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Acts & Paul Flashcards

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A continuation from one of the gospel narratives, which book begins with an address to Theophilus?

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Acts 1:1

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Acts 2 recounts Jesus’ disciples being “filled with the Holy Spirit” as they gathered together

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Pentecost

Acts 2:1-4

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To whom was Peter speaking, “Indeed, these are not drunk, as you supposed, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel”?

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Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem

Acts2:5

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Who was present at the healing of the lame man at the temple gate, according to Acts 3?

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Peter and John

Acts 3:1-10

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When Peter and John are brought before the council as prisoners in Acts 4 and members of the high priestly family ask them, “By what power or by what name did you do this?,” to what action done by the two of them were they referring?

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giving the ability to walk to a person lame since birth

Acts 4:7b

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What was the complaint that led the twelve to call upon the Christian community in Jerusalem to “select from among yourselves seven men of good standing, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this task”?

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Hellenist widows were being “neglected in the daily distribution of food.”
Acts 6:1-6

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In the book of Acts, who was accused of saying that “Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed on to us”?

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Stephen

Acts 6:14

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In the Book of Acts, who has a vision of “the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God”?

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Stephen

Acts 7:54-56

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What was the role of Saul in the execution by stoning of Stephen?

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The witnesses lay their coats at his feet.

Acts 7:58

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Who offered money to Peter and John in exchange for “power so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit”?

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Simon, from the city of Samaria

Acts 8:14-24

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The story of Philip baptizing a eunuch appears in which chapter within the Book of Acts?

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Chapter 8

Acts 8:26-40

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Philip encounters an Ethiopian eunuch riding in a chariot, reading from which prophet?

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Isaiah

Acts 8:26-40

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Who was the disciple in Damascus sent to help Saul after Saul was blinded by a flashing light from heaven?

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Ananias

Acts 9:10-17

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Also known by her Greek named Dorcas, who is the woman Peter raised from the dead?

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Tabitha

Acts 9:36-40

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Peter has a repeated vision in which a voice says, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane,” prior to his visit with whom?

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Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort

Acts 10:1-33

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In which city were the disciples first called Christians?

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Antioch

Acts 11:26

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After Paul and Barnabas healed a man in Lystra who “had been crippled from birth,” the crowds who saw the man begin to walk said that Paul and Barnabas were

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the gods Hermes and Zeus.

Acts 14:8-18

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What is the issue that prompts the gathering in Jerusalem described in Acts 15?

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the debate over circumcision and salvation

Acts 15:1-2

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Who disputed with individuals from Judea who proclaimed, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved”?

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Paul and Barnabas

Acts 15:1-5

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The instructions from the gathering of apostles and elders in Jerusalem “to the believers of Gentile origin in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia” included each of the following requirements EXCEPT:

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They be circumcised and keep the law of Moses.

Acts 15:28-29

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Who is the dealer in purple cloth whose heart is opened to listen to Paul and is baptized along with her household?

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Lydia

Acts 16:11-15

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Paul takes as the starting point for his sermon in front of the Areopagus

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an altar he had seen in the city “with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’”
Acts 17:22-23

23
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In Acts 18, who explained “the Way of God” accurately to Apollos?

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Priscilla and Aquila

Acts 18:26

24
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According to the book of Acts, what sparks a riot in Ephesus?

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The local silversmiths thought their business was in jeopardy.
Acts 19:21-41

25
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Which group within the city caused a “disturbance . . . concerning the Way” by angrily shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians”?

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silversmiths who made small shrines of Artemis

Acts 19:23-41

26
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On his journey to Rome at the end of Acts, Paul is shipwrecked on which Mediterranean island?

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Malta

Acts 28:1-10

27
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The Acts of the Apostles ends with Paul under house arrest yet still “proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance” in what city?

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Rome

Acts 28:16-31

28
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What is Paul’s situation at the end of the book of Acts?

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He is under house arrest in Rome.

Acts 28:17-28

29
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Complete Romans 1:16: “I am not ashamed of the gospel;

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it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
Romans 1:16

30
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A central theme of which letter is expressed in the following citation: “For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”?

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Romans 3:22a-24

31
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Paul’s argument that “just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all” appears in which letter?

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Romans 5:18

32
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How does Paul answer the question, “Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?”?

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“By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it?”

Romans 6:2

33
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“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” is found in which book?

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Romans 6:23

34
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From Romans 8:28, complete the following: “We know that all things work together for good for those who ______God, who are called according to his puropose.”

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Love

Romans 8:28

35
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In Romans, Paul uses which of the following metaphors to describe the means by which Gentiles are incorporated into the promises of Israel’s God?

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Grafting of a wild olive shoot onto the root of a cultivated olive tree The adoption and inheritance of children
A widow remarrying after the death of her first husband
Romans 11:17-24; 8:15- 17; 7:2-4

36
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In Romans 9-11, as Paul discusses the fate of the Jewish people and their place in God’s plan, which of the following statements does he make?

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“All Israel will be saved”

Romans 11:26

37
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In which epistle does the following admonition appear: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and perfect”?

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Romans

Romans 12:2

38
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In which letters does Paul state that the Torah can be accomplished by obeying the comand, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”?

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Romans and Galatians

Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14

39
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Who is the “deacon of the church at Cenchreae” whom Paul commends in the closing greetings of Romans 16?

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Phoebe

Romans 16:1

40
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In which letter does Paul commend Phoebe, the deacon?

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Romans 16:1-2

41
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Complete this sentence from 1 Corinthians: “Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: _____ to Jews and _____ to Gentiles.”

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a stumbling block, foolishness

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

42
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To the church in which of the following cities does Paul give instruction regarding whether as a guest at a meal one should eat meat that had been offered to idols?

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Corinth

1 Corinthians 8

43
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“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” From which letter does this quotation come?

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1 Corinthians 11:26

44
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To whom does Paul write: “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord.”

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Corinthians

1 Corinthians 11:27

45
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In which letter does Paul begin an extended discussion of the topic by writing, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed”?

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1 Corinthians 12:1

46
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Which of these claims is found in 1 Corinthians?

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“Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.”

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

47
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Which letter contains this quotation: “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love”?

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1 Corinthians 13:13

48
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In which letter does Paul begin an extended discussion of the theology of resurrection by asking, “Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?”

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1 Corinthians 15:12

49
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In both 1 and 2 Corinthians, Paul encouraged the members of the church in Corinth to participate in “the collection for the saints” where?

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Jerusalem

1 Corinthians 16:1-4; 2 Corinthians 9:1-5

50
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In which letter is the following found: “But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.”

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2 Corinthians 4:7

51
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In which letter does Paul say, “If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ”?

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2 Corinthians 5:17-18

52
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Which of the following are themes discussed in 1 Corinthians?

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spiritual gifts and the resurrection of the dead

1 Corinthians 12, 15

53
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Paul reports that the Lord said to him, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness,” in response to Paul’s appeals for what?

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to be relieved of “a thorn … given [him] in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment” him
2 Corinthians 12:7-10

54
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According to Galatians, who accompanied Paul for his meeting in Jerusalem with “James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars”?

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Barnabas and Titus

Galatians 2:1, 9

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