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| Another name given to the apostle Peter was... |
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| Simon, Symeon, and Cephas |
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| the slave-woman who gave birth to Abraham's older son |
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| Genesis says that God regarded Abraham as righteous... |
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| when he decided to trust God's promise |
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| The purpose of the Council of Jerusalem is Acts 15 was to decide... |
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| what to require of pagans (non-Jews) who wanted to join the Christian community |
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| Leviticus 17-18 concerns... |
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| what one may eat and whom one may marry |
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| The rules in Leviticus 17-18 apply to... |
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| Israelites, and also non-Israelites living in the territory of Israel |
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| Paul was upset with the Galatian Christians for... |
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| deciding no longer to believe what he had taught them; that righteousness comes from faith (trust) in God's promise, not from keeping the Jewish law |
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| Paul in Galatians says that when he met with church leaders in Jerusalem, they... |
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| made him add nothing to the way he was presenting the gospel |
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| When Paul wants to show how one is justified in God's sight, he points to the Old Testament narrative about... |
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| Paul proves to the Galatian Christians that they have been given the Spirit by reminding them that... |
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| they call God "Abba, Father!" |
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| Paul tells the Galatian Christians that they should live not by the flesh, but by... |
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| Paul's general rule in 1 Corinthians is that... |
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| Jewish Christians should keep the Jewish law, but not Christians of pagan background |
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| Paul in Romans says that pagans were able to know God and his will because... |
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| his invisible attributes are reflected in what he has made and his law is written in their hearts |
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| Paul says that because of Adam's sin... |
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| all human beings have become sinners |
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| Paul says that the purpose of the Jewish law was to... |
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| show us how sinful we are, even though it cannot make us into righteous people |
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| In Proverbs 8, Wisdom says that she... |
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| was begotten by God before all things came to be |
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| The Book of Wisdom was that Wisdom is... |
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| all-powerful and all-seeing, the image of God's goodness, and loving the good and kindly |
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| The Book of Wisdom presents Wisdom as... |
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| saving Noah during the Flood, saving Joseph when his brother sold him, and rescuing the Israelites from Pharaoh |
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| Many scholars thing that a comparison of the Letters to the Colossians and Ephesians shows that... |
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| the author of Ephesians knew and used Colossians |
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| The hymn about Christ in Colossians presents him as... |
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| Colossians is opposed to some teachings and practices which include... |
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| dietary rules, observance of feast days, and worship of angels |
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| Colossians says that those who are baptized... |
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| are circumsized, in a certain matter of speaking, are buried with Christ, and are raised with Christ |
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| Concerning the principalities and powers, Colossians says that Christ... |
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| Ephesians says that Christians have been... |
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| brought to life with Christ, raised with Christ, seated with Christ in heaven |
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| In Jewish language, "those who are near" and "those who are far off" means... |
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| In Ephesians, the "dividing wall" means... |
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| Ephesians says that Christ came to "create himself one new person in place of the two." The "two" are... |
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| Jews and non-Jews (gentiles) |
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| Ephesians compares the relationship of Christ and the church to that between... |
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| a man and his body, and a man and his wife |
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| Ephesians says that the true enemies of Christians are... |
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| the evil spirits in the heavens |
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| The other synoptic gospel in addition to John's is... |
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| none of the following: Matthew, Mark, and Luke |
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| John's gospel begins with... |
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| the Word who was in the beginning |
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| Scholars divide John's gospel into... |
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| the book of Signs and the book of Glory |
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| John the Baptist calls Jesus the _________ of God... |
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| At the wedding feast at Cana, jesus... |
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| Jesus told Nicodemus that in order to enter the kingdom of God, one had to... |
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| be born of water and Spirit |
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| In speaking of his relationship to Jesus, John the Baptist said that he (John) was like... |
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| The Samaritan woman asked Jesus for... |
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| Jesus' healing of the man Bethesda caused controversy because Jesus... |
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| performed the worked on the Sabbath and called God his own father |
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| Wisdom 18:14-16 describes God's word as... |
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| leaping down from heaven on passover night like a fierce warrior with a sword |
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| The result of Jesus' teaching about the Bread of Life was that... |
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| many of his disciples left him |
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| Jesus' opponents tried to stone him when he said about Abraham... |
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| "Before Abraham came to be, I am" |
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| What did Jesus do for Lazarus... |
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| He raised him from the dead |
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| John explains that when Jesus speaks of living water flowing from the believer, he means... |
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| The mention of water in connection with Jesus in John's gospel reminds one of Ezekiel's vision of the wondrous stream of water flowing from the new... |
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| When John speaks of Jesus' "signs" he means his... |
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| When Jesus speaks of being "lifted up," he means his... |
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| When Jesus tells the disciples that the Father will send them another "Advocate," he means... |
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| When scholars speak of the "Johannine" church(es) or Christian community(ies), they mean the one(s) that... |
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| reguarded the Beloved Disciple as their special teacher |
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| The crisis facing the Johannine church(es) was... |
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| a doctrinal schism (split) |
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| According to 1 and 2 John, the correct Christian doctrine about Jesus Christ is that he... |
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| was a physical, material man of flesh and blood |
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| When Jesus says "I AM" in John's gospel, the reader is reminded of... |
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| the name which God gives himself in the Book of Exodus |
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| John's gospel says that Pilate decided to hand Jesus over to be crucified when he discovered that... |
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| none of the following: Jesus had opposed the payment of taxes to Caesar, Jesus had claimed to be the Son of God, and Jesus thought that he had no power over him |
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| Pilate put an inscription of Jesus' cross which read... |
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| "Jesus the Nazarean, King of the Jews" |
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| Jesus from the cross said to this mother... |
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| In John's gospel, the first person(s) to see the risen Jesus was... |
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| When Jesus appeared to Thomas after he had risen, he told him... |
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| The Beloved Disciple recognized that the risen Jesus was present when... |
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| he and his companions caught a lot of fish |
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| After their breakfast on the shore, Jesus asked peter... |
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| The problem facing the Christians to whom James writes is... |
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| the division between rich and poor Christians |
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| James says that faith is dead if it.. |
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| James, to prove what he says, points to the example of... |
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| James says that sins are forgiven when... |
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| Christians confess their sins to each other and the presbyters (elders) of the church pray over those who are sick and anoint them |
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| the problem facing the christian to whom 1 Peter was written was... |
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| the persecution by pagans |
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| 1 Peter refers to Christians as... |
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| sojourners, living stones being built into a spiritual house, and a royal priesthood |
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| 1 Peter says that the Gentiles (pagans) dislike Christians because the Christians... |
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| refuse to continue living in the immoral way they did in past times |
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| 1 Peter recommends that Christians respond to the pagans by... |
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| The issue addressed by the Letter of Jude is... |
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| The Letter of Jude borrows from... |
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| Most modern scholars think that 2 Peter borrows from... |
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| The issue addressed by 2 peter is... |
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| the denial that Christ is coming back |
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| someone hired to curse the tribes of Israel |
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| Revelation is written in heavily symbolic style because... |
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| it condemns the Roman empire, and its author did not want its message understood by the prison authorities |
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| Ezekial 16 speaks of idolatry as... |
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| In Daniel 7, the 4 huge beasts represent four... |
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| the 7 cities, to the churches in which the letters in Revelation are written, were trying to... |
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| get favorable treatment from the Roman emperor |
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| The Christians to whom Revelation is written found themselves under pressure to engage in what they considered emperor-worship because... |
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| the Jewish authorities were expelling them from the Jewish communities, so they were no longer protected by the Roman laws under which Jews could not be forced to engage in pagan religious practices |
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| In order to see his visions, John is taken to... |
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| The one who is found worthy to open the small scroll with the seven seals is... |
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| Besides those sealed from the tribes of Israel, John sees standing before the Lamb... |
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| a huge crowd of people from every nation |
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| As each of the 7 trumpets is blown, there follows some... |
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| plague or catastrophe on Earth |
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| The 2 witnesses in Revelations... |
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| kill their enemies with fire from their mouths, are killed by the beast from the abyss, and are taken up to heaven |
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| In Revelation 12, after the woman gives birth to her child, she... |
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| After the child is born, the dragon... |
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| is thrown down to the earth |
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| The dragon is identified with... |
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| the ancient serpent and the Devil/Satan |
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| When with the other beast, the dragon... |
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| gives its powers and authority to the beast from the sea |
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| The beast from the sea represents... |
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| The heads on the beast from the sea represent... |
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| "Babylon" is a code-word for... |
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| The reaping of the harvest with the sickle represents... |
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| the gathering of the human race for the last judgement |
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| As each angel pours out his bowl... |
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| some plague or catastrophe strikes the Earth |
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| The harlot seated on the beast represents... |
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| Revelation 19 contains the hymn of rejoicing for the wedding feast of the Lamb and... |
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| the heavenly city of Jerusalem |
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| Satan is to be released form prison after... |
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| the thousand-year reign of the witnesses to Jesus |
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| the heavenly city is described as... |
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| a giant cube 1500 miles in every direction, of pure gold, and with a river of life-giving water |
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