Paul's Missions
This city in Macedonia, on the Via Egnatia, was home to a church Paul wrote to.
What is Philippi?
This Greek word, meaning “faith,” is central to Paul’s teachings.
What is pistis?
This broad study includes beliefs about the afterlife and judgment.
What is eschatology?
This material was used for the earliest Christian manuscripts.
What is papyrus?
This letter is nicknamed the “friendship letter” for its warm tone.
What is Philippians?
Paul worked night and day here to avoid burdening believers while preaching.
What is Thessalonica?
This term describes Christ’s return, a key event in Paul’s eschatology.
What is the Parousia?
Paul uses this phrase to describe the suddenness of Christ’s return.
What is “like a thief in the night”?
This 4th-century manuscript is one of the oldest complete Greek Bibles.
What is Codex Sinaiticus?
This letter addresses disunity and sexual immorality in a Greek church.
What is 1 Corinthians?
This Roman capital of Achaia was where Paul faced a tribunal under Gallio.
What is Corinth?
This Jewish method of interpretation seeks deeper scriptural meaning.
What is midrash?
In 1 Corinthians, Christ’s resurrection is called this, signaling the end’s start.
What is the first fruits?
This collection of Jewish texts was found near Qumran.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
This letter’s thesis is found in 1:16-17, about salvation for all.
What is Romans?
This region in Asia Minor had multiple churches Paul addressed in a letter.
What is Galatia?
This model says Christ paid a penalty for sin demanded by God.
What is the judicial model of atonement?
This book warns that the “lawless one” must appear before the Day of the Lord.
What is 2 Thessalonians?
This Egyptian town yielded Gnostic texts in 1945.
What is Nag Hammadi?
This passage in Philippians exalts Christ’s humility and obedience.
What is the Christ Hymn (Philippians 2:5-11)?
Paul organized this effort to collect money for the poor Jerusalem church.
What is the Pauline Collection?
This concept holds that all are born into sin due to Adam, per Augustine.
What is the doctrine of original sin?
Paul says these will rise first when Christ returns, per 1 Thessalonians.
Who are the dead in Christ?
This Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible began in the 3rd century BCE.
What is the Septuagint?
In this letter, Paul uses Sarah and Hagar to contrast covenants.
What is Galatians?