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NASB | 1 Timothy 3:15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 3:15 in case I am delayed, so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. |
Subject: The church as the pillar of Truth? |
Bible Note: Did God actually signed these books or did any of these Evangelists said: "I Matthew said this is the words of God?" 1. Where did the Bible come from? ________________ 2. When was it codified? _________________________ 3. What books were first listed as belonging in the Christian canon? ___________________________ 4. How has the canon changed over time in various groups? ________________________ 5. What books were included in the first edition of the King James Bible? _____________________ 6. When did the Council of Jamnia take place, who were its members, and what did it do? ___________ 7. Before the Books of the Bible were canonized, how was the Gospel spread? ____________________ 8. Before the printing press was invented some one-thousand and five hundred years after Christ, how was the Gospel spread? ______________________ (Hint: 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Timothy 2:2, 1 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:13) 9. How do the answers to these questions apply to the concept of "sola scriptura," or the "Bible alone" as the rule of faith? ____________________ 10. What does 2 Peter 3:16 warn against? 2 Peter 1:20-21 says Scripture is of ________ __________? 11. What does the word "profitable" mean? In 2 Timothy 3:16-17, what does the word "profitable" mean? ________________________________________ 12. Does "profitable" mean "is sufficient for" in any dictionary? ________________________________ 13. Was there a New Testament canon at the time Paul wrote that verse? _________________________ 14. If not, then what Scripture was he referring to? __________________________________________ 15. What do 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6 and 1 Corinthians 11:2 say about Tradition? __________________________________________________ 16. When did this Tradition stop being in effect? 17. What did Jesus mean when He told his followers to heed those who sat on the Chair of Moses in Matthew 23:2? ____________________ 18. What does that say about Jesus' expectations for his followers to obey earthly authority? 19. What does 1 Timothy 3:15 indicate is the rule of faith? _____________________________________ 20. What do you believe is the rule of faith, and why? _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/junmeskie/RareBible_TrivialQuestions.html God Bless Al |