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theme of Ephesians |
The Glorious Church |
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Spiritual beings (Ephesians) |
a nonphysical being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events (ex: rulers, authorities, powers, cosmic powers, dominions, thrones) |
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Temple of Artemis |
temple in Ephesus built to honor Artemis (goddess of Olympus), one of the seven wonders of the world |
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What are 5 parallels between Ephesians and Colossians? |
redemption and forgiveness, Christ is the head of the body, Give thanks to God, God made you alive, Lead a worthy life, for wives, husbands, children, fathers, slaves and masters. |
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What are at least 5 Distinctive aspects of Ephesians? |
very long sentences, repetitive use of adjectives and synonyms, abundant use of the world "all", readers told to imitate God rather than Paul, the Church is a body with Christ as the head, refers to Christ as "the beloved, uses "devil" instead of "satan" |
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Armor of God |
image used to describe God's protection and power over the faithful. |
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What does the belt represent (Armor of God) |
truth |
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What does the breastplate represent |
righteousness |
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What do the shoes represent |
proclaiming gospel |
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What does the shield represent |
faith |
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What does the helmet represent |
salvation |
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What does the sword represent |
word of God |
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What is incarnation/how was it expressed in Philippians? |
Incarnation- the doctrine that Jesus was God come to earth as a human being. In Philippians- early enough to indicate that people knew of incarnation before the Gospels were written. |
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What is Philippians 2:6-11 called? |
the Christ Hymn |
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Paul converted whom? |
A Philippian Jailer |
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The two women who needed intervention in Philippi were |
Euodia and Syntyche |
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Bishop |
"overseer" talked about by Paul in Philippians 1:1 |
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deacon |
"one who serves" mentioned by Paul in Philippians 1:1 |
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What is the motto of the church of Colosae? |
"Think globally, act locally" |
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Colossians has similarities and differences with what other NT book? |
Philemon |
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Describe 3 developmental ideas in Colossians. |
1. Christ is in the form of God 2. Jesus is "the one in whom everything was made" 3. Believers have died to sin |
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Eschatology |
the part of theology concerned with death |
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Realized Eschatology |
the belief that the blessings and benefits of the end times can be experienced in the present |
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Archippus (noted in Colossians and Philemon) was known for what? |
his procrastination |
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Four evangelical reminds |
1. "Concerning love, you do not need anyone to write to you" 2. "the Lord is an avenger, as we have already told you" 3. "as you know, we dealt with every one of you, like a father" 4. "as you know, we had courage in our God." |
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Three noted words of Paul are |
Faith, love and hope |
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Parousia |
the second coming |
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Caught up in the clouds using the word... |
rapture |
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What was the rumor? (Thessalonica) |
Jesus had already come back and was putting his Kingdom together on earth somewhere |
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Major themes of II Thessalonians? |
The certainty of judgement, the coming of the "lawless one", the problem of idleness, |
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Elder |
"beard," older person in the church |
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Pastor |
minister of the gospel in charge of a congregation |
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Evangelist |
an author of one of the four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. |
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Crete |
visited by Paul during his writing of the pastoral letters |
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Titus |
Christian gentile brought to Jerusalem by Paul and Barnabas to test out gentiles converts in the church |
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Church government means what? |
appointment of church officers and leaders |
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Widows |
office of widows- for widows with no family to be financially supported by the church while devoting themselves to prayer and good works. office was taken advantage of and younger widows dropped out |
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Who was Philemon |
leader in the Colossian church who Paul wrote to |
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Who was Apphia |
Christian woman, part of Philemon's household, maybe his wife |
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Who was Archippus |
Christian, close friend of Philemon, office bearer in the church |
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Onesimus |
Philemon's slave |
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What city was Paul imprisoned in? |
Ephesus |
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euphemism |
the substitution of a mild word for a harsh one |
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pun |
a joke exploiting possible meanings of a word |
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wordplay |
witty exploitations of the meanings and ambiguities of words |
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Thessalonica |
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Philippi |
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Ephesus |
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Colossae |
