Colossians

Question 1

City of Collosae

Answer 1

Not a major city, but still in Asia

Question 2

Region Colossae was in

Answer 2

Phrygia

Question 3

Length from Ephesus

Answer 3

190km

Question 4

Influence

Answer 4

Not very much Roman, mostly Greek

Question 5

Origin of Christian community

Answer 5

Hard to determine, maybe from Jerusalem?

Question 6

Authorship

Answer 6

Disputed, same as Ephesians

Question 7

Co author

Answer 7

Timothy

Question 8

Letter bearer

Answer 8

Tychicus

Question 9

Date

Answer 9

Early in Paul’s Roman imprisonment (60-62AD)

Question 10

Colossian heresy

Answer 10

False teaching, philosophy, harsh treatment of the body?

Question 11

Paul’s concern

Answer 11

Losing connection with the head (Christ)

Question 12

Christology

Answer 12

Christ is all-encompassing

Question 13

3:10

Answer 13

Christ is all and in all

Question 14

Chapter 1

Answer 14

Jesus is AT THE CENTRE OF ALL

Question 15

Colossians and Philippians similar person

Answer 15

Epaphras (C) and Epaphroditus (P)

Question 16

Paul’s identification

Answer 16

Apostle

Question 17

Thanks for Colossians’…

Answer 17

Faith, hope, and love

Question 18

Faith appears this many times

Answer 18

14

Question 19

Person who visited Paul but isn’t taking the letter back

Answer 19

Epaphras

Question 20

Knowledge: language similar to…?

Answer 20

Ephesians

Question 21

Greek word to walk

Answer 21

Peripateo

Question 22

Christ Poem

Answer 22

Verses 15-20, similar to Christ Hymn in Philippians

Question 23

Reconciliation

Answer 23

Accomplished through the cross, Jesus’ blood

Question 24

Mystery in Ephesians vs. Colossians

Answer 24

Gentiles sharing as heirs in the Kingdom (E), Christ as our hope and present future (C)

Question 25

Chapter 2

Answer 25

Don’t be captured by false teachings

Question 26

Circumcision of…

Answer 26

The heart

Question 27

Cross

Answer 27

Triumph, but would have typically be seen as shameful in Roman culture

Question 28

Do not submit to…

Answer 28

Your dead life

Question 29

False teachings

Answer 29

Food and drink, festivals, sabbaths, new moons, regulations, self-abasement (central elements to Judaism)

Question 30

Christ is…

Answer 30

The true Spirit and the true flesh, CENTRAL to everything

Question 31

Chapter 3

Answer 31

Starts with “so” (connection to chapter 2)

Dead and made alive

Question 32

Prefix use (ch. 2)

Answer 32

Syn - together

Question 33

Continue to…

Answer 33

Put dead things to death, do not allow them to come back to life

Question 34

Binds everything together

Answer 34

Love

Question 35

Theme

Answer 35

Gratitude

Question 36

Household rules

Answer 36

Shorter than in Ephesians, more directed at slaves (likely sent along with Philemon’s letter)

Question 37

Chapter 4

Answer 37

“Us” and “we” language (Paul and Timothy), be wise

Question 38

Request and instructions similar to…

Answer 38

Ephesians

Question 39

Salt reference

Answer 39

SotM?

Question 40

Closing length

Answer 40

Longer than Ephesians, more personal

Question 41

Bearers of the letter

Answer 41

Onesimus and Tychicus

Question 42

Onesimus

Answer 42

Brother

Question 43

Tychicus

Answer 43

Slave, servant

Question 44

Paul finding comfort

Answer 44

In talking with people with to Jewish background like himself

Question 45

Epaphras

Answer 45

Struggling in prayer from them

Question 46

Nympha

Answer 46

Like Lydia in Philippians, Chloe in Romans

Question 47

Exchange letter with…

Answer 47

Laodiceans