Books of the New Testament: Lesson 31 Philippians
and Colossians (Cloze test 31)

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These epistles, like and Philemon, were .

Philippians is basically a “” letter carried by to the church at Philippi expressing the gratitude of Paul and Timothy for the gift they had received.

Paul had a special love for the church at Philippi. He had met with a group of women by the riverside and . Later Paul and were thrown into prison and beaten. At midnight, as they prayed and praised God, a rocked the prison. The believed in Christ and were baptized (Acts 16).

is the keynote of the book: Joy in , chapter 1; Joy in , chapter 2; Joy in , chapter 3, and Joy in , chapter 4.

Paul wrote Colossians because was being taught and he had to correct it. The Christians thought they should retain , their food-laws and festivals and . They did not understand the idea of the , so they didn’t understand that everything they needed could be found in Jesus.

Paul corrects them:

1. , chapters 1 and 2.

2. , chapters 3 and 4.


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