Galatians cites this OT leader as being  RIGHTEOUS with God by faith alone   BEFORE ever being circumcised or DOING  anything. (p.139)

 7  Galatians cites this OT leader as being  RIGHTEOUS with God by faith alone   BEFORE ever being circumcised or DOING  anything. (p.139)

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 9  Later NT church official meaning “elder.”

(p.153)

• The practice of later writers attaching names of earlier authorities to their writings.

(p.137)

• This NT book, is not really a letter but a sermon that tries to stir up an apathetic   church that Christ is the replacement for the   Temple and the Priesthood. (p.151)

 14  The main theme of Paul’s Letter to the  Romans is tthat God’s ____ is the basis of   faith. (p.147)

• Paul’s shortest letter that addresses the situation of a runaway slave. (p.144)
• In principle, Paul agreed with the ___ gnosis that meat offered to pagan gods was   harmless; but he defended the view of not   eating out of LOVE for the “weaker”   (p.141; this issue divided Paul &   Cephas earlier back in Antioch & then   Galatia–watch the direction of this ongoing   rivalry.)
• Runaway slave whose name means

“useful.” (p.144)

 20  In 49 BC, this Roman emperor expelled

Jews from Rome, leaving only Gentile

Christians in the Church there. (p.146; when

Claudius died in 54 AD, the Jewish-

Christians returned to Rome.)

• The Greek word Paul uses that mean self- sacrificing love for other people. (p.143)
• In “Galatians” Paul gets very ___. (p.139; Paul founded but then probably lost this   )
• For some Gnostic Christians in Paul’s congregation (probably stirred up by   Apollos, note his Greek mythological name–  he was the god of what?) breaking   traditional sexual taboos was evidence of   spiritual ____. (p.141)
• Sections of Pauline (& other NT letters) that contains moral admonition (directions with   strong encouragement). (p.137)
• The practice of Christians expressing their spiritual liberation by ecstatic emotional   outbursts or “speaking in tongues” is called.   (pp.1141-2; note the same underlying   problem here & Paul’s response.)
• The purpose of the Law for Paul is to ____.  (no space; Luther called this the “2nd   purpose of the law; p.139)
• In Galatians, Paul emphasizes that

Christians DO NOT GET RIGHT WITH

GOD by DOING ANYTHING. This doctrine   is called “____ by faith (“alone” Luther adds   to his NT translation). (Where does this   terminology come from? p.139)

 35  In Galatians 3:28, Paul insists that with faith  in Christ ___ human distinctions are erased.   (p. 139; this is a famous & important text;   memorize it.)

• Paul calls his opponents in 2 Corinthians

___ apostles. (p.143)

• Paul says the 3 most important virtues of a Christian are “faith, ____ and love.” (p.142;   1 Cor 13:13; what virtue is missing in this   list?)
• The traditional date of the Book of Revelation is 95 AD during a persecution of   Christians by the Roman emperor ___.

(p.156)

 42  The first list of NT books that is exactly like  in our Bible (though still not in our order) did   not appear till 367 AD in a letter by this   bishop of Alexandria. (p.160)

• This Christian heresy claims Christ only “seemed” to suffer and die, but he really did   (p.154)
• Several generations after Jesus and Paul,

“faith” is understood as ___. (p.151)

• This NT book contradicts Paul’s teaching by saying “a person is justified by works and   not faith alone.” (p.152; Luther called this an  “epistle of straw” and said it should be   thrown out of the NT)
• Paul’s response to his rival apostle in Corinithians is his famous “theology of the   cross” which holds that by every human   standard, God’s wisdom is ___. (p.140)
• The latter part of 2 Corinthians, chapters 10- 13 probably preserve a seperate ___ letter   that Paul wrote to his congregation in   (p.143)
• Later NT church official meaning “overseer.”

(p.153)

• In Galatians, Paul says that before the coming of Christ, the Law of Moses served   as a temporary _____. (p.139)
• This later NT letter, probably not by Paul, says women should be “silent”  and not   teach in church. (p.154)
• Romans is probably the ____ undisputed letter of Paul. (p.149)

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• Paul believed he was living in the ___ (p.137)
• All of the specific “problems” in Corinth are created by the rival apostles teaching about

“____.”  (p.140–paragraph 3)  3  In Galatians, Paul emphasizes that  Christians are ___ from the Mosaic Law.   (p.137)

• Another one of the rival Christian leaders stealing church members in Paul’s church in  (p.141; what is the name the NT   gospels say Christ gave this apostle? Why   don’t you think Paul used that name?)
• For Paul’s letter to the Romans. the law only leads to ___ of sin. (p.147)
• The first part of 2 Corinthians is probably a seperate ___ letter that Paul wrote to his   congregation toward the end of his   experience there. (p.144)
• One of the rival Christian leaders stealing church members in Paul’s church in

Corinth? (p.141)

• This is a joyful letter of Paul, though he warns this congregation to beware of “false   teachers” (i.e. apostles like tried to steal his   other congregations. p.144).
• 1 Thessalonians, the earliest writing in the

NT, speaks to the problem of some Church   members ___. (What is his answer? p.138)

• Paul’s quick visit to try to save the Corinthian church was a ____ visit. (p.143, 2Cor 2:1)  13  In Galations, Paul says the entire Law of  Moses is contained in Jesus one   commandment about __. (pp.139-40)

 15  The problems in Paul’s Corinthian church is  that other Christian teachers/leaders claim   superior ___. (p.140; what is the Greek   word for this?)

 19  The first NT canon was by this Christian  heretic ca 140 AD. (p.159)

• This letter was probably written as a “circular letter” to introduce  a circulating   collection of Paul’s authentic letters. (p.145)
• This letter (perhaps, by Paul) responds to the threat of Gnostic Christians who   believed their ascetic (simple disciplined)   lifestyle was needed for the soul to get past   heavenly “principalities and powers.” (p.145)
• The process of gathering and forming the

NT is called ___. (p.159)

• In “Galatians” Paul attacks the ___ Christians for disturbing his congregation   with “another gospel” (What did they teach?  139)
• The late NT epistle of Jude deals with Gnostic Christians who practiced ___.

(p.155)

• Paul sent at least ___ letters to his troubled congregation at Corinth. (p.140; Paul   probably held on to this congregation,   )

 32  A group of people sent by this well-to-do  and influential woman informed Paul (who   was in Ephesus at the time) of problems in   his congregation in Corinth. Paul responds   to her with 1 Corinthians in the NT. (p.140)  34  The two NT letters alleging to be from

“Paul” to __ & one to “Titus” are called the   Pastoral Epistles.(p.137)

 36  The latest book of the NT (maybe 150 AD)  that addresses the problem of the delay of   the parousia. (pp.152-3)

• In Revelation, Rome is compared to this foreign nation that exiled the Hebrews.

(p.158)

• The early Christian understanding of “faith”

(and the definition of the Greek word) was

___. (p.151)

• Who is really supposed to be doing the talking in “speaking in tongues?” (p.142, 1

Cor 13:1)

• The number 666 is a Hebrew gematria for the name of this Roman Emperor. (p.158)  45  Later NT church officials who were

“servants” to the sick and needy. (p.153)  46  The apostles who tried to steal his church in  2 Corinthians were _____ Christians.

(p.143)

 47  2 Thessalonians speaks to the problem of  some Church members NOT ___. (Why?   p.138)

• Paul’s opponents in 2 Corinthians made him look ____. (p.143; What 2 things did they   demonstrate that did this?)
• Paul’s co-worker who saved the Corinthian church for him. (p.143)