Epistles--Instruction

1. Multiple choice: Which one of the following qualifications is given for bishops but not deacons in 1 Timothy 3?  (a) The husband of one wife; (b) temperate; or (c) hospitable.

2. In 1 Timothy 3, the church is called "the pillar and ground of: (a) The gospel; (b) the truth; or (c) salvation."

3. Fill in the blank: "Bodily exercise profits a little, but --------- is profitable for all things."

 

 

1. (c) Hospitable (1 Tim. 3:8-13).

 

2. (b) "The truth"  (1 Tim. 3:15).  Here "truth" refers to body of truth that has been delivered to the church through the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:19,20).

 

 

3. "Godliness" (1 Tim. 4:8).