Context & People
Who wrote the letter of Colossians
Paul
What is the main subject that Paul keeps bringing the Colossians back to?
Jesus Christ
What does the author say is enough for the Church?
Jesus
According to Colossians 3, what should believers set their minds on?
"Things above", meaning on Christ & christ-like things
What is discernment?
Not just knowing the difference between right and wrong, but knowing the difference between right and almost right.
Where was the author writing from?
Prison
In Colossians, the author warns against two false teachings. What do these two problems have in common?
Both can cause people to look somewhere besides Christ for spiritual fullness, maturity, or acceptance.
In Colossians 1 the author writes Jesus as "The firstborn ____ ____ ____"
"from the dead."
Complete Paul's statement from Colossians 3:11: "Christ is ______, and in all."
All
What book comes after Colossians?
1 Thessalonians
Who helped establish the Colossian church?
Epaphras
Which chapter emphasizes that Christ is enough and warns against substitutes?
Chapter 2
(they were using substitutes of rituals/behavior/good standings/etc to make them feel enough)
In Colossians 1:18 Paul says that Christ is the head of ____.
The Body/Church
Why does Paul spend the end of Colossians naming and describing so many different people?
To show how different believers worked together/God's intentionality/None of us are alone in the work of God.
What are the three steps to the study method we shared towards the beginning of this study?
Observation → Interpretation → Application
What 2 false teachings were the people in Colossians facing?
1) The Law is the road to salvation
2) Jesus is one of the many gods to worship
What was the main danger facing the Colossian believers—not necessarily that they would completely reject Jesus, but that they would do what?
Lower Jesus
Jesus is sufficient, the danger is believing he is only supplementary.
Paul uses three pictures for believers in Christ: "rooted," "built up," and ______.
"established"
Name three qualities Paul tells believers to "put on" in Colossians 3:12–14
compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, and love
(any 3 of these)
You're studying a passage and notice that the author repeats an idea several times. Why is that observation important?
Repetition can reveal what the author is emphasizing and help identify the main idea of the passage.
Who's home is it believed the church of Colossians majorly met in?
Philemon's home
Name 3 of the ways the author writes about Christ's supremacy.
The Son is the image of the invisible God,
Firstborn over all creation/the beginning/ firstborn from among the dead
In him all things were created, all things have been created through him and for him
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together
He is the head of the body, the church
Through him all are reconciled to himself
Instead of speaking directly to the false teachings, what does the author focus on in Chp 1 and why?
The author focuses on Jesus.
Because the best defense against false teaching is understanding who Jesus really is. If we see Christ clearly, we won't need to look elsewhere for what He provides.
Paul tells believers to "walk in wisdom" toward whom?
Outsiders / those outside the church.
What city was this letter addressed to?
Colossae