans and Galatians b. Philippians and Colossians c. Colossians and Ephesians d. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
c. Colossians and Ephesians
Which of the following does Paul never mention in any of his writings: a. sin b. heaven c. hell d. the coming of Jesus
c. hell
Which of the following relates most of Colossians: a. rejoice! b. One Lord, One Faith c. Strange Jewish Philosophy d. To a servant owner
c. strange jewish philosophy
Which of the following deals the most with events surrounding the return of Jesus: a. Romans and Galatians b. Philippians and Colossians c. Colossians and Ephesians d. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
d. 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Which of the following is not a pastoral epistle: a. 1 Timothy b. 2 Timothy c. Titus d. Philemon
d. Philemon
Where did Paul hope to go after he visited Rome: a. back to Jerusalem b. Ephesus c. Corinth d. Spain
d. Spain
Which of the following is not one of the truths on the "Roman Road": a. all have sinned b. the wages of sin is death c. you will be saved if you confess Jesus as Lord d. love is the fulfillment of the Law
d. love is the fulfillment of the Law
Which of the following relates most to Philemon: a. Rejoice! b. One Lord, One Faith c. Strange Jewish Philosophy d. To a servant owner
d. to a servant owner
The view of Revelation that holds that most of its events are still to come is called the - historic view - futurist view - preterist view - idealist view
futurist view
The view of Revelation that holds that it foretells events throughout the last two thousand years is called the - historic view - futurist view - preterist view - idealist view
historic view
Which of the following is not one of the genres of which the book of Revelation partakes: - letter - history - apocalypse - prophecy
history
The view of Revelation that holds that its symbolism is not so much about specific times and places but about the ongoing struggle between God and the forces of evil is called the - historic view - futurist view - preterist view - idealist view
idealist view
The view of the millennium that holds that it is something that the church has been undergoing for the last two thousand years is called the - premillennial view - postmillennial view - amilennial view - pre-tribulation rapture view
postmillennial view
The view of the millennium that holds that it is something that is still to come is called the - premillennial view - postmillennial view - amilennial view - pre-tribulation rapture view
premillennial view
The view of Revelation that holds that most of its events were about things that took place back in the first century is called the - historic view - futurist view - preterist view - idealist view
preterist view
Which of the following is a key aspect of 1 John: - Jesus is a high priest - To Gaius - "God is love" - to a sister church
"God is love"
Which of the following is a key aspect of James: - To God a 1000 years is as a day - Faith without works is dead - Quotes the book of 1 Enoch - Be ready to give an answer
- Faith without works is dead
1 Peter says that, although God is holy, we can never be holy because we are not God. (T/F)
False
1 Peter tells its audience to free as many slaves as they can, especially if they have unjust masters (T/F)
False
1 Thessalonians says that when you die, you immediately go to a place of either reward or punishment as you wait for the resurrection of all. (T/F)
False
1 Thessalonians was written from Thessalonica to us on Paul's second missionary journey (T/F)
False
2 Timothy is one of the earlier letters Paul wrote (T/F)
False
3 John seems to engage more than one Jewish writing that is not in our current OT (T/F)
False
A man at Corinth was sleeping with his cousin's daughter's half-sister (T/F)
False
According to Philippians, Paul thought he had been a miserable failure at keeping the Jewish Law before he became a Christian (T/F)
False
According to the textbook, Paul did not believe it was ever possible to live victorious over intentional sin. (T/F)
False
Acts is a sequel of John (T/F)
False
Acts tells a story about how Christian men who had been stonecutters argued with some Christian women who had been tax collectors. (T/F)
False
Acts tells about how the Holy Spirit filled some Gentile people after they had just become circumcised (T/F)
False
All of Paul's missionary journeys in Acts began from Jerusalem (T/F)
False
Colossians seems to address a false philosophy which involved aspects of the Jewish Law and a real interest in angels (T/F)
False
Ephesians says that Christ did not abolish the law but fulfill it (T/F)
False
Experts on Romans are unanimous that the expression, "the faith of Christ" meant "faith in Christ" for Paul. (T/F)
False
God does not cause anyone to die in the New Testament. (T/F)
False
God tells the early Christians that he will no more judge sinners like He did in the Old Testament until the Day of Judgment. (T/F)
False
Hebrews was probably a court document, sent to convince the governor that its audience were upright people. (T/F)
False
In Romans, Paul sums up the entire Law in terms of the Ten Commandments (T/F)
False
It is clear that baptism was not important in the preaching of the early church, at least as Acts depicts it (T/F)
False
James has a very positive view of those whom the Lord has blessed with great wealth (T/F)
False
James strongly warns believers about a group of Gnostics known as the Docetists (T/F)
False
Jesus ascended to heaven fifty days after his resurrection (T/F)
False
John received the revelation on a Friday during lunch (T/F)
False
Mark completed the first missionary journey with Paul. (T/F)
False
Paul argues in Romans 13 that a Christian is under no obligation to follow the rules of the land, pay taxes, etc, because we are now members of Christ's kingdom (T/F)
False
Paul forbade any use of tongues in public worship whatsoever (T/F)
False
Paul had a sharp disagreement with Peter over circumcision. Paul thought you didn't have to be circumcised to be a Christian. Peter insisted that you did. (T/F)
False
Paul had founded the churches at Rome (T/F)
False
Paul is Paul's Christian name that he immediately started using after he stopped being a Jew and stopped going by the Jewish name Saul. (T/F)
False
Paul never addresses the question of homosexual sex in his writings (T/F)
False
Paul saw himself equally as apostle to both Jew and Gentile (T/F)
False
Paul teachers that those who walk by the Spirit will often give in to the desires of the flesh. (T/F)
False
Paul thought the Jewish Law was immoral (T/F)
False
Paul told the Colossians to be sure and keep the Sabbath, for it was one of the ten commandments and was instituted by God on the seventh day of creation (T/F)
False
Paul uses Abraham as an example of how God accepts people on the basis of how good they act. (T/F)
False
Paul was born in a city called Corinth (T/F)
False
Paul would have found it much easier to spread the gospel if he had been a Roman Citizen (T/F)
False
Philemon says, "Now to be true to heaven and not only forgive Onesimus, but free him from slavery, for slavery is incompatible with the gospel of Christ" (T/F)
False
Saul started going by a new name as soon as he became a Christian - Paul. (T/F)
False
Schenck thinks that Acts was written before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD70 (T/F)
False
Stephan was the first of the twelve disciples to die for his faith (T/F)
False
The "Day of the Lord" is another name for the dinners they used to have every once and a while in the early church. (T/F)
False
The 144,000 in Revelation are those non-Jews who will be saved. (T/F)
False
The Day of Pentecost in the Old Testament was when the Passover lamb was sacrificed (T/F)
False
The ascension was when Peter took the throne in Jerusalem (T/F)
False
The book of Acts ends with Paul in Jerusalem awaiting trial (T/F)
False
The book of Acts was dedicated to the apostle Peter (T/F)
False
The book of James says that the demons will not be saved because they do not believe (T/F)
False
The book of Revelation explicitly mentions a seven-year period it calls the tribulation and says that a figure called the Antichrist will persecute Christians at that time. (T/F)
False
The book of Revelation is full of the number 8-- 8 seals, 8 trumpets, and 8 bowls of wrath. (T/F)
False
The earliest churches in New Testament times met in some magnificent church buildings, some of which have been unearthed by archaeologists (T/F)
False
The first Christian martyr we know of was the apostle James. (T/F)
False
The idea of God's wrath or anger appears only in the Old Testament (T/F)
False
The textbook defines a pseudonymous writing as a forgery intended to deceive some audience into thinking you had found a lost writing from someone who was dead, largely written because a person lacked the confidence to stand by his or her own ideas. (T/F)
False
The word Catholic means pertaining to Rome. (T/F)
False
Titus was written to Titus while he was at Corinth (T/F)
False
Which of the following chapters in the NT is the "faith" chapter: - John 17 - 1 Corinthians 13 - Hebrews 11 - Revelations 22
Hebrews 11
Which of the following is a key aspect of Hebrews: - Jesus is a high priest - To Gaius - "God is love" - to a sister church
Jesus is a high priest
Which of the following churches in Revelation was lukewarm: - Ephesus - Pergamum - Laodicea - Thyatira
Laodicea
Which of the following is a key aspect of Jude: - To God a 1000 years is as a day - Faith without works is dead - Quotes the book of 1 Enoch - Be ready to give an answer
Quotes the book of 1 Enoch
When Revelation mentions a city on seven hills, what city would likely have come to mind to its original audience: - Jerusalem - Ephesus - Rome - New York City - if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere
Rome