.Bible Class Questions

         
    QUESTIONS OVER
    COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 1:

    1. What four epistles were written by Paul during his first Roman imprisonment?
    2. Which three epistles seem to have been written and sent at the same time?
    3. Who seems to have been involved in carrying these epistles to their destination?
    4. While at Rome, how did Paul learn about the church at Colosse?
    5. Through whom had the Colossians heard the gospel and became Christians?
    6. What were some potential problems confronting the Christians at Colosse as we will see later in this epistle?
    7. Whose name is attached with Paul's in the writing of this letter?
    8. How long had Paul been praying for the Christians at Colosse?
    9. Beginning with which one, what two aspects of prayer are highlighted in Paul's prayer for them?
    10. What does Paul desire and ask in behalf of the Colossians in his prayers?
    11. According to Paul, where is hope "laid up" for the Christian?
    12. Paul said that God "delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [transferred] us into" what? 
    13. What is the significance of "power" in "power of darkness"??
    14. "Into whom [Christ] we have redemption through his ___________ , even the forgiveness of sins."
    15. What great and outstanding things do we learn about the person and work of Christ beginning in verse 15?
    16. In what sense does Paul seem to be using the term "firstbon" when he applies it to Christ?
    17. How extensive is the reconciliation that Christ has brought about?
    18. 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?
    19. What was the mission for which Paul had been made a minister of Christ?
    20. Quote or tell in your own words what Paul said in Colossians 1:28.
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            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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