Final Flashcards
Who held the apostolic office had both been chosen by God as such and had seen the
resurrected Christ?
Paul
Jesus told who that they would be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and
to the ends of the earth?
The Apostles
Judas Iscariot was replaced by
Matthias
In Acts 2, The church began when the Holy Spirit came upon the believers where?
At the feast of Pentecost
Through the first 12 chapters of Acts, the activities of the church were centered in
Jerusalem; what was the remainder of Acts centered in?
Antioch
Why is Acts unique among all other New Testament books?
it forms the background
and setting for most of Paul’s writings
What was the audience for Peter’s great sermon in Acts 2 identified as?
Jewish
Why did Rabbi Gamaliel counseled the Jews?
to tell them to be careful in what they did with the apostles
The pouring out of the Spirit on believers at Pentecost marked what days?
the beginning of the last
days
Stephen died by stoning for what and by who?
his faith and by Saul.
What happened as a result of Stephen’s death and the “great persecution” that followed?
The church in
Jerusalem was scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
Who descended from the tribe of Benjamin, was a Pharisee, and had the distinction of
being a Jew who was also a Roman citizen?
Saul
Who asked the high priest for letters authorizing the arrest of Christians in Damascus?
Saul
Who ministered to an Ethiopian eunuch by discussing Isaiah 53 with him?
Philip
Saul met Christ on what road and what did he lose?
the road to Damascus and he lost his sight for three days.
A believer named what laid his hands on Saul so that he could receive his vision back?
Ananias
God called who to preach the gospel to the Gentiles?
Saul
Who received a vision from the Lord telling him to eat even unclean animals?
Peter
God showed who than no man should now be considered unclean?
Peter
Who brought the gospel to a Gentile named Cornelius, who received the Holy Spirit just
as the Jewish believers had at Pentecost?
Peter
Where were the believers were first called Christians?
Antioch
Who was the brother of John, and the first of the Twelve martyred for his faith, at the hands
of Herod Agrippa I?
James
Who was the half-brother of Jesus, was a significant leader in the early church at Jerusalem.
James
Who wrote the first NT letter, James, likely in the mid-40s
AD.
James
In his epistle, who wrote into a context in which many in his audience believed a verbal
profession of faith was enough, even if there was no visible evidence of such faith in their
lives.
James
Who did Paul take along with him on his first missionary journey?
Barnabas and John Mark
What area did the first missionary journey cover?
Galatia
Who abandoned Paul and Barnabas on the first missionary journey?
John Mark
What people tried to stone Paul?
People in Lystra
After his first missionary journey Paul wrote what book after is his first missionary journey that was also the first inspired, and canonical writing in about AD 48/49?
Galatians
In the book of Galatians who made a clear argument that a person is saved solely by
grace through faith in Christ alone?
Paul
Who in Galatians 5 exhorted the believers by walk in the Spirit so they would experience
the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and self-control?
Paul
______ argued for the priority of faith; _______ argued for the proof of faith.
Paul;James
What was the councils answer to Jerusalem in Acts 15 that addressed the issue of whether a Gentile must
become Jewish to be a Christian.
NO
Paul chose to take who on his second missionary journey instead of Barnabas and John
Mark?
Silas
Paul founded the church where on his second missionary journey?
Thessalonica
Who in Philippi became the first believer in Christ in Europe?
Lydia
During his third missionary journey, Paul spent how many years in Ephesus?
Three
Where was a strategic center of commerce in Greece?
Corinth
Paul’s journey _____ were Galatians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Corinthians, and
Romans.
Episitles
According to what book says that everyone needs the gospel because of the universal
sinfulness of humanity?
Romans
What describes God’s legal declaration of righteousness being given to those who
trust in Jesus Christ as Savior?
Justification
What describes a believer’s ongoing growth in the grace of God of becoming
more and more like Jesus?
Santifictaion
What is “credited to the account of” and is the way God has given His
righteousness to each believer through faith in Christ.
Imputation
Where from did Paul write 1 Corinthians?
Ephesus
1 Corinthians addresses issues common to what?
The Local Church
What book provided Paul’s description of many of his personal experiences as an
apostle?
2 Corinthians
In 2 Corinthians who pleaded with God to remove his thorn in the flesh?
Paul
What book deals with the subject of Christ’s 2nd coming?
1 Thessalonians
What books theme is the gospel and how it reveals the righteousness of God?
Romans
Paul reminded his readers that justification by grace through faith had been around since the OT times of Abraham in what book?
Romans
In Romans Paul said Israel did not inherit the spiritual promises of the covenant because?
they were trying to gain the righteousness of God through the works of the Law
In Romans 5, Paul illustrated the The idea called what of where by one man represents
the many, in which Adam represented all humanity in his sinfulness and death, and Christ
represented all who are saved in His death and resurrection?
federal headship
Romans 8 begins with no what for those who are in Christ and ends with no
separation from His great love?
condemnation
After his third missionary journey, Paul who was arrested in Jerusalem, then imprisoned in Caesarea for two years, before being moved to where ?
Rome
Paul wrote his 4 prison epistles from Rome (AD 60-62), which were?
Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon, and Philippians.
What book has as its major theme the uniting of Jews and Gentiles in the church?
Ephesians
Ephesians addresses both the calling and the what of the church?
conduct
Ephesians states that believers are sealed with?
The Holy Spirit
What book has as its major theme the supremacy of Christ?
Colossians
Colossians addressed what in the church?
Heresy
Philemon has as one of its main characters a runaway slave named?
Onesimus
What book reminds its readers that the useless become useful in Christ?
Philemon
Philemon was written to whom?
a wealthy man in Colosse
Philippians has been referred to by many as the epistle of?
JOY
What book contains the great passage about Jesus’ self-emptying, whereby in His
incarnation He set aside certain of His divine capabilities to take the form of a bond
servant and die on the Cross for humanity’s sin?
Philippians 2
Paul’s pastoral epistles include…
1&2 Timothy and Titus.
1 Timothy and Titus were written by Paul between his first and second what?
Roman imprisonments
Timothy ministered in
Ephesus
Titus ministered in
Crete
In what book and who is presented as superior to angels, Moses, OT sacrifices,
the Levitical priesthood, and the old covenant?
Hebrews, Christ
Who wrote the gospel of John, the epistles 1, 2, 3 John, and Revelation?
The Apostle John
What NT writers were half-brothers of Jesus?
James and Jude
