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| three other names for Peter |
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| slave woman who gave birth to Abraham's older son |
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| Genesis say that God regarded Abraham as righteous when |
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| he decided to trust God's promise |
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| purpose of the Council of Jerusalem in Acts 15 was to decide |
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| what to require of pagans who wanted to join the Christian community |
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| what one may eat and whom one may marry |
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| rules in Leviticus 17-18 apply to |
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| Israelites, and also non-Israelites living in Israel |
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| Paul was upset with the Galatian Christians for |
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| deciding no longer to believe what he had taught them: that righteousness comes from faith in God's promise, not from keeping the Jewish law |
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| Paul in Galatians says that when he met with church leaders in Jerusalem, they |
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| made him add nothing to the way he was presenting the gospel |
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| When Paul wants to show how one is justified in God's sight, he points to the Old Testament narrative about |
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| Paul proves to the Galatian Christians that they have been given the Spirit by reminding them that |
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| they call God "Abba, Father!" |
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| Paul tells the Galatian Christians that they should live not by the flesh but by |
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| Paul's general rule in 1 Corinthians is that |
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| Jewish Christians should keep the Jewish law, but not Christians of pagan background |
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| Paul in Romans says that pagans were able to know God and his will because |
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| his invisible attributes are reflected in what he has made and his law is written in their hearts |
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| Paul says that because of Adam's sin |
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| all human beings have become sinners |
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| Paul says that the purpose of the (Jewish) law was to |
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| show us how sinful we are, even though it cannot make us into righteous people |
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| In Proverbs 8, Wisdom says that she |
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| was begotten by God before all things came to be |
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| The Book of Wisdom says that Wisdom is |
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| all-powerful and all-seeing, the image of God's goodness, and loving the good and kindly |
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| The Book of Wisdom presents Wisdom as |
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| saving Noah during the Flood, saving Joseph when his brother sold him, rescuing the Israelites from Pharaoh |
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| many scholars think that a comparison of the Letters to the Colossians and Ephesians shows that |
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| the author of Ephesians knew and used Colossians |
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| the hymn about Christ in Colossians presents him as |
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| Colossians is opposed to some teachings and practices which include |
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| dietary rules, observance of feast days, and worship of angels |
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| Colossians says that those who are baptized |
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| are circumcised, in a certain manner of speaking; are buried with Christ; are raised with Christ |
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| concerning the principalities and powers, Colossians says that Christ |
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| Ephesians says that Christians have been |
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| brought to life with Christ, raised with Christ, and seated with Christ in heaven |
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| in Jewish language, "those who are near" and "those who are far off" means |
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| in Ephesians, the "diving wall" means |
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| Ephesians says that Christ came to "create in himself one new person in place of the two." The "two" are |
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| Ephesians compares the relationship of Christ and the church to that between |
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| a man and his body and a man and his wife |
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| Ephesians says that the true enemies of Christians are |
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| the evil spirits in the heavens |
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| John's gospel begins with |
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| the Word who was in the beginning |
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| scholars divide John's gospel into |
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| the Book of Signs and the Book of Glory |
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| John the Baptist calls Jesus the ______ of God |
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| at the wedding feast in Cana, Jesus |
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| Jesus told Nicodemus that in order to enter the kingdom of God, one had to |
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| be born of water and Spirit |
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| in speaking of his relationship to Jesus, John the Baptist said that he (John) was like |
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| The Samaritan woman asked Jesus for |
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| Jesus' healing of the man at Bethesda caused controversy because he (Jesus) |
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| performed work on the Sabbath and called God his own father |
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| Wisdom 18:14-16 describes God's word as |
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| leaping down from heaven on Passover night like a fierce warrior with a sword |
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| the result of Jesus' teaching about the Bread of Life was that |
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| many of his disciples left him |
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| Jesus' opponents tried to stone him when he said about Abraham, |
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| "Before Abraham came to be, I am" |
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| What did Jesus do for Lazarus? |
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| he raised him from the dead |
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| John explains that when Jesus speaks of living water flowing from the believer, he means |
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| the mention of water in connection with Jesus in John's gospel reminds one of Ezekiel's vision of the wondrous stream of water flowing from the new |
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| When John speaks of Jesus' signs, he means his |
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| When Jesus speaks of being lifted up, he means his |
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| when Jesus tells the disciples that the Father will send them another "Advocate" he means |
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| when scholars speak of the "Johannine" churches or Christian communities, they mean the one that |
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| regarded the Beloved Disciple as their beloved teacher |
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| the crisis facing the Johannine churches was |
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| a doctrinal schism (split) |
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| according to 1 and 2 John, the correct Christian doctrine about Jesus Christ is that he |
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| was a physical, material man of flesh and blood |
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| when Jesus says "I am" in John's gospel, the reader is reminded of |
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| the name which God gives himself in the Book of Exodus |
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| Pilate put an inscription on Jesus' cross which read |
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| "Jesus the Nazarean, King of the Jews" |
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| Jesus from the cross said to his mother |
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| In John's gospel, the first person to see the risen Jesus was |
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| When Jesus appeared to Thomas after he had risen, he told him |
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| the Beloved Disciple recognized that the risen Jesus was present |
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| when he and his companions caught a lot of fish |
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| After their breakfast on the shore, Jesus asked Peter |
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| the problem facing the Christians to whom James writes is |
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| the division between rich and poor Christians |
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| James says that faith is dead if it |
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| James, to prove what he says, points to the example of |
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| James says that sins are forgiven when |
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| Christians confess their sins to each other and the presbyters (elders) of the church pray over those who are sick and anoint them |
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| the problem facing the Christians to whom 1 Peter was written was |
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| 1 Peter refers to Christians as |
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| sojourners, living stones being built into a spiritual house, and a royal priesthood |
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| 1 Peter says that the gentiles dislike Christians because the Christians |
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| refused to continue living in the immoral way they did in past times |
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| 1 Peter recommends that Christians respond to the pagans by |
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| the issue address by the Letter of Jude is |
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| the Letter of Jude borrows from |
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| most modern scholars think that 2 Peter borrows from |
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| the issue addressed by 2 Peter is |
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| the denial that Christ is coming back |
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| someone hired to curse the tribes of Israel |
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| Revelation is written in heavily symbolic style because |
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| it condemns the Roman empire and its author did not want its message understood by prison authorities |
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| Ezekiel 16 speaks of idolatry as |
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| in Daniel 7, the four huge beasts represent four |
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| the seven cities, to the churches in which the letters in Revelation are written, were trying to |
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| get favorable treatment from the Roman emperor |
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| the Christians to whom Revelation is written found themselves under pressure to engage in what they considered emperor-worship because |
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| the Jewish authorities were expelling them from the Jewish communities, so they were no longer protected by the Roman laws under which Jews could not be forced to engage in pagan religious practices |
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| in order to see his visions, John is taken to |
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| the one who is found worthy to open the small scroll with the seven seals is |
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| besides those sealed from the tribes of Israel, John sees standing before the Lamb |
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| a huge crowd of people from every nation |
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| as each of the seven trumpets is blown, there follows some |
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| plague or catastrophe on earth |
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| kill their enemies with fire from their mouths, are killed by the beast from the abyss, and are taken up to heaven |
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| in Revelation, the code-word for the city of Rome is |
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| the city of Rome is also represented as |
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| the empire of Rome is pictured as |
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| in Revelation, idolatry is represented as |
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| Revelation says that those who refused to accept the stamped image of a beast on their hands or foreheads could not |
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| in the war in heaven, Satan battles agains |
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| the woman who appears in the sky |
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| gives birth to the ruler of the nations, is pursued by the dragon and flies on the wings of an eagle |
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| the relationship between the dragon and the beast from the sea is that |
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| the dragon gives it his own power and authority |
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| as each of the seven bowls is poured out, the result is |
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| Revelation 18 contains a lamentation for the fall of |
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| between the time when Satan is locked up for a thousand years, and the time when he is released for the final battle, |
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| those who have been faithful reign with Christ for a thousand years |
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| the holy city Jerusalem is described as |
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| the bride of the Lamb, adorned with jewels and gold, and an enormous cube in shape |
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