Bible Question and Answers

Epistles--General

 

1. Question: When Paul first spoke the gospel to the people in Corinth, did he do so out of weakness or strength?

 

 

2. True or false? The church at Corinth was full of divisions and contentions.

 

 

1. Out of weakness (1Cor. 2: 1-3).
Paul refers to this fact again in 2 Corinthians 10:10. He saw that it was
necessary for him to be weak that the strength of Christ might be
made known in his life and the lives of those who heard.

2. True (1Cor. 1:10, 11).



Epistles--General

1. Question: Paul states that while in Corinth he baptized only two individuals and a family. Name either of the individuals or the family.

2. Fill in the blank: Paul wrote to the Corinthians that Christ did not send him to ----------, but to
preach the gospel.

1. Paul baptized Crispus, Gaius, and the family of Stephanas (1Cor. 1:14-16).


2. Baptize (1Cor. 1:17).



Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: Although the church in Corinth had many problems, Paul acknowledged that they did not lack in one area. What did they have in a abundance?  (a) Love; (b) gifts; or (c) a giving spirit.

2. Who was responsible for telling Paul about the problems that existed in the Corinthian church? (a)
Stephen's family; (b) Jason's family; or (c) Chloe's family.

1. (b) Gifts (1 Cor. 1:7).

2. (c) Chloe's family (1 Cor. 1:11).



Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: One of the people who was with Paul when he wrote Romans was named Erastus.

He is identified by the office he held in the city government. What was that office? (a) Proconsul;

(b) secretary; or (c) treasurer.

 

2. In the first verse of 1 Corinthians, Paul identifies another as being with him in the writing of this letter. Who is that man? (a) Timothy; (b) Sosthenes; or (c) Silas.

 

 

1. (c) Treasurer (Rom 16:23).

2. (b) Sosthenes (1 Cor. 1:1).
Sosthenes had been the ruler of the Jewish synagogue before his conversion (Acts 18:17).





Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: Paul was willing to be accursed from Christ if a certain group of people would become believers. Whom did he love that much? (a) Israelites; (b) Gentiles; or (c) Romans.

2. In whose home were Paul and his companions staying when the letter to Rome was written? (a)
Jason's; (b) Gaius's; or (c) Sopater's

 

 

1. (a) Israelites (Rom. 9:3,4).

 

2. (b) Gaius's (Rom. 16: 23).

Epistles--General

1.Question: Paul told the Romans to take note of the people in the church who cased divisions. Did
he tell them to confront those people or avoid them?

2. Multiple choice: Who wrote down Paul's letter to the Romans as Paul spoke it to him? (a) Timothy; (b) Tertius; or (c) Tryphosa.

1. To avoid them (Rom. 16:17).

2. (b) Tertius (Rom. 16:22).



Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: In what chapter of Romans does Paul demonstrate that God has given evidence of His existence and power through the creation? (a) One; (b) two; or (c) three.

2. In what chapter of Romans does Paul describe his personal, frustrating struggle with indwelling sin? (a) Four; (b) seven; or (c) eight.

 

1. (a) One (Rom. 1:20).

2. (b) Seven (Rom. 7:13-25).