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Quiz about The Gist of Galatians
Quiz about The Gist of Galatians

The Gist of Galatians Trivia Quiz


This quiz focuses on the concepts Paul addresses in Galatians, not in minutia. Quotes are taken from the Revised Standard Version.

A multiple-choice quiz by ubermom. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
ubermom
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
204,102
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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1819
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. What was happening among the churches of Galatia that prompted Paul to write the letter? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What did Paul consider the underlying truth that the Galatians weren't grasping? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Paul makes many references to an Old Testament patriarch and the promises God made to him. Which patriarch is this? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What did Paul say the law and faith were, respectively? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Paul draws a parallel between the law and what? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Paul also uses the children of two Old Testament women to illustrate his point. Which women? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What differences did Paul say that Christ eradicated? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Paul admonishes the Galatians to live and walk by the Spirit, without what? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In the final chapter of Galatians, Paul instructs the readers on how to address a man who "is overtaken in any trespass". How are believers to deal with such a man? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In his closing admonition, what motives does Paul ascribe to the party he took up his pen to address? Hint



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1. What was happening among the churches of Galatia that prompted Paul to write the letter?

Answer: They were circumcizing Gentile converts.

A group had arisen in the early church, insisting that the Gospel was for followers of the Jewish law, and that therefore non-Jews must follow Jewish law to become followers of Christ. The major controversy centered around whether or not the gentile converts had to be circumcised like the Jews, as a sign of entering into the covenant of God and Abraham.

In Galatians 2:12, Paul writes, "For before certain men came from James, [Peter] ate with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party."
2. What did Paul consider the underlying truth that the Galatians weren't grasping?

Answer: That justification comes through faith, not through following the law

Paul asserts this truth many times. Gal. 2:15-16: "We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, yet who know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, in order to be justified by faith in Christ Jesus, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified." Gal. 3:11-12: "Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the law; for 'He who through faith is righteous shall live'; but the law does not rest on faith, for 'He who does them shall live by them.'" Gal. 3:23: "Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed." Gal. 5:18: "But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law."
3. Paul makes many references to an Old Testament patriarch and the promises God made to him. Which patriarch is this?

Answer: Abraham

The Jewish converts placed great stock in being "sons of Abraham," and therefore inheritors of God's promise to Abraham of blessings through him to his posterity. Circumcision was Abraham's signature on the deal, if you will. So one group was having Gentile converts circumcised as a show of being "sons of Abraham". Paul pointed out the errors in this line of thought : Gal. 3:6: "Thus Abraham 'believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.' So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham."
4. What did Paul say the law and faith were, respectively?

Answer: All of these.

Gal. 3:3: "Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?" Gal. 4:7: "So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir." Gal. 5:1: For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery."
5. Paul draws a parallel between the law and what?

Answer: Guardianship

Paul compares the Jewish life under the law with an underage child living under a gardian or custodian in Galatians 4:1-7. He sets up this explanation in Gal. 3:23-24: "Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith."
6. Paul also uses the children of two Old Testament women to illustrate his point. Which women?

Answer: Hagar and Sarah

God had promised Abraham a son. Sarah was old and thought herself barren, so she came up with the idea of Abraham fathering a son with Hagar, the slave woman. But Sarah did conceive a child, as God promised. Paul compares these two sons as the one born to the flesh and the one born of God's promise, in Galatians 4:21-31.
7. What differences did Paul say that Christ eradicated?

Answer: All of these

Gal. 3:28: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
8. Paul admonishes the Galatians to live and walk by the Spirit, without what?

Answer: Any of these

Gal. 5:26: "Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of another."
9. In the final chapter of Galatians, Paul instructs the readers on how to address a man who "is overtaken in any trespass". How are believers to deal with such a man?

Answer: In a spirit of gentleness

Gal. 6:1: "Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Look to yourself, lest you be too tempted."
10. In his closing admonition, what motives does Paul ascribe to the party he took up his pen to address?

Answer: Both

Gal. 6:12-13: "It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh." In other words, that they can point to the new "sons of Abraham" with the circumcision of evidence.
Source: Author ubermom

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