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According to early church tradition, Paul wrote ___________ canonical letters while imprisoned in Rome. |
| | A) | one |
| | B) | two |
| | C) | three |
| | D) | four |
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Which of the following cities is NOT a location scholars have suggested as the probable place where Paul was imprisoned when he wrote the captivity letters? |
| | A) | Antioch |
| | B) | Ephesus |
| | C) | Rome |
| | D) | Caesarea |
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Some scholars doubt whether Paul was in prison in Rome when he wrote Philippians because there are no New Testament references to his being in prison there. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Paul enjoyed an unusually warm and affectionate relationship with the church at Philippi. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Paul wrote the Book of Philippians to thank the church at Philippi for __________________. |
| | A) | opposing the Roman government's persecution of Christians. |
| | B) | working to get Paul's son out of jail. |
| | C) | sending Paul a gift of money while he was in prison. |
| | D) | editing and publishing his letters. |
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The name of this person appears in the superscription of Philippians as coauthor of that book with Paul. |
| | A) | Clement |
| | B) | Timothy |
| | C) | Epaphroditus |
| | D) | Barnabas |
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Which of the following statements best describes the attitude that Paul expresses in Philippians concerning his imprisonment? |
| | A) | Paul is sad that he was unable to complete his third missionary journey. |
| | B) | Paul is afraid of dying in prison. |
| | C) | Paul sees his imprisonment as an opportunity to share the Gospel of Christ with his prison guards. |
| | D) | Paul does not understand why God is allowing him to suffer so much. |
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The main theme of the "hymn to Christ" found in Phil. 2:6-11 is that Jesus' behavior of humble service to others is the supreme example for the Philippians to follow. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Since the fourth century, many Christian theologians have understood the Christ hymn of Phil. 2:6-11 to refer to ___________________. |
| | A) | Jesus' virginal conception. |
| | B) | Jesus' fulfillment of prophecies in the Hebrew Bible. |
| | C) | Jesus' prehuman existence. |
| | D) | Jesus' ability to heal the sick and raise the dead. |
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Some modern scholars believe that the "hymn to Christ" found in Phil. 2:6-11 was not authored by Paul but was borrowed by him from some other source. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A growing number of scholars see the Christ hymn in Phil. 2:6-11 as contrasting the ways Christ behaved toward God and the way ______________ responded to God in the Hebrew Bible. |
| | A) | Adam |
| | B) | Moses |
| | C) | Abraham |
| | D) | Jeremiah |
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According to the letter to the Philippians, Paul corresponds with the Philippian church through Epaphroditus, a Philippian church member who became ill while visiting Paul in jail. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In Phil. 3, Paul suddenly lashes out at his enemies the Judaizers, calling them __________________, a term ancient Jews commonly used to refer to Gentiles. |
| | A) | swine |
| | B) | donkeys |
| | C) | slugs |
| | D) | dogs |
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Paul's letter to _________________ is his shortest letter. |
| | A) | Titus |
| | B) | the Galatians |
| | C) | the Philippians |
| | D) | Philemon |
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The main subject of the letter to Philemon is a slave named Philemon. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to the letter to Philemon, what did Paul do when he found out that his new friend was a slave who had run away from another old friend of Paul's? |
| | A) | Paul sent the runaway slave back to his original master. |
| | B) | Paul wanted to buy the slave for himself. |
| | C) | Paul turned the slave in to the Roman authorities and used the reward money to get out of jail. |
| | D) | Paul wrote this letter to Philemon, bitterly criticizing him for enslaving another human being. |
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In the letter to Philemon, Paul seems to hint that he wants Philemon to release Onesimus from service as a slave so that Onesimus can work for Paul's missionary organization. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In the theology of the apostle Paul, persons are justified by God on account of their faithfulness to the dictates of the Law of Moses, which points toward the messiahship of Jesus. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Because of Christ's absolute submission and obedience to the will of God in going to the cross to secure humanity's redemption, Jesus deserves the title of kyrios or _____________, indicating God's high exaltation of his Son. |
| | A) | King |
| | B) | Lord |
| | C) | Savior |
| | D) | Messiah |
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Because Paul believed that the End of the world was near, he did not stress ethics as much as other early Christians who believed that the return of Christ would be delayed. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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