People of the Epistles

Question 1

Epaphroditus

Answer 1

Co-laborer of Paul and representative of the church of Philippi entrusted with that church’s gift to Paul while Paul was in prison.

Question 2

Luke

Answer 2

A co-worker of the apostle Paul. Called by him “the beloved physician.” Traditional author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.

Question 3

Onesimus

Answer 3

A slave from Colossae. Led to faith by the apostle Paul during Paul’s imprisonment and sent back to his master, Philemon, with the letters of Colossians and Philemon.

Question 4

Philemon

Answer 4

A Christian friend of Paul, patron of a house-church in Colossae, and owner of the runaway slave Onesimus. Urged by Paul to accept Onesimus back “as a beloved brother.”

Question 5

Titus

Answer 5

Gentile co-worker of Paul’s, apparently from Paul’s earliest ministry in Antioch. Was Paul’s emissary to the church in Corinth and appointed by Paul to pastor a church in Crete.

Question 6

Jude

Answer 6

A brother of Jesus and author of the letter of Jude.