Missionary Ventures
The South Galatian theory holds that the churches of Galatia were established during this missionary journey.
What is the first missionary journey?
This fellow almost died while bringing a gift to Paul from the church at Philippi.
Who is Epaphroditus?
Its themes include reconciliation, generosity, and blasting the "super apostles."
What is 2 Corinthians?
Human nature that is fallen and weak, and which Sin takes advantage of, so that no one is able to become righteous through the Law.
What is "the flesh" (sarx)?
Being "in Christ," "with Christ," etc. described as being united, participating, identifying, or incorporated into Christ.
What is union with Christ?
The hub of Paul's second missionary venture, where he ministered for 18 months.
What is Corinth?
They met Paul in Corinth after they fled from Rome when Claudius ordered the expulsion of Jews in AD 49.
Who are Prisc(ill)a and Aquila?
It has righteousness as its theme. The gospel is the power for salvation through Christ's death and resurrection that frees us from sin to righteousness.
What is Romans?
Guidelines for behavior in the domestic/family sphere.
What are the Haustafeln / "Household Codes"?
The opposition of God's character of holy-love to human sinfulness, resulting in judgment on sin and its perpetrators.
What is God's wrath?
Paul, Silas, and Timothy comprised the missionary team on this journey.
What is the second missionary journey?
He abandoned Paul and Barnabas during the first missionary venture.
Who is John Mark?
In this letter Paul requests that a Christian slaveholder release the runaway slave Onesimus as a co-laborer of the gospel.
What is Philemon?
A grammatical term used to refer to the reality of the believer's union with Christ as the basis for proper Christian ethics.
What is the indicative?
The earliest employment of this image for the church occurs in 1 Corinthians.
What is "the body (of Christ)"?
The hub of the third missionary venture, where Paul resided for 2½-3 years.
What is Ephesus?
He joined Paul and Silas at Lystra during the second missionary journey and became a Christ-like minister according to Paul's description of him in Philippians.
Who is Timothy?
Its theme is the supremacy or preeminence of Christ over all cosmic powers.
What is Colossians?
A grammatical term used for the ethical transformation that happens through the removal of the "old person" and his sinful habits and cultivating the virtues of the "new person" in Christ.
What is the imperative?
Speaking in tongues.
What is glossolalia?
In Romans, Paul wrote about a projected mission there.
What is Spain?
Paul wrote to advise him as a pastor on the island of Crete.
Who is Titus?
In both 1 Corinthians and 1 Thessalonians (and elsewhere in the NT), these three theological virtues are highlighted.
What are faith, hope, and love?
What is the "fruit of the Spirit"?
In 2 Thessalonians 2, the two things that must precede the Day of the Lord are a great rebellion (or apostasy) and the appearance of this figure who will set himself up as God in the temple.
Who is "the man of lawlessness"?