Epistles--General

1. True or false? Mark and Luke sent greetings at the end of Paul's letter to Philemon.

2. Question: Were the recipients of the letter to the Hebrews able to have solid spiritual food or only milk?

1. True. (Philem. 23,24).

2. Only milk (Heb. 5:12). 

"Milk " is identified in this verse as "the first principles of the oracles of God."

Epistles--General

1. Fill in the blanks: Philemon had  a ------------ meeting in his house.

2. Anything that Onesimus owed to ------------ was to be put to ----------- account.

1. Church (Philem. 2 ). 

All early churches met in homes. There were no church buildings until many years later.

2. Philemon..Paul's  (Philem. 10, 18,19 ).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: Titus was told to send Zenas and what man, mentioned prominently in 1 Corinthians, on their journey with haste? (a) Peter; (b) Barnabas; or (c) Apollos.

2. Question: What was the name of the master of Onesimus?

1. (c)  Apollos. (Titus 3:13).

2. Philemon (book of Philemon). Philemon had been a friend of Paul before

he (Paul) came in contact with Oneimus while a prisoner in Rome.

Epistles--General

1. Question: Was it a Cretan or one of Crete's enemies who said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons"?

2. Did Paul want Titus to come to him after Artemas or Tychicus had come to Crete, or to stay in Crete ministering with them?

1. It was a  Cretan (Titus 1:12).

2. He wanted Titus to come to him (Titus 3:12).

Epistles--General

1. True or false? Paul states that at his first defense in Rome only a few stood with him.

2. Multiple choice: Where was Titus when Paul wrote the letter bearing his name? (a) Ephesus;
(b) Crete; or (c) Cyprus.

1. False. He says that no one stood with him ( 2 Tim. 4:16).

2. (b) Crete (Titus 1:5).

Reign With Christ

Author

The Apostle John

Revelation

20 : 4

I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge.

And I saw the souls of those who  had  been beheaded  because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They  had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received 

his mark on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Epistles--General

1.Multiple choice: In what epistle did Paul indicate that he knew the end of his life was near? (a) Philippians; (b) Titus;  (c) Ephesians; or (d) 2 Timothy.

2. What was the occupation of the Alexander  who did Paul much harm? (a) Silversmith; (b) coppersmith; or (c) goldsmith.

1. (d) 2 Timothy (2 Tim. 4:6).

2. (b) Coppersmith (2 Tim. 4:14).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: In 2 Timothy 3, Paul used Jannes and Jambres as examples of people who resist the truth. What person did Jannes and Jambres resist? (a) David; (b) Daniel; or (c)  Moses.

2. In 2 Timothy 4, Paul mentions several people who have departed from him. Who left Paul  because
he "loved this present world"? (a) Demas; (b) Crescens; or (c) Mark.

1. (c) Moses (2 Tim. 3:8 ).

Paul is referring here to Moses' encounter with the Egyptian sorcerers in Pharaoh's court

(Ex. 7:11,12).

1. (a) Demas (2 Tim. 4:10). 

Demas was with Paul in his first Roman imprisonment at the time Paul wrote the letter to 

the church in Colosse.

(Col. 4:14).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: The same Hymenaeus mentioned in 1 Timothy as being delivered over to Satan is also described in 2 Timothy as teaching false doctrine. What was that false teaching? (a) Jesus was not divine; (b) Jesus was a blasphemer; or (c) believers have already been resurrected.

2. Who, along with Hymenaeus, taught that the resurrection was already past? (a) Alexander; (b) Philetus; or (c) Barnabas.

1. (c) Believers have already been resurrected (2 Tim. 2:17, 18). 

This teaching was also prevalent in the church at Thessalonica

(2 Thess. 2:1,2).

2. (b) Philetus (2 Tim. 2:17,18).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: What was the name of Timothy's mother? (a) Lois; (b) Eunice; or (c) Candice.


2. Paul desired that the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus because he often refreshed  Paul and was not ashamed of Paul's: (a) Chain; (b) gospel; or (c) thorn in the flesh.

1. (b) Eunice (2 Tim. 1:5).

2. Chain (2 Tim. 1:16). That Paul refers to his chain helps us identify 

this letter as being written from a Roman prison. The first letter to

Timothy was written while he was free.

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: What was the name of Timothy's grandmother? (a) Lois; (b) Eunice; or (c) Priscilla.

2. True or false? Timothy's faith came through the witness of his father.

1. (a) Lois (2 Tim. 1:5). 

Lois is described as being a woman of faith.

2. False. It came through the witness of his grandmother and mother (2 Tim. 1:5).

Epistles--General

1. Question: What did Paul precribe for Timothy's frequent illnesses?

2. In which of his letters does Paul lay down qualifications  for bishops?

1. A little wine (1Tim. 5:23). 

This  "little wine" was also prescribed  for the sake of Timothy's stomach. Wine 

was safer to drink than water in many places.

2. 1 Timothy and Titus (1 Tim. 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9).

 A bishop is literally an "overseer".

Epistles--General

1. Question: In which one of Paul's two letters to Timothy did he lay down qualifications for deacons?

2. Multiple choice: In which one of Paul's letters does he instruct the church how widows should be treated? (a) Ephesians; (b) Titus; or (c) 1 Timothy.

1. Paul's first letter to Timothy (1 Tim. 3:8-13).

2. (c) 1 Timothy (1 Tim. 5:3-16).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple chioce: Paul delivered Hymenaeus and Alexander to Satan so they would learn not to:
(a) Teach false doctrine; (b) commit immorality; or (c) blaspheme.

2. Fill in the blank: Paul told Timothy, "Let no one despise your ----------, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

1. (c) Blaspheme (1Tim. 1:20).

2. "Youth"  (1 Tim. 4:12).

Epistles--General

1. Multiple choice: In 1 Timothy 1, Paul mentions two people who suffered shipwreck in their faith.
One was Hymenaeus. Who was the other? (a) Jason; (b) Alexander; or (c) Demas.

2. Question: Did Paul leave Timothy in Ephesus to correct doctrinal  errors or deal with moral problems?

1. (b) Alexander (1 Tim. 1:20). 

Alexander is mentioned in Acts 19:33 as one the Jews put forward when the 

silver smiths of Ephesus were creating a disturbance over the spread 

of

 Christianity in the city.

2. To correct doctrinal errors (1 Tim. 1:3,4).