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WorksheetsBible Bowl 2019: Colossians
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 35mins
Chap 1: What is the first word in Colossians?
Howdy!
Paul
Colossians
Chap 1: With what brother is St. Paul greeting the Colossians at the opening of his letter?
Titus
Silvanus
Timothy
John Mark
Chap 1: What does St. Paul call the Colossians? Choose all that apply.
Saints
good people
faithful brethren
Chap 1: From whom does St. Paul greet the Colossians with "grace and peace"? Choose all that apply.
God our Father
the Laodiceans
the Lord Jesus Christ
the Ephesians
Chap 1: What were the two reasons St. Paul said he gave thanks for the Colossians? Choose the two correct answers.
that they were doing ok
he had heard of their faith in Christ Jesus
he had heard of their love for all the saints
Chap 1: Where is the hope laid up for the Colossians?
earth
heaven
in their hearts
Chap 1: What is St. Paul "always" doing for the Colossians?
paying their lunch tab
praying for them
cleaning up after them
Chap 1: From whom, in addition to St. Paul, did the Colossians hear the Gospel?
Timothy
Luke
Epaphras
Titus
Chap 1: St. Paul says that he prays for the Colossians to be "filled with the knowledge of [God's] will in all _______ and ______ _______. What two things is St. Paul praying for the Colossians? Choose the two best answers.
wisdom
faith
spiritual understanding
love
Chap 1: What does St. Paul say the Father has "qualified us" to be partakers of?
salvation in the heavenly places
the inheritance of the saints in the light
the eucharist
Chap 1: What does St. Paul say the Father has "delivered us from"?
the guilt of sin
feelings of shame
the power of darkness
Chap 1: Where has the Father "conveyed" us according to St. Paul?
heaven
into the kingdom of the Son of His love
the Church
to Colossae
Chap 1: In whom do we "have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins"?
in St. Paul
in the Son of His [the Father's] love
in the Church
the Father
Chap 1: True or False: He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God.
True
False
Chap 1: Fill in the blank: Jesus is the __________ over all creation.
king
firstborn
high priest
Chap 1: What things in heaven and earth were created by the Son of the Father?
seas
all things
mountains
stars
Chap 1: What things were created through and for the Son?
all things
the animals
the angels
the sun
Chap 1: St Paul writes And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the _____________.
power
preeminence
last place
Chap 1: It pleased the Father that what would dwell in his Son?
the Spirit
heaven
all the fullness
Chap 1: Where were the things that the Father reconciled to himself through his Son?
in alpha centauri
in heaven and earth
Jerusalem
Chap 1: Whom has the Father reconciled to himself through his Son, who were "once alienated and enemies" in their minds by "wicked works"?
the Apostles
the Jews
the Colossians
the Greeks
Chap 1: To whom was the Gospel, of which St. Paul became a minister, preached?
the Jews
to every creature under heaven
the Gentiles
the Colossians
Chap 1: In what does St. Paul rejoice for the sake of the Body of Christ?
making nets
sufferings
the Colossians
Chap 1: What is the "mystery . . . hidden from the ages" which God "willed to make known" among the Gentiles?
salvation in Christ
the incarnation of Jesus
Christ in you, the hope of glory
Chap 1: Whom does St. Paul preach, warning and teaching every man, to present them perfect in Christ Jesus?
the Father
Christ
Timothy
Chap 2: For what city other than Colossae does St. Paul have a "great conflict"?
Jerusalem
Laodicea
Antioch
Ephesus
Chap 2: In whom are hidden "all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge"?
Paul
Christ
the Father
Timothy
Chap 2: For though I am absent in the flesh, I am with you in __________
Colossae
your struggle
spirit
Chap 2: Fill in the blanks - "As you therefore have ____1_____ Christ Jesus the Lord, so ____2_____ in Him." Check all that apply.
1 trusted
2 walk
1 received
2 live
Chap 2: In whom dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily?
The Father
Him (Jesus)
Paul
Silus
Chap 2: Fill in the Blank - "In Him we were also circumcised with the circumcision made ________ ________, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ"
through faith
without a doctor
with hands
without hands
Chap 2: St. Paul says that we were unresponsive to God because we were living in our sins, not seeking to please God, before we believed in him. He writes it in this way, "And you, being _______ in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh . . ."
sad
caught
dead
Chap 2: What does St. Paul say Jesus "wiped out" for us by his death and resurrection on our behalf?
the handwriting of requirements that was against us
our sin
our shame
Chap 2: What did Jesus do with the "handwriting of requirements that was against us"?
threw it in the depths of the ocean
tossed it into the garbage
nailed it to the cross
crushed it to powder
Chap 2: Who did Jesus "disarm" and make a "public spectacle" of through the cross?
Judas
the Jewish leaders
principalities and powers
Pontius Pilate
Chap 2: Fill in the blank - "So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon of sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the ___________ is of Christ."
reality
substance
hope
faith
Chap 2: From Whom is "all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments" growing with the "increase that is from God"?
the Father
the Spirit
the Head (of the body - Jesus)
Chap 2: What does St. Paul say are the 3 regulations that we died to "with Christ from the basic principles of the world"? Choose all that apply.
do not touch
do not handle
do not hug
do not taste
Chap 3: Since we are raised together with Christ, what "things" are we to seek?
a good job
the American dream
those things which are above
Chap 3: True or false. We are to set our minds on things above, not on things on the earth.
True
False
Chap 3: Where is your life hidden?
in a field
in the depths of the ocean
with Christ in God
in the Holy Spirit
Chap 3: Name the things because of which St. Paul says the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. Choose all that apply.
evil desire
fornication
scrabble
covetousness
uncleanness
Chap 3: St. Paul writes that we are not to lie to one another, since we have put off the old man with his deeds and have put on the new man who is renewed according to the what?
the angels
the image of Him who created him
Adam
Chap 3: Why does St. Paul say we are to bear with one another, not complaining about each other, but rather to forgive one another?
because its not a big deal anyway
because Christ has forgiven us
because we're just as bad as others
Chap 3: What does St. Paul say is the "bond of perfection" that we should put on?
hope
faith
love
patience
Chap 3: What does St. Paul say we are to let "rule" in our hearts?
the hope of God
the peace of God
the faithfulness of God
the word of God
Chap 3: What are we to let "dwell in" us richly "in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs"?
the hope of Christ
the love of Christ
the word of Christ
Chap 3: And whatever you do in _______ and ________, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
the body/out of the body
school/out of school
word/deed
Chap 3: What 4 family members did St. Paul address? Choose all that apply.
Husbands
Fathers
Wives
Pets
Children
Chap 3: Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the __________, not with __________, as men-pleasers
flesh/eyeservice
heart/lip service
mind/full service
hope/disservice
Chap 3: Bondservants, obey your masters __________
in sincerity of heart, fearing God.
as best you can, fearing punishment.
when it’s convenient, fearing nothing.
regularly, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.
Chap 3: He who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no __________.
partiality
more fearful punishment
need to be anxious
hope
Chap 4: Masters, give your bondservants what __________, knowing that you also have a __________ in heaven.
is just and fair/Master
they have coming to them/hope
they need and want/calling
is right/reward
Chap 4: Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with __________.
thanksgiving
hope
prostrations and metanias
tears
Chap 4: Paul asks the Colossians to pray for them, that God would open to them a door for the __________, to speak the __________ of Christ, that he may make it manifest.
word/mystery
cross of Christ/hope
word/power
cross/love
Chap 4: Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, __________. Let your speech be seasoned with __________.
redeeming the time/salt
being patient with them/garlic
awaiting their destruction/holy oil
in all humility/vinegar
Chap 4: Who will tell the Colossians all the news about Paul, and who will go with him?
Tychicus/Onesimus
Epaphroditus/Timothy
Onesimus/Tychicus
Clement/Alexandria
Chap 4: How does St. Paul describe Tychicus? Select all that apply.
Beloved brother
Faithful minister
Fellow servant
Sharer in afflictions
Great comfort
Chap 4: Paul sends greetings from several fellow workers who are of the circumcision. Name them.
Epaphras
Luke
Aristarchus
Mark (cousin of Barnabas)
Jesus (called Justus)
Chap 4: Paul sends greetings from several fellow workers who are NOT of the circumcision. Name them.
Epaphras
Luke
Demas
Aristarchus
Nymphas
Chap 4: Who is mentioned that has a church in his house?
Nymphas
Archippus
Onesimus
Paul
Chap 4: St. Paul says the Colossian church and another church should share their letters. Where is the other church?
Laodicea
Thessalonica
Hierapolis
Thyatira
Chap 4: Paul mentions 3 fellow Jewish workers. Aristarchus __________, Mark __________, and Jesus __________.
fellow prisoner/cousin of Barnabas/called Justus
very tall man/called Marcus/called the Christ
of the household of Caesar/cousin of Euodia/the lesser
true help/cousin of Silas/heir of Elendil
Chap 4: Paul mentions Epaphras. How is he described? Select all that apply.
One of you
Bondservant of Christ
Labors fervently for you in prayers
Great zeal for the Colossians and Laodiceans
Prayer warrior
Chap 4: Who does St. Paul warn “take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it”?
Archippus
Luke
Demas
Nymphas
Chap 4: What is the last word of Colossians?
Amen
(mic drop)
Peace
Bondservant
Chap 4: St. Paul’s final exhortation is “remember my __________”.
chains
love for you and all the brethren which are in Macedonia, with Tychicus and Aristobulus, forgiving each one his offenses
father in your prayers
tentmaking abilities
