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1 A Study through Colossians Lesson 1 Colossians 1 1. To whom did Paul write this epistle? 2. Regarding the brethren in Colosse, what had Paul heard? 3. Whom did Paul mention in this chapter as being a dear fellow servant? 4. For this reason we also... do not cease to for you, and to ask that you may be with the of His will in all and spiritual ; (NKJV) 5. According to verse 10, how should a Christian walk? 6. From what has Jesus delivered us? 7. Into what have Christians been conveyed (translated, KJV)? 8. Who is the image of the invisible God? 9. Of what is Jesus the head? 10. What will alienate people from God? yet now He has in the body of His through, to present you, and, and above reproach in His sight... (NKJV) 1

2 12. To whom was the gospel preached? 13. What has now been revealed to the saints? 14. Memory Verse: Him we, warning every man and every man in all, that we may present every man in Christ Jesus. (NKJV) 2

3 A Study through Colossians Lesson 2 Colossians 2 1. For whom did Paul have a great conflict? 2. In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge? 3. In verses 6 and 7, how did Paul tell the brethren in Colosse to walk? 4. Of what did Paul tell the brethren in Colosse to beware? 5. Describe the circumcision not made with hands? 6. Who raised Jesus from the dead? 7. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having you all, (NKJV) 8. What was nailed to the cross? 9. Paul warned the brethren about those who would take delight in the worship of. 3

4 10. Let no man therefore you in meat, or in, or in respect of an holy day, or of the, or of the days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of. (KJV) 11. For in Him dwells all the of the bodily; and you are complete in, who is the head of all and. (NKJV) 12. Memory Verse: For though I am in the, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good and the of your faith in Christ. (NKJV) 4

5 A Study through Colossians Lesson 3 Colossians 3 1. Where is Christ sitting? 2. Where should we set our minds? 3. List the sins that Paul told the Colossians to put to death. 4. List the sins that Paul told the brethren in Colosse to put off all these. 5. Paul told the brethren, Do not lie to one another, since you have. 6. How is the new man renewed? 7. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,, humility,, longsuffering;... (NKJV) 8. When Paul told the brethren to bear with one another and to forgive one another, who did Paul use as an example of one willing to forgive? 9. What did Paul say was the bond of perfection (perfectness)? 10. What did Paul tell the brethren to let rule in their hearts? 11. Let the of Christ dwell in you richly in all, teaching and 5

6 one another in psalms and and spiritual, singing with in your hearts to the. (NKJV) 12. Who did Paul tell to submit to their own husbands? 13. Paul told husbands to love their wives and not be towards them. 14. What instructions did Paul give to children? 15. What did Paul tell fathers not to do to their children? 16. What instructions did Paul give to the servants? 17. What will happen to the one who does wrong? 18. Memory Verse: And whatever you do in or, do all in the name of the, giving to God the Father through Him. (NKJV) 6

7 A Study through Colossians Lesson 4 Colossians 4 1. What did Paul tell masters to give their servants (bondservants)? 2. Continue earnestly in, being vigilant in it with ;... (NKJV) 3. Paul requested that the brethren in Colosse would pray that God would. 4. How did Paul say to walk towards those outside or without? 5. What type of speech are Christians to use? 6. How did Paul describe Tychicus? 7. Would did Paul say he would send with Tychicus? 8. my fellow prisoner greets you, with the cousin of Who did Paul say was always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God? 10. To whom did Paul refer to as a physician? 11. Greet the brethren who are in, and and the church that is in his house. (NKJV) 7

8 12. What other epistle did Paul instruct the brethren in Colosse to read in their assemblies? 13. To whom were the brethren to say, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.? 13. Memory Verse: Let your always be with, seasoned with, that you may know how you ought to each one. (NKJV) 8

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