Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: Where was Paul going when he urged Timothy to stay in Ephesus? (a) Jerusalem;
(b) Macedonia; or (c) Rome.

2. Paul considered himself the chief of: (a) Apostles; (b) sinners; or (c) Jews.

1. (b) Macedonia (1 Tim. 1:3).

2. (b) Sinners (1 Tim.1:15). 

Paul felt he was a horrible sinner because he  had blasphemed 

Jesus and persecuted the church.

Epistles--General

1. True or false? Both of Paul's epistles to the Thessalonians contain teaching about the Lord's second coming.

2. Multiple choice: Where was Timothy when Paul wrote 1 Timothy? (a) Athens; (b) Derbe; or  (c)
Ephesus.

1. True (Thess. 4: 14-18; 2 Thess. 2:1-12).

2. (c) Ephesus (1Tim. 1:3). 

Paul had left Timothy there when he went into Macedonia.

He was Paul's representative to stay there and guard against

false doctrine being taught there.

Epistles--General

1. Question: When Timothy returned to Paul after visiting the Thessalonian church, did he bring a positive or negative report regarding their faith?


2. True or false? Timothy and Silvanus (Silas) were present when Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians, but only Silvanus was present when he wrote 2 Thessalonians.

1. He brought a positive report (1Thess. 3:6:7). 

Timothy reported that the church exhibited faith and love and was very 

positive in their feelings toward Paul.

2. False. Both are included in the greetings of both letters

( 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess.1:1).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: Paul told the Thessalonians that they had become examples of what a Christian should be to all the believers in Macedonia and what other province? (a) Achaia; (b) Asia; or
(c) Galatia.

2. In Thessalonians 2:14, Paul compares the suffering of the Christians in Thessalonica to the suffering of the Christians in: (a) Galayia; (b) Judea; or (c) Achaia.

1. (a) Achaia (1 Thess. 1:7).

2. (b) Judea (1 Thess. 2:14).

Epistles--General

1. Mulpitle choice: Apparently Epaphras was instrumental in the church at Colosse. He also had a hand in churches in two nearby cities. One city was Heirapolis. What was the other ?
(a) Laodicea; (b) Ephesus; or (c) Philadelphia.

2. Question: Paul identifies two other people as being with him when he wrote 1 Thessalonians. Name one of them.

1. (a) Laodicea (Col. 4:12,13).

2. Timothy or Silvanus (Silas) (1Thess. 1:1).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: Paul  desired that the letter to the Colossians also be read in what other church?
(a) The Philippian church; (b) the Laodicean church; or (c) the Ephesian church.

2. Paul mentions Aristarchus, Mark, and Jesus, who was called Justus, in his letter to the Colossians.
What did these three have in common? (a) They were from Ephesus; (b) they were from Jerusalem; or (c) they were Jewish believers.

1. (b) The Laodicean church (Col. 4:16).

2. (c) They were Jewish believers (Col. 4:10,11)'

Here Paul relates that they were Jewish believers by saying that they were of the

circumcision.

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice:Who traveled with Tychicus to the Colossians, bringing news of Paul to the church? He was also the slave of Philemon. (a) Epaphras; (b) Demas; or (c) Onesimus.

2. Question: Whom did Paul call "the beloved physician"?

1. Onesimus (Col. 4: 7-9).

2. Luke (Col. 4:16).