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Epistles are the most common literary form in the New Testament. They are"occasional" letters; that is, they were designed to deal with specific situations.

true

In 1 Timothy Paul argues that pastors should get paid but should not be appointeduntil they have proven they are of godly character.

true

In 1 Timothy Paul identified two acts of heresy: forbidding marriage and abstinencefrom food.

true

In Colossians, Paul said Christ fulfilled the law, thus keeping the obligations of the law is no longer necessary because Christ took "it away by nailing it to the cross."

true

First Corinthians is a pastoral letter to a local church from a father addressing hisspiritually erring children

True

In Romans Paul shows that the whole world is under sin and therefore guilty before God.

True

The church at Corinth was the ideal model for a first-century apostolic church.

false

According to Paul in Romans, the story of ____________ demonstrates that salvation andGod's righteousness are God's gift through faith.

Abraham

In Galatians, Paul uses ___________ as an example of one justified by faith.

Abraham

In Galatians, Paul notes that the hypocritical actions of one apostle had caused ___________to be led astray.

Barnabas

In 1 Timothy Paul describes the qualifications of a bishop. He lists both jobs withinthe church that they must undertake as well as inner character they must possess.

false

In First Corinthians, Paul refused to answer any questions the Corinthians had until they had corrected their three current issues.

false

In order to demonstrate the self-sacrifice and humility of Jesus, Paul boasted in hisweakness rather than his strength in 2 Corinthians.

false

Paul's epistle to the Romans is not Paul's most extensive theological writing. That claimbelongs to Galatians - Paul's epistle to the church in Galatia.

false

Paul sees believers as having three chief duties. One of these duties is towards the

government

In First Corinthians Paul address three moral issues in the church. One of these is the issue

sexual immorality with prostitutes

Paul's hope in Philippians was to offer practical encouragements to his friends at Philippi so they would not be tempted to doubt God's faithfulness even in dire circumstances.

true

Paul's instructs the Corinthians that his perspective on the Gospel ministry includes theidea that the minister, in response, endures many hardships in order not to discredit the ministry.

true

Paul's letters to the Corinthians deal with the challenges of Christians living in a hostileculture.

true

Paul wrote _____________ to encourage his ministry assistant to live the gospel and fightto defend it.

1 Timothy

_______________ contains the earliest instructions for church leaders and orderlyarrangement of the local church.

1 Timothy

According to the textbook, Paul's pastoral letters emphasize the importance of

Christian leadership

In _______________, Paul cites an early Christian hymn in order to explain the preeminence of Christ.

Colossians

According to Paul in Galatians, Christ redeemed us by becoming a _________ for us whenHe hung on the cross.

Curse

According to Paul in Romans, sanctification includes the imputation of God'srighteousness by means of faith in Jesus Christ.

False

In Colossians, Paul explains that true biblical wisdom was based on Old Testament truth, but now it is even more "fully known" through Christ's Apostles.

False

Paul and Epaphras visited Colossae and founded the church in Colossae afterministering in Ephesus.

False

In Galatians, Paul's conclusion was that "we are not children of the slave but of the free." He makes this conclusion by allegorically linking Christians to Sarah rather than ___________.

Hagar

__________ was Philemon's runaway slave from Colossae who encountered Paul in Rome.

Onesimus

In Galatians, Paul tells the story of how he had to rebuke ________ for hypocrisy.

Peter

In the letter of ___________, Paul emphasized that believers can experience true joy by living out the mind of Christ within the body of Christ.

Philippians

__________ is a short and extremely practical book that is focused primarily on church ministry and, secondarily, on Christian discipleship.

Titus

In Colossians, Paul seems to sum up the Colossian heresy of gnosis calling it, "Philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world."

True

Paul encourages Titus to exhort with sound doctrine in order to produce good Christian behavior.

True

Paul reminds Titus that since people were saved "not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy" and justified by God's grace, they should live a life of good works toward all men.

True

Spiritual warfare takes place both in heaven and on earth. Because believers havevictory in Christ in heaven, they should and can have victory on this earth. So, Paul exhorts believers in Ephesians to prepare for spiritual battle on this earth.

True

The Galatian Christians were being influenced by Judaizers who would have Gentile believers circumcised and live by the law.

True

The book of Colossians can be divided into two section. The first section is a section ofdoctrine and the second section is a section on

ethics

1 Thessalonians is filled with Old Testament quotations as Paul seeks to answer someof the questions currently troubling the believers at Thessalonica.

false

According to Paul in Romans, justification is the impartation of God's righteousness in and through the believer to conform him progressively to the image of Jesus Christ.

false

According to Paul in Colossians, Christ has made the Father knowable, available, andapproachable to all believers at all times.

true

According to Paul in Romans, the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit has setbelievers free from the law and the rule of sin and death.

true

According to the textbook, Paul asserts in 1 Thessalonians that because of the promiseof the rapture, believers will not suffer the wrath of the Day of the Lord.

true

According to the textbook, Paul reminds the Thessalonians that their fellow believerswho have died will all be resurrected and translated (glorified) together, to be with Christ forever.

true

At the bottom of all the problems addressed in First Corinthians was a self-serving,indulgent attitude. This attitude stood in contrast to the death of Christ as a self-giving sacrifice for the sins of others.

true

In Ephesians, Paul asserts that, while believers are the church and the bride, Christ is the Bridegroom.

true

In Ephesians, Paul uses the figure of a temple to describe the church as a spiritual building in which all the different elements are welded together into a collective unity.

true

In First Corinthians, Paul asserted that the Corinthians were operating as immature,baby Christians, still using the wisdom of the world and this resulted in divisions among them.

true

In First Corinthians, Paul believed that the Corinthian Christians were still fleshly.They were still controlled by the flesh, and living like the unsaved, according to human wisdom.

true

In Galatians Paul says the Galatian Christians have gone to a completely different kindof gospel.

true

In Philemon, Paul tells Philemon to receive back his runaway slave "on the basis of love." Paul is suggesting Philemon not only forgive his crimes but also give Onesimus his freedom.

true

In Romans Paul shows that all are accountable and no one can be justified by his own good works, with or without the law.

true

Paul reminds the Colossians to focus on their heavenly standing because "you havebeen raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on what is above."

true

Paul removed any obstacle Timothy might have had to ministry among Jews byhaving the young man circumcised.

true

Paul uses the phrase "in Christ" 170 times in his writings to refer to church-agebelievers to whom the mystery of the God's grace was already revealed.

true

The church in Rome probably consisted of at least five household churches rather than one large church.

true

The problems addressed in First Corinthians arose when various groups sided withdifferent leaders who best represented their view of Christianity.

true