Study Guide on Colossians

Chapter 4


1.          T/F  A master is not obligated for his servants food and clothing. (v. 1)

2.         Christ, __________, __________ for, and uses well all his servants. (v.1)

3.         T/F  Men should be always formally praying to God. (v.2)

4.         T/F  God always immediately answers the prayers of his people. (v.2)

5.         Constant prayer is a means of keeping up a spiritual __________, __________, and familiarity with God. (v.2)

6.         T/F  Every prayer which is not with intention, is no prayer. (v.2)

7.         __________ is contrary to an ungrateful spirit. (v.2)

8.         T/F  It is the duty of churches, and of particular believers, to pray for their ministers. (v.3)

9.         T/F  In Colossians 4:3, Paul prays for the door of the prison to be opened. (v.3)

10.     Paul prays (4:3), that God would not only set before him an open door for the preaching of the __________, but also, make it __________ for the conversion of many souls. (v.3)

11.      All the doctrines on the Gospel are classified as __________. (v.3)

12.     T/F The truths of the Gospel are still hidden from the natural man. (v.4)

13.     A minister of the Gospel out to speak it __________, __________the whole __________ of God, keeping back __________ that might be profitable to the churches. (v.4)

14.     The believer’s inward walk is by __________ on Christ; his outward walk is his __________ among men. (v.5)

15.     A fool walks in their own ways, which are __________, and ways of __________, and lead to __________. (v.5)

16.     T/F  Those that are not members of this church have the distinction of being outside of the family of God. (v.5)

17.     T/F  The Christian should have little concern about their conduct towards those outside of the church. (v.5)

18.     Christians should confer together about the __________ of __________, and so instruct, establish, and build up one another in them. (v.6)

19.     Evil should not be spoken one of another; nor should there be __________, __________, or anything said that is __________ to the __________, __________, and __________ of another. (v.6)

20.    __________, __________, and __________, are the values that make our speech savory , pleasant, and acceptable to a spiritual man. (v.6)

21.     T/F  A person that uses himself to speaking with prudence, purity, and grace, is at all times ready to give an agreeable answer concerning the mysteries of the Gospel. (v.6)

22.    __________ was employed by the apostle as a messenger to Colosse. (v.7)

23.    One is considered a  “brother,” because he was a partaker of the same __________. (v.7)

24.    T/F  There is no greater character than to be a minister of the Gospel. (v.7)

25.    __________ was at one time Philemon’s servant. (v.9)

26.    T/F  Tychius, Onesimus, Aristarchus, Marcus, Justus, and Epaphras were fellow servants in the ministry of Paul. (vv.7-12)

27.    __________ was the pastor to the church at Colossae. (v.12)

28.    The believer is to have a __________ __________ of the revealed will of God. (v.12)

29.    Epaphras had a deep concern for the his church in matters of their spiritual __________, that the Gospel might continue with them, and they in that, against __________ __________. (v.13)

30.    T/F Luke was converted under the ministry of Paul. (v.14).

31.     T/F The letter to the church at Colossae was a private letter. (v.16)

32.    T/F The church at Laodicea was experiencing a like problem with false teachers. (v.16)

33.    The minister of the Gospel is to feed the whole flock of God with __________ food; that is strong __________. (v.17)

34.    To avoid counterfeits, Paul wrote the salutation of this epistle with his __________ __________. (v.18)

35.    T/F Paul’s “bonds” were a discouragement to the church. (v.18)