QUESTIONS OVER
COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 4:

1. What does Paul tell the masters to do in reference to their servants, and, if carried out, would eventually do away with slavery?
2. "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with _________________ ."
3. What  prayer request did Paul make involving himself?
4. Here Paul tells them to "walk in wisdom toward them that are without"--What are some other ways he admonishes them to use wisdom in Colossians?
   
5. What parallel and expanded thought does Paul give in Ephesians about walking and redeeming the time?
6. "Let your speech be always with _________ , seasoned with salt, that he may know" what?
7. Who would make known to the Colossians Paul's situation as a prisoner in Rome (and at the same time, from all indications, carried this epistle to them?
8. What do we know about Onesimus?
9. What do we know about Aristarchus, who sent geeetings, as to where he was from originally?
10. What instructions does Paul give about Marcus (Mark)?
11. What other information, besides his name, does Paul give about this man named "Jesus" who was with him in Rome?
12. What was the name of the brother from Colosse who was visiting Paul at Rome, who had told him about the situation at Colosse, and now seems to have chosen to stay with Paul in Rome? 
13. How does Paul describe the praying of this brother for the church back in Colosse and what was he praying about in particular?
14. For the Christians in what other two churches does it say he was praying, too?
15. What two men in these salutations wrote gospel accounts of the life of Christ that appear in the New Tesament?
16. What other church near Colosse was receiving an epistle from Paul, and when received was to be exchanged and read by the Colossians (and they likewise read the one sent to the Colossians)?
17. What charge does Paul give to one by the name of Archippus who was in the church at Colosse?
18. What seems to have been the practice at the end of each letter that was from Paul?

       ANSWERS:  1. Colossians 4:1;  2. Colossians 4:2;  3. Colossians 4:3,4;  4. Colossians 1:9, 28; 3:16; 4:5;  5. Ephesians 5:15-17;  6. Colossians 4:6;  7. Colossians 4:7-10;  8. A runaway slave from Colosse who had been converted by Paul and was now being sent back home--Philemon;  9. Colossians 4:10; Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2; Philemon, verse 24;  10. Colossians 4:10;  11. Colossians 4:11;   12. Colossians 4:12,13;  13. Colossians 4:12,13; 14. Colossians 4:15;  15. Mark and Luke;  16. Colossians 4:16;  17. Colossians 4:17;  18. Colossians 4:18.