Week 8 Flashcards
1 Corinthians 1 reveals that the believers there were becoming divided. What was the main reason for division?
Favorite leaders
1 Corinthians 13:10-12 speaks of a future arrival of “perfection” from God. The word translated as perfection is τέλειον (teleion) and means perfect, or total completeness. Paul makes it clear that the arrival of that “completeness” will mark the end of the “imperfect” expression of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. When considering the fuller theology of Paul, what “perfection” is Paul referring to, as something that will bring about a cessation of the gifts of the Spirit?
The Second Coming of Christ, when all that is imperfect will be made perfect and complete, and the presence of Christ with his church, reigning forever into eternity, will make the gifts of the Holy Spirit obsolete.
1 Corinthians 15:58 is a final encouragement from Paul in that letter, and with his “therefore,” he makes it clear that his encouragement rests upon what he wrote prior to his final encouragement. What encouraging thing was Paul primarily referencing?
The believer’s resurrection from the dead and into eternal glory
The book of Galatians forcefully denounces a “different Gospel,” which Paul said is really no Gospel at all. What was the main problem with this false
Those teaching it were saying that believers in Christ also needed to continue the ritual of male circumcision, as a part of the Old Covenant relationship the Jews had with God.
Paul reminds the Galatian believers of the manner in which he came to know them prior to the time of the letter, and how he became an important spiritual leader in their lives. His relationship with them was the result of an unplanned stay over, and the church that came up was very possibly “accidental” from a human point of view. What was the reason for Paul’s unplanned stay with the Galatians?
Paul became severely ill and it seems that he was practically immobilized, requiring the care of the Galatians. As a result of this unplanned stay, Paul preached the Gospel to the Galatians and became a spiritual father to them.
Why is Ephesians sometimes called “The Mt. Everest of the Bible?”
Because it communicates the biblical pinnacle of truth regarding our exalted position in Christ; how we, as believers in Christ, share in Christ’s kingly authority on the earth.
Depending upon the translation used, Ephesians 4:1 tells us to live/walk/lead in a manner worthy of our calling in Christ. The Greek word translated live/walk/lead is περιπατῆσαι (peripatēsai). Which of the following is the best representation of the meaning of that word as it is to be understood in the Greek?
To walk or carry on in life (to make your way) in an ethical sense, behaving according to godly values regarding what is good and right in Christ, where the inner life we have in Christ gets translated into a new way of living all of life.
Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians believers while he was
in prison, most likely a house-arrest in Rome where he freely taught visitors who came to see him.
In the context of the teachings in Philippians, Paul uses Jesus as an example that we should follow. Based on Jesus’ example, our realization of Jesus’ exaltation, and our exalted (high and mighty) position in Jesus should lead to the opposite of exalting ourselves in the church. Instead, our position in Christ should lead to profound (complete the sentence with the correct ending):
Humility, in both speech and action.
The Philippian church was most likely the first church in:
Europe
Colossians contains one of at least several attempts Paul made to address an invading heresy that stood against sound Christian doctrine. When we compare Paul’s corrective teaching in Colossians (and elsewhere) with later developments of named heresy in the church, which of the following seems to have been forming in its early stages while Paul was still alive?
Gnosticism
Colossians 1:28 summarizes what Paul presented in the larger section of Colossians 1:13-29. Based upon 1:28, and a reading of the rest of the section, what is the overall theme?
The glory and all-sufficiency of Christ, as the Creator and head of all things, for our complete and total salvation, opened to us through Christ’s own body and blood.
Which of the following best describes the overall tone of Paul’s letter we know as 1 Corinthians?
Loving correction, instruction, and encouragement
