bible test 2

theologically

The letter to the Romans is commonly considered one of the most _____ dense books of the New Testament

augusstine / martian lluther

Romans was the basis for the conversions of _____; _____ and John Wesley

romans road

The "_____" has been used by Christians to present a clear salvation message

undisputed

Romans is one of Paul's "_____" letters

style / theology

The language; _____ and _____ of the book encapsulates and summarizes much of the theology in other Pauline letters

pauline / muration

_____ authorship was affirmed by Marcion (160-221 AD); the _____ Canon (2nd C.); the canons of the Council of Laodicea (363-364 AD); Athanasius (296-373 AD); Amphilochus (340-395 AD).

amanuesis

Paul used an _____ (Rom. 16:22)

dictated / terius

Paul appears to have _____ the letter to _____

diverse / jewish / gentile

Paul is writing to a _____ group of _____ and _____ followers of Jesus living in Rome

fundamental / life altering

Paul reminds the Roman believers of the _____ and _____ truths of the gospel

tensions / fellowship

Paul addresses _____ and gives instructions to direct the Jewish and Gentile believers into harmonious _____ and mission.

guilt / faithfulness / justice

1:1-4:25 - Jewish and Gentile _____ before God and God's _____ and _____

Sin / secured

5:1-8:39- _____ and death defeated and new life _____

merciful plan / united

9:1-11:36 - God's _____ for Jews and Gentiles to be _____ in Christ

people

12:1-16:27 - Unity and faithfulness among God's _____

slave

His identity: _____ of Jesus Christ

office

His _____: an apostle

purpose / Gospel

His _____: set apart for the _____ of God

Lord / focus

Jesus Christ the _____: the _____ of the Gospel

Theme / power / believes / righteous / live by faith

_____: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel; because it is the _____ of God for salvation to everyone who _____; first to the Jew; and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; just as it is written: The _____ will _____."

Faith / commitment

_____: trusting; total _____ to God

Grace / preconditions

_____: God's gift available without _____

Justification / act / righteous

_____: The _____ of being declared _____

Sanctification / process

_____: the _____ of becoming like Jesus through the innerworking of the Spirit

depraved / condemned

All of mankind is _____ and _____ - Jews and Gentiles; men and women; slave and free.

sacrifice / gift / faith

The _____ of Jesus Christ makes possible God's _____ of salvation for all men who exercise _____ in God.

Abraham

Paul's example of justification by faith: _____

new Adam

Jesus; the _____; reverses the effects of the fall by defeating sin and death and securing new life for believers

peace

Jesus offers believers _____ with God (5:1-11)

facts / consequences

Jesus overcomes the _____ and the _____ of Adam’s transgression (5:12-21)

freed / sin / righteousness

Believers have been _____ from being slaves to _____; they are now slaves to _____.

obey

Having been freed from sin; the believer must not _____ the dictates of sin and cooperate with wickedness.

diagnose

The Law was intended to _____ sin; it was never intended to free people from sin.

perfect obedience / final solution

The Law did not teach that _____ results in salvation. It was not the _____ to the problem of sin.

Spirit / sin / death

The law of the _____ of life sets the believer free from the law of _____ and _____.

fulfill / Christ / Spirit

Believers _____ the Law by being in _____ and walking by the _____

united

New humanity and God's promises fulfilled: Jews and Gentiles have been _____ through faith in Jesus

ethnic / believing / line of promise

Paul distinguishes between _____ Israel and _____ Israel. The _____ is based on faith in Jesus.

Gentiles

God has used rejection by Israel to reach _____

olive

Paul uses the analogy of an _____ tree:

reject / broken off

Those who _____ Jesus are like branches that have been _____

wild branches / grafted

Gentiles who express faith in Jesus are like _____ who have been _____ in

Israel / grafted back

One day; God's people; _____; will acknowledge Jesus in faith and be _____ in

transformed

Living a _____ life (12:1-2)

humanity

Living as God's new _____ (12:3-21)

godly / authorities

Living in _____ relationship with political _____ (13:1-14)

stronger / weaker

Living with mutual acceptance of _____ and _____ brothers (14:1-15:13)

Gospel

The _____

Righteousness / sinfulness

_____ of God and universal _____ of humanity (1:18-3:20)

Justification / right

_____ and being made _____ before God (3:21-4:20)

Sanctification / Conformed

_____ and being _____ to the image of Christ through the Spirit (5:1-8:39)

Direction

_____ in Christian Living

law of the kingdom / sacrifice / humility / righteousness

Through the transformation of the Spirit; the Christian is called to live according to the _____: love God and love others through _____; _____; and _____.

undisputed

1 Corinthians is an _____ Pauline letter

2 Corinthians / not

Pauline authorship of _____ is _____ seriously contested

2 Cor 1-9 / new info

Internal evidence: There is a noticeable change between _____ and 10-13. It is likely that Paul received _____ to address

letters / correspondence

Dating 1-2 Corinthians is best determined based on the total number of _____ sent in this series of _____

distributed

The church at Corinth was the primary recipient of the letters; which were then to be _____ to other congregations

second

Paul established the church on his _____ missionary journey (18:1-22)

Julius Ceaser / colony

Corinth was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC and rebuilt by _____ in 44 AD as a Roman _____

political / commercial / Greece

Corinth was the most important _____ and _____ city in _____

port city / travel

Corinth’s location on an important isthmus made it a busy _____ for commercial and personal _____

temples / shrines

Corinth’s landscape was dotted with _____ and _____

immorality / unique challenges

The rampant _____; prominence of pagan religion and economic; social and cultural diversity within the city of Corinth explain _____ that Paul faces and addresses

Gnostics / body

_____: believe soul is superior to the _____

Hellenistic

_____ Jewish missionaries: interested in demonstrating their own power and authority

Judaizers / Mosaic Law

Legalistic _____: hold to a strict keeping of the _____

marriage / sexual relations / gender

Distorted ideas about _____ _____ and _____ roles

Lord supper

Harmful manner in which they were celebrating the _____

Legal

_____ disputes among church members

spiritual gifts

Confusion about the nature and purpose of _____

bodily

Centrality of the doctrine of the _____ resurrection of Jesus and resurrection hope of believers

apolistic

Challenges to Paul’s _____ authority

mature / unity / Disunity / selfishness

Those who are _____ in the faith are those who seek the _____ of the body. _____ is often a sign of immaturity and _____

weakness / power / wisdom

Christians should find strength in _____; _____ in the Holy Spirit and _____ through the model of the cross

immorality / responsible / action

The church must not overlook _____ of Christians. The church is _____ to take _____ in these situations

court

Paul condemns the practice of some Corinthians of taking other church members to _____

wisdom / Godly / real life / in house

_____ is the application of _____ principles in _____ situations. Paul was not calling for the eradication of the judicial system; but for disputes to be settled “_____” rather than in an unjust spectacle

own / bought

1 Cor. 6: 19-20 “You are not your _____: you were _____ with a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

health

A Christian should abandon behavior that is damaging to his/her or another’s spiritual _____

benefits / marriage

Paul understood the _____ of singleness (v. 8); but he recognized that _____ is preferable for those whom God has designed for marriage

unbelieving / abandons

As a general rule; Paul instructs those who are married to avoid divorce and remarriage (v. 10-11). However; when an _____ spouse _____ a believer; Paul writes that the believer is no longer bound (v. 15-16)

end / kingdom / leverage / obedience

Overriding principle: The _____ is near and there is much work to do for the _____. In whatever your state; _____ all you can in _____ to Christ and Kingdom advancement

personal / conscience / love for others

What guides a Christian’s activity in a culture heavily influenced by pagan practices: the call to bow to _____ _____ and _____

divisions

The Lord’s Supper cannot be properly observed when there are _____ in the body (11:17-19)

love / ethic

_____ is the primary and controlling _____ of the Christian

spiritual gifts

1 Cor. 12-14 contains the most extensive treatment of _____ in the New Testament

edify

Spiritual gifts serve to _____ (build up) the church: “each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Cor. 12:7)”

love for others / useless

If God-given spiritual gifts are not practiced out of _____; they are _____ (13:1-2)

resurrection

1 Cor. 15 contains the most extensive discussion of the _____ in the NT

reality / Christs

The entire Christian faith rests on the _____ of _____ resurrection (15:14-19)

James / Paul

Among those who encountered the resurrected Christ include Cephas; the 12 disciples; _____; and “more than five hundred brothers at one time; most of whom are still alive” (15:6). _____ revealed that Jesus had also personally appeared to him (15:8-9)

denial

A _____ of the resurrection leads to:

empty

1. _____ faith (15:14)

futility

2. _____ in Christian ministry (15:15)

no hope / rise

3. No _____ that the dead in Christ will _____ (15:18)

grantee

Conversely; Christ’s resurrection serves as a _____ that His saints will also rise (15:20)

Lord returns

The resurrection will take place in the future when the _____ (15:51-58)

hope / purpose / motivation

The hope of the resurrection provides the believers with _____; _____; and _____