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Bible Bowl 2019: Colossians

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chap 1: What is the first word in Colossians?

a)

Howdy!

b)

Paul

c)

Colossians

2.

Chap 1: With what brother is St. Paul greeting the Colossians at the opening of his letter?

a)

Titus

b)

Silvanus

c)

Timothy

d)

John Mark

3.

Chap 1: What does St. Paul call the Colossians? Choose all that apply.

a)

Saints

b)

good people

c)

faithful brethren

4.

Chap 1: From whom does St. Paul greet the Colossians with "grace and peace"? Choose all that apply.

a)

God our Father

b)

the Laodiceans

c)

the Lord Jesus Christ

d)

the Ephesians

5.

Chap 1: What were the two reasons St. Paul said he gave thanks for the Colossians? Choose the two correct answers.

a)

that they were doing ok

b)

he had heard of their faith in Christ Jesus

c)

he had heard of their love for all the saints

6.

Chap 1: Where is the hope laid up for the Colossians?

a)

earth

b)

heaven

c)

in their hearts

7.

Chap 1: What is St. Paul "always" doing for the Colossians?

a)

paying their lunch tab

b)

praying for them

c)

cleaning up after them

8.

Chap 1: From whom, in addition to St. Paul, did the Colossians hear the Gospel?

a)

Timothy

b)

Luke

c)

Epaphras

d)

Titus

9.

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.

a)

wisdom

b)

faith

c)

spiritual understanding

d)

love

10.

Chap 1: What does St. Paul say the Father has "qualified us" to be partakers of?

a)

salvation in the heavenly places

b)

the inheritance of the saints in the light

c)

the eucharist

11.

Chap 1: What does St. Paul say the Father has "delivered us from"?

a)

the guilt of sin

b)

feelings of shame

c)

the power of darkness

12.

Chap 1: Where has the Father "conveyed" us according to St. Paul?

a)

heaven

b)

into the kingdom of the Son of His love

c)

the Church

d)

to Colossae

13.

Chap 1: In whom do we "have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins"?

a)

in St. Paul

b)

in the Son of His [the Father's] love

c)

in the Church

d)

the Father

14.

Chap 1: True or False: He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Chap 1: Fill in the blank: Jesus is the __________ over all creation.

a)

king

b)

firstborn

c)

high priest

16.

Chap 1: What things in heaven and earth were created by the Son of the Father?

a)

seas

b)

all things

c)

mountains

d)

stars

17.

Chap 1: What things were created through and for the Son?

a)

all things

b)

the animals

c)

the angels

d)

the sun

18.

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 _____________.

a)

power

b)

preeminence

c)

last place

19.

Chap 1: It pleased the Father that what would dwell in his Son?

a)

the Spirit

b)

heaven

c)

all the fullness

20.

Chap 1: Where were the things that the Father reconciled to himself through his Son?

a)

in alpha centauri

b)

in heaven and earth

c)

Jerusalem

21.

Chap 1: Whom has the Father reconciled to himself through his Son, who were "once alienated and enemies" in their minds by "wicked works"?

a)

the Apostles

b)

the Jews

c)

the Colossians

d)

the Greeks

22.

Chap 1: To whom was the Gospel, of which St. Paul became a minister, preached?

a)

the Jews

b)

to every creature under heaven

c)

the Gentiles

d)

the Colossians

23.

Chap 1: In what does St. Paul rejoice for the sake of the Body of Christ?

a)

making nets

b)

sufferings

c)

the Colossians

24.

Chap 1: What is the "mystery . . . hidden from the ages" which God "willed to make known" among the Gentiles?

a)

salvation in Christ

b)

the incarnation of Jesus

c)

Christ in you, the hope of glory

25.

Chap 1: Whom does St. Paul preach, warning and teaching every man, to present them perfect in Christ Jesus?

a)

the Father

b)

Christ

c)

Timothy

26.

Chap 2: For what city other than Colossae does St. Paul have a "great conflict"?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Laodicea

c)

Antioch

d)

Ephesus

27.

Chap 2: In whom are hidden "all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge"?

a)

Paul

b)

Christ

c)

the Father

d)

Timothy

28.

Chap 2: For though I am absent in the flesh, I am with you in __________

a)

Colossae

b)

your struggle

c)

spirit

29.

Chap 2: Fill in the blanks - "As you therefore have ____1_____ Christ Jesus the Lord, so ____2_____ in Him." Check all that apply.

a)

1 trusted

b)

2 walk

c)

1 received

d)

2 live

30.

Chap 2: In whom dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily?

a)

The Father

b)

Him (Jesus)

c)

Paul

d)

Silus

31.

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"

a)

through faith

b)

without a doctor

c)

with hands

d)

without hands

32.

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 . . ."

a)

sad

b)

caught

c)

dead

33.

Chap 2: What does St. Paul say Jesus "wiped out" for us by his death and resurrection on our behalf?

a)

the handwriting of requirements that was against us

b)

our sin

c)

our shame

34.

Chap 2: What did Jesus do with the "handwriting of requirements that was against us"?

a)

threw it in the depths of the ocean

b)

tossed it into the garbage

c)

nailed it to the cross

d)

crushed it to powder

35.

Chap 2: Who did Jesus "disarm" and make a "public spectacle" of through the cross?

a)

Judas

b)

the Jewish leaders

c)

principalities and powers

d)

Pontius Pilate

36.

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."

a)

reality

b)

substance

c)

hope

d)

faith

37.

Chap 2: From Whom is "all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments" growing with the "increase that is from God"?

a)

the Father

b)

the Spirit

c)

the Head (of the body - Jesus)

38.

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.

a)

do not touch

b)

do not handle

c)

do not hug

d)

do not taste

39.

Chap 3: Since we are raised together with Christ, what "things" are we to seek?

a)

a good job

b)

the American dream

c)

those things which are above

40.

Chap 3: True or false. We are to set our minds on things above, not on things on the earth.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Chap 3: Where is your life hidden?

a)

in a field

b)

in the depths of the ocean

c)

with Christ in God

d)

in the Holy Spirit

42.

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.

a)

evil desire

b)

fornication

c)

scrabble

d)

covetousness

e)

uncleanness

43.

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?

a)

the angels

b)

the image of Him who created him

c)

Adam

44.

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?

a)

because its not a big deal anyway

b)

because Christ has forgiven us

c)

because we're just as bad as others

45.

Chap 3: What does St. Paul say is the "bond of perfection" that we should put on?

a)

hope

b)

faith

c)

love

d)

patience

46.

Chap 3: What does St. Paul say we are to let "rule" in our hearts?

a)

the hope of God

b)

the peace of God

c)

the faithfulness of God

d)

the word of God

47.

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"?

a)

the hope of Christ

b)

the love of Christ

c)

the word of Christ

48.

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.

a)

the body/out of the body

b)

school/out of school

c)

word/deed

49.

Chap 3: What 4 family members did St. Paul address? Choose all that apply.

a)

Husbands

b)

Fathers

c)

Wives

d)

Pets

e)

Children

50.

Chap 3: Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the __________, not with __________, as men-pleasers

a)

flesh/eyeservice

b)

heart/lip service

c)

mind/full service

d)

hope/disservice

51.

Chap 3: Bondservants, obey your masters __________

a)

in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

b)

as best you can, fearing punishment.

c)

when it’s convenient, fearing nothing.

d)

regularly, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.

52.

Chap 3: He who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no __________.

a)

partiality

b)

more fearful punishment

c)

need to be anxious

d)

hope

53.

Chap 4: Masters, give your bondservants what __________, knowing that you also have a __________ in heaven.

a)

is just and fair/Master

b)

they have coming to them/hope

c)

they need and want/calling

d)

is right/reward

54.

Chap 4: Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with __________.

a)

thanksgiving

b)

hope

c)

prostrations and metanias

d)

tears

55.

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.

a)

word/mystery

b)

cross of Christ/hope

c)

word/power

d)

cross/love

56.

Chap 4: Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, __________. Let your speech be seasoned with __________.

a)

redeeming the time/salt

b)

being patient with them/garlic

c)

awaiting their destruction/holy oil

d)

in all humility/vinegar

57.

Chap 4: Who will tell the Colossians all the news about Paul, and who will go with him?

a)

Tychicus/Onesimus

b)

Epaphroditus/Timothy

c)

Onesimus/Tychicus

d)

Clement/Alexandria

58.

Chap 4: How does St. Paul describe Tychicus? Select all that apply.

a)

Beloved brother

b)

Faithful minister

c)

Fellow servant

d)

Sharer in afflictions

e)

Great comfort

59.

Chap 4: Paul sends greetings from several fellow workers who are of the circumcision. Name them.

a)

Epaphras

b)

Luke

c)

Aristarchus

d)

Mark (cousin of Barnabas)

e)

Jesus (called Justus)

60.

Chap 4: Paul sends greetings from several fellow workers who are NOT of the circumcision. Name them.

a)

Epaphras

b)

Luke

c)

Demas

d)

Aristarchus

e)

Nymphas

61.

Chap 4: Who is mentioned that has a church in his house?

a)

Nymphas

b)

Archippus

c)

Onesimus

d)

Paul

62.

Chap 4: St. Paul says the Colossian church and another church should share their letters. Where is the other church?

a)

Laodicea

b)

Thessalonica

c)

Hierapolis

d)

Thyatira

63.

Chap 4: Paul mentions 3 fellow Jewish workers. Aristarchus __________, Mark __________, and Jesus __________.

a)

fellow prisoner/cousin of Barnabas/called Justus

b)

very tall man/called Marcus/called the Christ

c)

of the household of Caesar/cousin of Euodia/the lesser

d)

true help/cousin of Silas/heir of Elendil

64.

Chap 4: Paul mentions Epaphras. How is he described? Select all that apply.

a)

One of you

b)

Bondservant of Christ

c)

Labors fervently for you in prayers

d)

Great zeal for the Colossians and Laodiceans

e)

Prayer warrior

65.

Chap 4: Who does St. Paul warn “take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it”?

a)

Archippus

b)

Luke

c)

Demas

d)

Nymphas

66.

Chap 4: What is the last word of Colossians?

a)

Amen

b)

(mic drop)

c)

Peace

d)

Bondservant

67.

Chap 4: St. Paul’s final exhortation is “remember my __________”.

a)

chains

b)

love for you and all the brethren which are in Macedonia, with Tychicus and Aristobulus, forgiving each one his offenses

c)

father in your prayers

d)

tentmaking abilities