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31 Cards in this Set
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First Timothy, Second Timothy and Titus are called?
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The Pastoral Epistles
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Why are they called the Pastoral Epistles?
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They provide instruction and guidance concerning the selection of church officers, and the care and protection of the churches
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What do they focus upon?
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1) Healthy church life
2) Leadership qualifications and responsibilities 3) The sound doctrine needed by all church members for a life of godliness |
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What happened to Paul after writing the prison epistles?
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He was probably released from imprisonment
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When did Paul write 1 Timothy?
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63-66 AD
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What happened to Paul following the writing of 1 Timothy and Titus?
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He traveled to Rome where he was imprisoned a second time and martyred by beheading
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What was Paul's final letter, prior to execution?
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2 Timothy
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Who wrote 1 Timothy?
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Paul
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The rise of what has caused Pauline authorship to be denied by scholars?
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naturalistic criticism
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What are the three broad reasons for this denial?
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1) Differences in vocabulary and style
2) Chronological and geographical (they can not be reconciled with what we know of Paul's travels in Acts if one only assumes on Roman imprisonment) 3) Ecclesiastical (the church is supposedly much more organized than would have been the case in 66AD) |
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What is the argument against differences in vocabulary and style?
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Paul's other epistles are to churches; these are private epistles to individuals containing different subject matter, thus making a somewhat different lexicon necessary (the number of words occurring only once is twice as high as for the other Pauling epistles, but all of these would have been know to secretaries (amanuenses in the first century aD).
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What is the argument against chronological and geographical?
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If Paul made another missionary journey to the places listed after the close of Acts and was again imprisoned, this would account for the inability to reconcile chronologically with the Book of Acts
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What is the argument against ecclesiastical?
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The ecclesiastical objection may be met by recalling that Paul had already ordained elders in every city on his first missionary journey. Philippians refers to "overseers and deacons," the same offices treated in 1 Timothy.
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What is one of the purposes of the pastoral epistles?
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To ensure a higher degree of church organization
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A person imitating Paul is highly unlikely to refer to him as what?
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the chief of sinners
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What is the date of composition?
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62-66 AD
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What is the best date?
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63 AD
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Who was Timothy?
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Paul's close associate on his second missionary journey
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Where was he from?
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Lystra
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What ethnicity were his mother and father?
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Mother was Jewish. Father was Greek
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Who raised him?
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His mother and grandmother
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What does Paul consider Timothy?
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His son in the flesh
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Why did Paul have Timothy ritually circumcised?
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Paul wanted Timothy to do missionary work with him in the synagogues
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Why did Paul refuse to have Titus circumcised?
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It would have left the false impression that circumcision was necessary for the Gentile salvation
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What church was Timothy charged with?
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Ephesus
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What was Ephesus?
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the second most important commercial center after Corinth
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What was the Ephesus church the hub of?
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a series of smaller congregations radiating out and down the Lycus River valley
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Why does Paul write 1 Timothy?
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To encourage and challenge the young pastor, and to warn him against a false teaching, apparently an early Judaizing form of Gnosticism
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What is the key verse?
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1 Timothy 1:18
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What does it mean for Timothy to fight the good fight?
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to pastor the church according to wisdom as Paul gives direction through the Holy Spirit
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What can First Timothy be considered?
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a pastor's manual
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