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Paul's dominant concern in his early letters is the concept of |
| | A) | eschatology. |
| | B) | the doctrine of sin. |
| | C) | church government. |
| | D) | sexual ethics. |
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Thessalonica was the capital of the Roman province of |
| | A) | Judea. |
| | B) | Achaia. |
| | C) | Asia. |
| | D) | Macedonia. |
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The content of the oral gospel that Paul preached in the marketplaces, shops, and private homes of Thessalonica is known by the Greek term |
| | A) | Parousia. |
| | B) | Logos. |
| | C) | kerygma. |
| | D) | kathexes. |
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In 1 Thessalonians, Paul encourages the Thessalonian believers to respond to the nearness of the Parousia of Christ by |
| | A) | telling all of their friends about Jesus. |
| | B) | quitting their jobs and leaving their families. |
| | C) | eating, drinking, and being merry. |
| | D) | abstaining from sexual immorality. |
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When Paul first visited Corinth on his second missionary journey, he stayed for approximately |
| | A) | a year and a half. |
| | B) | three days. |
| | C) | forty days. |
| | D) | seventy days. |
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In Paul's day, the city of Corinth was known for |
| | A) | its conservative lifestyle. |
| | B) | its libertine lifestyle. |
| | C) | its poverty. |
| | D) | its extremely cold climate. |
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The most important distinction that Paul makes in 1 Cor. 1-2 is between the concepts of |
| | A) | darkness and light. |
| | B) | sickness and wellness. |
| | C) | life and death. |
| | D) | wisdom and foolishness. |
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Paul criticizes the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians because they will not excommunicate a church member who is guilty of |
| | A) | theft. |
| | B) | incest. |
| | C) | murder. |
| | D) | gossiping. |
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Paul's general principle for personal relationships in 1 Corinthians is that |
| | A) | married Christians need not remain married. |
| | B) | God desires everyone to be married. |
| | C) | marriage is sinful. |
| | D) | married people should remain married; and single people should remain single. |
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Paul's position in 1 Corinthians on eating idol meat is that |
| | A) | Christians should never eat it. |
| | B) | Christians have a right to eat it if they want to under any circumstances. |
| | C) | Christians should not eat meat at all. |
| | D) | Christians have a right to eat idol meat, but they should forego that right if it offends a fellow Christian. |
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In 1 Cor. 11, Paul criticizes the Corinthians' observance of the Lord's Supper, claiming that the Corinthians |
| | A) | had turned the Supper into a riotous drinking party. |
| | B) | used grape juice instead of wine. |
| | C) | used leavened bread instead of unleavened bread. |
| | D) | did not pray before they partook of the elements of the Supper. |
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According to the viewpoint of the writer of 1 Timothy, the Genesis account implies that Eve is inferior to Adam because |
| | A) | she was formed after Adam. |
| | B) | she was not made in God's image. |
| | C) | she was made from a human rib rather than dust. |
| | D) | Satan made her. |
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The author of 1 Timothy's most damaging charge against Eve is her alleged susceptibility to deceit. The fallout of this charge was |
| | A) | that no woman would be allowed to worship in church with men. |
| | B) | that women, from that time on, would be forbidden from studying herpetology or even handling snakes. |
| | C) | that Eve's entire line, i.e. all women for all time, are to be excluded from positions of trust in the Christian community. |
| | D) | that all of Eve's daughters, granddaughters, and so on, would never be allowed to take Holy Communion. |
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Why was it necessary for Paul to insist that the ceremony of the Lord's Supper be decorously repeated in memory of Christ's death in the traditional manner that Jesus began it? |
| | A) | because the Corinthians had turned the service into a riotous drinking party |
| | B) | because the Corinthians were too lazy to observe it |
| | C) | because the heretics were crashing the party and stealing the wine |
| | D) | because too many people were forgetting what the symbolization stood for |
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All spiritual gifts are partial reflections of divine reality and will be obsolete in the world to come, with the exception of |
| | A) | speaking in tongues. |
| | B) | faith, hope, and love. |
| | C) | the power to heal and teach. |
| | D) | prophesy and working miracles |
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