Background
What is the meaning of the word “Epistle”?
Letter
What is the Biblical term that means missing the mark or falling short of God’s will?
Sin
This Biblical term means to be in "right relationship" with God.
Righteousness
What is the longest epistle written by Paul?
Romans
In Galatians 3 and Romans 1, Paul says that "The righteous shall live by _______________"
Faith
How are the Pauline letters to churches arranged in the New Testament?
By length, from longest to shortest
In Paul’s letters, what Biblical character represents humanity’s fall into sin and separation from God?
Adam
In Paul's letters, what is the term used to describe this process of being made “righteous”?
Justification
In this letter, Paul writes from a point of both anger and concern about the "different gospel" that has been accepted by some in this community, with Gentile believers asked to be circumcised and follow the law, causing confusion and division.
Galatians
What are the three theological virtues and then circle the one that Paul argues is most important in 1 Cor. 13.
Faith, Hope, and Love
What is the name of those letters which are addressed to an individual leader in a community, rather than to a church
"Pastoral" Epistles
In Paul's letters, what Biblical character is used to symbolize the giving of the law, which reveals sin but cannot fix the deeper human problem.
Moses
In Paul's letter to the Galatians and Romans, what Biblical character is used to represent a model of someone who becomes righteous through faith, not by following the law.
Abraham
Paul wrote two letters to this group, both focused on ethical teachings, and the return of Christ.
Thessalonians
What metaphor does Paul use to describe the unity and diversity of the church in both 1 Corinthians and Romans?
The Body
What is the term for the closing blessing that Paul typically includes at the end of his letters, such as "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you"?
Benediction
What concept is traditionally understood in Christian theology to be the "privation of the good" (absence or corruption of something good)
Evil
Meaning “gift,” this term describes the unmerited, freely given favor, kindness, and love of God toward humanity. It is a gift that allows for participation in the life of God, which includes our justification, adoption, sanctification, etc.
Grace
What do New Testament scholars believe is Paul's final letter, written with the sense that his death was approaching?
2 Timothy
What is the name that Paul gives to the following nine characteristics in Galatians 5: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
The Fruit of the Spirit
What is the term used to describe the group in Galatia who were teaching a “different gospel,” and pressuring Gentile converts to Christianity to be circumcised and follow the Jewish law?
Judaizers
What did Paul describe as a "guardian" or tutor given by God to supervise, protect, and discipline God's people until Christ came?
The Law
What is the theological term that is used to describe the process of being made holy, growing to reflect God's character over time.
Sanctification
Which of Paul's letters deals with the situation of a runaway “bondservant,” where Paul insists the recipient of the letter receive his former servant back as a brother, and not as a slave?
Philemon
What theological term means the study of “last things,” including the return of Christ, resurrection, and final judgment.
Eschatology