What was the reason that the Roman governor of the Lycus Valley forbade the export of currency
to pay the temple tax? correct answers The Jews were so great in number
What is the indication of the founder of the the church in Colossae? correct answers Paul the
Apostle
How can the false teaching in Colossae best be described? correct answers Syncretistic religious
system
What two directions did the ethical lives of the Gnostics take? correct answers A) rigid
asceticism
B) libertinism
What was the solution to the Colossians heresy found in the application of the Christ hymn?
correct answers A) establishes the preeminence of Christ in the universe and church
B) Christ is superior to every other power in the cosmos
I. We have been set free from these powers by virtue of their union with Christ in baptism
What are the three places of origin normally proposed for the Colossae Epistle? correct answers
A) Rome
B) Caesarea
C) Ephesus
What is the familiar triad introduced in Colossians? correct answers A) faith
B) hope
C) love
, What are the practical dimensions introduced by the truthfulness and power of the Gospel?
correct answers A) gospel is universal, it is meant for everyone not a select few
B)gospel is bringing blessings and bearing fruit to the world
What are the criteria established by Paul to counter the claims of the false teachers? correct
answers A) readers will test the claims of the heretics against the gospel
I. Is it God's truth?
II. Is it universal?
III. Does it bear fruit in people's lives?
B. Consider the message who should be faithful and reputable
What are the three consequences of knowing God's will? correct answers A) live as the Lord
wants
B) please the Lord in all areas of life
C) apostle envisions it's fruitfulness in good works and growth in the knowledge of God
What is the opinion of the majority of scholars concerning Colossians 1:15-20? correct answers
The verses constitute a hymn
Give two reasons that Paul is not considered the author of the hymn in Colossians correct
answers A) the passage contains many words and phrases not found elsewhere in Paul's writings
B) it was not uncommon for Paul to incorporate previously existing traditional material in his
letters
What is the primary purpose of the hymn? correct answers Establish the superiority or the
preeminence of Christ in all things
Give the sense of the Greek word synestteken correct answers Connotes preservation or
coherence