Epistle--Instruction

1. Question: How many people were allowed to speak in tongues during one church meeting?

2. Multiple choice: According to 1 Corinthians 14, everything that is done in the meeting of the church is done for: (a) The Lord ; (b) good; or (c) edification.

3. Fill in the blank: Paul, speaking of the great importance of the resurrection of Christ, states, If Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your ------- is also empty."

 

 

1. Three (1 Cor. 14:27).Paul also stated that each tongue had to be interpreted (v. 28).

 

2. (c) Edification (1 Cor.14: 26).

 

3. "Faith" (1 Cor. 15:14).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Question: A woman was to have her head covered when doing either of two things. Name one of them.

2. Multiple choice: God has so composed the body of Christ, giving greater honor to the part that lacks it, so that there should be no (a) Aches; (b) schism; or (c) sores in the body.

3. Question: Are tongues for a sign to believers or unbelievers?

 

 

1. Praying or prophesying (1 Cor. 11:5).

 

2. (b) Schism (1 Cor. 12: 24,25). God desires everyone in the church to feel of equal importance. Division results when there is a sense of inequality.

 

3. A sign to unbelievers (1 Cor. 14:22). The most obvious use of tongues as a sign to unbelievers occurred on the Day of Pentecost (Acts2).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Multiple choice:  What does Paul discipline and bring into subjection so that he will not be disqualified after he has preached to others? (a) His mind; (b) his body ;or (c) his mouth.

 

2. Fill in the blanks: One of the most encouraging verses regarding temptation is in 1 Corinthians. It states, "No temptation has overtaken you except  such as is ---------- to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be ---------- beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of -----------, that you may be able to -----------it.

 

3. Sentence completion: A basic rule to follow for all Christians is, "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all..."

 

 

1. (b) His body (1 Cor. 9:27).

 

2. "Common... Tempted... escape... bear" (1 Cor.10:13).

 

3. "To the glory of God" (1 Cor. 10:13).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Fill in the blank: If an unbelieving  marriage partner leaves the believer, the believer is not under
------------ in such cases.

2. Multiple choice: A believing husband or wife should stay with his or her unbelieving marriage partner because the unbelieving partner is (a) Convicted; (b) sanctified; or (c) loved by the believing mate.

3. Concerning the payment of ministers by the people they serve, 1 Corinthians 9 says, "Even so the Lord has (a) Suggested; (b) instructed; or (c) commanded that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel."

1. Bondage (1Cor. 7:15). "Bondage" in this passage is most often understood to mean that the believing marriage partner does not have to remain unmarried. However, the believing partner is told never to leave the unbeliever if he or she consents to stay.

 

2. (b) Sanctified (1Cor. &:14). This does not mean that the unbeliever is given some special standing with God. It means that a witness remains in the unbeliever's life and he is able to hear and see God at work.

 

3. (c) "Commanded" (1 Cor. 9:14).

Epistles--Instruction

1. Multiple choice: What is the one sin that a person commits against his or her own body? (a) Lying; (b) hatred; or (c) sexual immorality.

2. Question: The Scripture allows that a husband and wife cease sexual relations  for a time by mutual consent. For what reason should they cease?

3. If a wife leaves her husband, she has only two options open to her according to 1Corinthians 7. name one of them.

 

 

 

1. (c) Sexual immorality (1 Cor. 6:18).

 

2. So the husband and wife can give themselves to fasting and prayer (1 Cor.7:5).

 

3. She is either to remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband (1Cor.7:11).  How ever, Paul gives God's ideal in verse 10 when he says, "A wife is not to depart from her husband".

Epistles--Instruction

1. Multiple choice: Paul, concerned that the Corinthians not have an attitude of pride against each other, asks, "What do you have that you did not  (a) Earn; (b) ask for; or (c) receive?"

 

2. True or false?  Paul told the Corinthians not to keep company with sexually immoral people whether they be in the church or non-believers.

 

3. It is better for a Christian to accept wrong then to go to law against a brother.

 

 

 

1. (c) "Receive" (1Cor. 4:7). The idea is that they have received everything they possess as a gift from God.

 

2. False  They were only to avoid the sexually immoral of the church (1Cor.5:9,10).

 

3. True  (1Cor. 6:7).

Epistles- Instruction

1. Fill in the blank: Paul spoke of ministry in terms of planting a field. He concluded that neither the one who planted nor the one who watered was anything, but it was God who gave the ---------- .

2. Paul instructs the Corinthians as to the importance of how they live. He asks, "Do you not know that you are the --------- of God and that the ---------- of God dwells in you?"

3. Believers are able to speak the wisdom of God because it has  been revealed to them through the Spirit who "searches all things, yes, the ---------- things of God."

1. Increase (1Cor. 3:5,6).

 

2. "Temple...Spirit" (1Cor.3:16). The believer's body is God's temple.

 

3. "Deep" (1Cor.2:10).