In _______________, Paul cites an early Christian hymn in order to explain the preeminence of Christ.

According to the textbook, ___________ is the most personal of all Paul's letters as he reveals his own heart for this church and his ministry in general.

Paul and Epaphras visited Colossae and founded the church in Colossae after ministering in Ephesus.

In Ephesians, Paul uses the figure of a temple to describe the church as a spiritual building in which all the different elements are welded together into a collective unity.

The church in Rome probably consisted of at least five household churches rather thanone large church.

In Galatians, Paul uses ___________ as an example of one justified by faith.

In First Corinthians, the Corinthian believers boasted in their tolerance. Instead they should have dealt with this sin problem.

The Galatian Christians were being influenced by Judaizers who would have Gentile believers circumcised and live by the law.

__________ was Philemon's runaway slave from Colossae who encountered Paul in Rome.

In the first section of Romans Paul shows that _____________ are under condemnation.

According to Paul in Romans, justification was provided by Christ's substitutionary death on the cross as a satisfaction for man's sin for all who come to Christ in faith.

According to the textbook, Paul asserts in 1 Thessalonians that because of the promise of the rapture, believers will not suffer the wrath of the Day of the Lord.

_____________ emphasizes the coming judgment on the enemies of Christ and focuses on Satan, the Antichrist, and the world.

The book of Colossians can be divided into two section. The first section is a section of doctrine and the second section is a section on

In the letter of ___________, Paul emphasized that believers can experience true joy by living out the mind of Christ within the body of Christ.

According to Paul in Galatians, the law locked imprisoned us, but provided no remedy. Only faith in Christ can atone for sin and free us from the law's condemnation.

In Romans Paul shows that all are accountable and no one can be justified by his own good works, with or without the law.

According to the textbook, Paul's pastoral letters emphasize the importance of

The problems addressed in First Corinthians arose when various groups sided with different leaders who best represented their view of Christianity.

In Ephesians, Paul asserts that, while believers are the church and the bride, Christ is the Bridegroom.

__________ is a short and extremely practical book that is focused primarily on church ministry and, secondarily, on Christian discipleship.

Paul uses the phrase "in Christ" 170 times in his writings to refer to church-age believers to whom the mystery of the God's grace was already revealed.

Which of the following is not a piece of the Christian's spiritual armor

According to Paul in Galatians, the law cannot give life, but it does have the purpose of revealing our sinful character before God.

In First Corinthians, Paul asserted that the Corinthians were operating as immature, baby Christians, still using the wisdom of the world and this resulted in divisions among them.