QUESTIONS
OVER
COLOSSIANS
CHAPTER 1:
- What
four epistles were written by Paul during his first Roman imprisonment?
- Which
three epistles seem to have been written and sent at the same time?
- Who
seems to have been involved in carrying these epistles to their
destination?
- While at Rome, how did Paul
learn about the church at Colosse?
- Through
whom had the Colossians heard the gospel and became Christians?
- What
were some potential problems confronting the Christians at Colosse as
we will see later in this epistle?
- Whose
name is attached with Paul's in the writing of this letter?
- How
long had Paul been praying for the Christians at Colosse?
- Beginning
with which one, what two aspects of prayer are highlighted in Paul's
prayer for them?
- What
does Paul desire and ask in behalf of the Colossians in his prayers?
- According
to Paul, where is hope "laid up" for the Christian?
- Paul
said that God "delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated [transferred] us into" what?
- What
is the significance of "power" in "power of
darkness"??
- "Into
whom [Christ] we have redemption through his ___________ , even the
forgiveness of sins."
- What
great and outstanding things do we learn about the person and work of
Christ beginning in verse 15?
- In
what sense does Paul seem to be using the term "firstbon" when he
applies it to Christ?
- How
extensive is the reconciliation that Christ has brought about?
- If
they would "continue in the faith grounded and settled" and be "not
moved away from the hope of the gospel," what does Paul say that Christ
would do?
- What
was the mission for which Paul had been made a minister of Christ?
- Quote or tell in your own words
what Paul said in Colossians 1:28.
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NAME:
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DATE: ________________
ANSWERS:
1. Colossians,
Ephesians, Philemon and
Philippians; 2. Colossians, Ephesians and Philemon; 3.
Tychicus and Onesimus--Colossians 4:7-9; Ephesians 6:21,22; Philemon,
verses
10-12; 4. He was visited by Epaphras, a preacher from
Colosse--Colossians 1:3-8; 4:12; 5. Colossians 1:7; 6. Falses
teachers and false teaching (called by Paul "philosoph" and tainted
Jewish concepts--chapter 2); 7. Colossians 1:1; 8.
Colossians
1:3,4; 9. Thanks and asking, beginning with
thanks--1:3-11; 10.
Colossians 1:9-11; 11. Heaven--Colossians
1:5; 12.
Colossians 1:13; 13. It means authority, and here two
kingdoms are
in contrast, "darkness" (Satan's reign) and Christ's, the kingdom of
God's Son; 14. Colossians 1:14; 15. Colossians
1:15-22; 16.
To emphasize pre-eminence, 1:15; 17. Colossians 1:20; 18.
Colossians
1:22,23; 19. Colossians 1:25-27; 20. Colossians 1:28.
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