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Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning A) Col 1: 1–5

Paul, an apostle of by the will of God, 1-2 • What made Paul an apostle and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faithful of Christ Jesus? • Who was with Paul when this Memorize for Meaning brothers in Christ at Colossae: letter was written? If you were stranded on a desert island and had access to only one book of • Where did the saints and the , which would you choose? Well, you couldn’t go wrong if you chose Grace to you and peace from God our Father. faithful brothers live? the of Paul to the Colossians. 3-5 When Paul wrote this letter to a group of new Christians—most of whom he • Whom does Paul thank when had never met—he was chained in prison. He therefore held nothing back We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus he prays for the Colossians? when explaining who Christ is, what Christ accomplished on the cross, and Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your • When did Paul begin his how Christians should live in response. habit of praying for the faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for Colossians? The Silver Certificate is for memorizing Chapter One of Colossians, which • What two things do the is highlighted by the famous verses of 15 to 20 that underscore the all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in Colossians possess? supremacy of Christ in creation and redemption. • Why do they have these two heaven. things?

Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning B) Col 1: 5–8 C) Col 1: 9–10

…Of this you have heard before in the word of the 5-8 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased 9-10 • Where did the Colossians • How often do Paul and truth, the , which has come to you, as indeed learn about the hope laid up to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the Timothy pray for the for them in heaven? Colossians? in the whole world it is bearing fruit and • What is the other name of knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and • What do Paul and Timothy the “word of the truth”? want the Colossians to be increasing—as it also does among you, since the understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy filled with? • What does the gospel help you understand? • Knowing God’s will enables day you heard it and understood the grace of God in of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in the Colossians to do what? • Who first told the Colossians about the gospel? • “Walking in a worthy manner” truth, just as you learned it from Epaphras our every good work and increasing in the knowledge of means that the Colossians beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of • What Epaphras report to God; will do good works. What will Paul and Timothy? these good produce? Christ on your behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit. Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning D) Col 1: 11–14 E) Col 1: 15–17

…being strengthened with all power, according to 11-14 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of 15-17 • What will strengthen the • What does Christ allow us to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience Colossians in their efforts to all creation. For by him all things were created, in see? do good works? • “Firstborn” implies the with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has • What should accompany heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether highest status. Why does endurance and patience? Jesus have the highest qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints Why? thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all status over all creation? • What has the Father * How were all things created? in light. He has delivered us from the domain of delivered us from? things were created through him and for him. And • Why were all things created? darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his • To where have we been he is before all things, and in him all things hold • Why should we worship transferred? Christ and avoid beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the • What do we possess in the together. worshipping created things? Son? • Who holds all things in the forgiveness of sins. universe together?

Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning F) Col 1: 18-20 G) Col 1: 21–23

And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the 18-20 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in 21-23 • What is another name for the • What three features described beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in “body”? mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his the Colossians before they • Who governs the church? understood the grace of God everything he might be preeminent. For in him all • Why is Jesus the beginning body of flesh by his death, in order to present you in truth? of the church? • How did the Colossians the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and • What dwells in Jesus to give holy and blameless and above reproach before him, achieve peace and him preeminence over all life reconciliation? through him to reconcile to himself all things, and death? if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and • What three features described whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the • What did God do through steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel the Colossians after they Jesus? received peace with God from Christ’s sacrifice on the blood of his cross. • How was God’s peace that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all cross? spread to all things on earth and in heaven? creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became • What are the Colossians encouraged to do? a minister. • Where has the gospel been proclaimed? • What is Paul’s role in the gospel?

Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning Colossians 1: Memorize for Meaning H) Col 1: 24–26 I) Col 1: 27–29

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in 24-26 To them God chose to make known how great 27-29 • Paul was in prison for • In addition to God’s chosen my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s defending the gospel when among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this nation of Israel, who else is he wrote this letter. Why included in the hidden afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the does he rejoice despite the mystery, which is mystery? pain of prison? church, of which I became a minister according to • Since Christ has already ascended to heaven, what Christ in you, the hope of glory. • What is the long-hidden the stewardship from God that was given to me for must Paul do on Christ’s mystery? behalf? you, to make the word of God fully known, the • How did Paul become a Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching • Whom does Paul proclaim? mystery hidden for ages and generations but now minister to Christ’s Church? • What methods does Paul • What is the purpose of his everyone with all wisdom, that we may present use to proclaim Christ? revealed to his saints. ministry? • How are these methods • For how long has God’s everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling deployed? mystery been hidden? with all his energy that he powerfully works within • What is the goal of warning • To whom did God reveal the and teaching? hidden mystery? me. • How does Paul accomplish this difficult task?