Chapter 11 Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles
Concept A Introduction
A. Read pp. 237 to 241 Answer the Review questions on pg. 241
B. Read the Introduction
1. What happened as Paul was on his way to Damascus?
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e. Who cured Saul?
f. What else did this person do for Saul?
g. What did Paul begin to do?
1. Where do we find information about Jesus as the one Christians profess as the eternal Son of God, present to all people throughout all time?
1. What event turns the focus from the Jesus of History to the Christ of Faith?
1. How did people refer to Jesus after the Resurrection?
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1. What Church doctrine proclaimed Jesus as one of the three divine persons?
C. Read Focus on pg. 239 The Acts of the Apostles: “The Gospel of the Holy Spirit”
6. How does Acts of the Apostles begin?
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7. Why is Acts of the Apostles called the Gospel of the Holy Spirit ?
7. The first half of the Acts of the Apostles focuses on
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7. What is the second half of Acts about?
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7. How does Acts end?
D. Read Keeping things in Perspective pg. 240
7. What does the Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline Epistles, and the Book of Revelation deal with?
7. What should we keep in mind while reading these works?
7. What is an Epistle?
7. Why wouldn’t Paul have expected his writing to become part of Christian Scripture?
7. On what do the non-Gospel books focus?
7. How was this meaning seen?
E. Read Focus The Pauline Epistles pg. 241
7. What does “attributed “ mean?
7. Why did people attribute authorship of their work?
7. How many of the 13 epistles were written by Paul?
7. How many credited to Paul were written by his followers?
7. What are the “Pastoral Epistles”
7. What does “pastoral” mean?
7. Name two of Paul’s coworkers
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Concept B Getting to know Paul
A. Read pp. 242 to 246 Answer the review questions on pg. 246
B. Read Getting to know Paul
7. How is Paul remembered?
7. What did Paul accomplish?
7. Where was Paul born?
7. Describe this city.
7. What is Paul’s birthplace called today?
7. What was unique about Paul that enabled him to pass on the Gospel message to the Roman world?
7. What was Paul’s Jewish name?
7. What does Diaspora mean?
7. What group was Paul a member?
7. What was Paul’s work?
7. Did Paul ever meat the earthly Jesus?
7. Who was the first Christian to die rather than give up faith in Jesus?
7. What were Christians originally called?
C. Read Focus The Catholic Epistles pg. 243
7. What does the word “Catholic” mean?
7. Why is the word “Catholic” used for some scripture writings?
Concept C The Damascus Experience
A. Read pp. 247 to 251 Answer the questions on pg. 251
B. What Happened?
7. Who wrote the account of Paul’s conversion experience in Acts 22
7. Where do we find Paul’s account of his conversion?
7. When was the Acts of the Apostles written?
7. What do we know for certain about Paul’s Damascus experience?
7. What did Paul spend 13 years doing?
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7. Where did Paul die?
7. What does the term conversion describe?
7. As a result of Paul’s conversion, what became his vocation?
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C. Read Focus The Adventures of the Apostle Paul pg. 252
7. What do scholars believe happened to Paul?
Concept D Paul’s Missionary Work
A. Read pp. 254 to 256 Answer questions on pg. 256
B. Read Preaching to the Gentiles
7. What debate arose regarding Gentiles?
7. Name the conference that settled the dispute
7. What book of the Bible describes the three main journeys that Paul took in spreading the Gospel message?
7. List examples from 2 Corinthians that indicates that Paul’s travels were not easy
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Concept E Understanding Paul’s Letters
A. Read pp. 256 to 262 Answer review questions on pg. 256
B. Read For Whom? And Why?
8. What is the key to understanding Paul’s epistles?
9. What troubled the Jewish Christians?
10. Why did Paul write several of his epistles?
11. On what do Paul’s letters focus?
12. What was Paul’s main concern?
13. What two constant qualities do we see in Paul?
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C. Read The First Letter to the Corinthians pg. 259
14. Of what did Paul always try to convince his readers?
15. What balance is common in Paul’s letters?
D. Read The Letter to the Church in Rome pg. 261
16. What is Romans considered?
17. What does Romans reflect?
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E. Read Focus Letters in Paul’s Day pg. 258
18. List the pattern of a letter in Paul’s day
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19. What is parchment?
20. What is papyrus?
21. What were pens like?
66. Because of the lengthily process of writing, who did it?
67. How many words could an average sheet of papyrus hold?
68. How many sheets of papyrus would it take to write Paul’s Epistle to the Romans with 7000
Words?
69. How many hours would it take a scribe to write Romans?
F. Read The Legacy of Paul’s Letters pg. 262-263
70. How did Paul die?
71. What do Paul’s letters, originally intended to guide the early church communities, still do?
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