STUDY QUESTIONS FOR Philippians lesson 1 (chapter 1)

1. According to the material contained in this lesson, what does the word “gospel” mean?

2. According to Romans 1:16, what is the Gospel?

3. What important spiritual principle is contained in Proverbs 15:28?

4. What does Ephesians 4:14 warn Christians not to be like?

5. According to 1 Peter 4:11, when Christians speak, they are to speak in a certain way. What is it?

6. In Philippians 1:17 Paul said that he had been “appointed” to do something. What was it?

7. What, according to Jude 3, are all Christians appointed to do?

8. According to Paul’s statements in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, what is the main thrust of the Gospel?

9. In Matthew 16:18, what did Jesus Christ say that He would do?

 10. In Matthew 16:18 Jesus used the word “church.” Then, in verse 19 He used a synonym for the church. What was that synonym?

 11. According to Acts 2:47, when people obeyed the Gospel, to what were they added by God?

 12. In Ephesians 1:22 Paul spoke of “the church.” Then, in verse 23, he used a synonym to speak of the church. What was that synonym?

 13. According to Ephesians 4:4, how many “bodies” of Christ are there?

 14. If, according to Colossians 1:18-19, the body is the church, and if, according to Ephesians 4:4 there is only one body, then how many churches did Christ build?

 15. According to Acts 20:28, what did Jesus purchase with His own blood?

 16. What important teaching about Christ’s church/kingdom is contained in Mark 9:1?

 17. According to Paul’s statement in 2 Timothy 1:10, what did Jesus give us “through the Gospel”?

 18. What important question did Jesus ask in Luke 6:46?

 19. According to Ephesians 4:5, how many “faiths” are there in Christ?

 20. According to the last part of Colossians 1:5, what does the Gospel contain?

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