Philemon and Colossians
I was a runaway slave in the letter to Philemon
Onesimus
Where was Timothy when he received this letter from Paul?
Ephesus
We don't have to be good enough because...
Jesus was good enough!
In Philippians, Paul says Jesus was _______, so we need to be _________.
Humble
Where was Paul when he wrote this letter?
Mamertine Prison - the deep, dark prison not house arrest
The church at Colossae met in my home
Philemon
What was the problem with the church that Timothy needed to deal with?
False teaching
The church at Ephesus was made up of these 2 groups of people
Jews and Gentiles
Paul sent him to Crete
Titus
Paul was pretty sure this was going to happen to him soon
Die
Anger, wrath, malice, idolatry, lying, slander
What Paul tells us to put off
Why was the church at Ephesus experiencing false teachers?
They didn't have good leaders (elders, overseers)
Because Jesus showed us grace, the church needs to get along and act as ________.
ONE or be united
Paul counted this as rubbish
Everything HE had done vs what Jesus had done for him.
Paul tells Timothy no to be ashamed of...
Following Jesus or having Paul as a friend
Compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness
What Paul tells us to put on
Above reproach, self controlled, respectable, gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money
Qualifications of an elder
Paul gave the christians at Ephesus this to help them put off their old self and put on their new self
The Armor of God
What was the problem Titus was to try fix in the churches of Crete?
False teaching
Paul was passing this to Timothy
"The torch"
In the letter to the Colossians, Paul tells the church that Jesus is __________, therefore __________.
#1; act like it
Paul tells the church at Ephesus that if they believe the false teaching and reject Paul's teaching, they were doing this to their faith
Shipwrecking their faith
The husband and wife relationship is modeled after
Christ and the church (loved and died for her)
The church at Philippi was being persecuted by these people
Retired Roman Soldiers
Paul and Peter were both arrested this time because christians were being blamed for this happening
The fire that burned most of Rome