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CHST 112 FINAL Exam Questions
With Revised Answers
List the books of the NT in their major categories - answer✔✔Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke,
John
Acts
Paul's Missionary Letters: Galatians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Corinthians, Romans
Paul's Prison Letters: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon
Paul's Pastoral Letters: 1&2 Timothy, Titus
General Letters: James, Hebrews, 1&2 Peter, Jude, 1-3 John, Revelation
Name the author, date, destination, provenance, and purpose for 1 Timothy - answer✔✔-Paul
-Early to mid 60s
-Ephesus (to Timothy)
-Macedonia
-"to urge Timothy to lead the churches in Ephesus and to doctrinally protect them from false
teaching"
What is the basic story behind 1-2 Timothy and Titus? - answer✔✔Paul gets out of Prison
(60/66) and wants to go to Spain but he goes back to Eastern Mediterranean and establishes
Timothy and Titus (his "interns") to be his representatives while he's gone. Timothy is in
Ephesus and Titus is in Crete, and Paul heads to Spain. Then on his way, he writes those guys a
letter. Then Paul gets re-arrested before reaching Spain and writes 2 Timothy as his "last letter".
Paul knows he's not going to leave prison when he writes 2 Timothy so his tone is different.
What are the controversial items in Paul's qualification for pastor? - answer✔✔Not quarrelsome,
not a lover of money, leader of his household, husband of ONE wife, good father, sober-minded,
self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not one who gets drunk, gentle.
What is the summary sentence for 1 Timothy and Titus? - answer✔✔Timothy and Titus are the
letters about the responsibilities of a minister in a hostile world
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What is the author, date, destination, provenance and purpose of Titus? - answer✔✔-Paul
-early to mid 60s
-Crete (to Titus)
-unknown
-Paul is urging Titus to plant and establish churches all over Crete
What is the summary sentence for 1 Timothy and Titus? - answer✔✔These are the letters about
the responsibilities of a minister in a hostile world
True or False: There is no clear provenance for Titus - answer✔✔True
What is the author, date, destination, provenance, and purpose for 2 Timothy? - answer✔✔-Paul
-early to mid 60s
-Ephesus
-Rome (in prison)
-Paul writes a final encouragement and charge to his friend Timothy (he knows he's at the end of
his life)
True or False: 2 Timothy is the last of the Pastoral Epistles to be written? - answer✔✔True
What is the summary sentence for 2 Timothy? - answer✔✔2 Timothy is the letter about
remaining faithful to Christ even when no one else will
What is the author, date, provenance, destination, and purpose for Hebrews? - answer✔✔-
technically anonymous. Some think it fits with Paul, but right now the best candidate is Luke
(connected to Paul though)
-around 65 AD
-unknown provenance
-Rome is the destination
-purpose = a group of Jewish Christians were in danger of slipping back into Judaism to avoid
persecution. Paul makes his case by writing about how Christ is better than everything.
Know the theories about the author of Hebrews and how they link to Paul but the author is not
Paul - answer✔✔-author was male
-author was clearly aware of and perhaps connected to Paul
