1. What are the 5 sections in this chapter?
2. What do we know about Paul? Acts 9:1 - 30. Verse 1
3. What does Paul call himself? What might that mean?
4 What is the basis of Paul's apostleship? Are there 21st century apostles?
5. How can we find the will of God for our lives?
6. What is God's will for you? What place might you have in His Kingdom?
7. Who was with Paul? What is he called? What does his name mean?
8. What does that mean to you? How do we relate to people we call brothers?
9. How did Paul describe the believers in Colosse? Do you think these words would describe you? verse 2
10. What does it mean to be "in Christ"?
11. What grace is Paul talking about that comes from God?
12. How does Paul describe God? What image do you have of that kind of God? This would be an interesting word study. Look up all the places in the Bible that speak of God in this way.
13. When you pray for others what is your focus? What was Paul's for the Colossians? Verse 3
14. Why was Paul thankful? Could this be said about you? Verse 4
15. Where did their faith and love come from? Verse 5
15. What is meant by the gospel? Verse 6
16. What is happening because of the gospel?
17. What is said about Epaphras? Verse 7 see also Col 1:7; Col 1:8; Col 4:12; Col 4:13; Philemon 1:23
18. What did Epaphras say about the believers in Colosse? Can you think of people you could say that about? Could people say that about you? Verse 8
19. What does Paul Pray for? verse 9
20. Who can you pray this for? Pray that right now for those you chose to pray for.
21. What kind of a life does Paul feel is necessary for the disciple of Christ? Verse 10
22. What do we receive from Christ? verse 11, 12
23. What does that produce in us? Are you experiencing that kind of faith?
24. What kind of things can we be thankful about?
25. What have you been rescued from? Verse 13
26. Where have we been brought?
27. What do we have in Christ? How did you come to realize this truth? Verse 14
28. What does it mean to redeem something? Who are the players in the transaction?
29. What does it mean to be the firstborn? Verse 15 See also the following:
30. The term "creation" is the same word used in II Cor 5:17 - We are a new creation in Christ Jesus.
31. What did Jesus create? Verse 16
32. What is the continuing work of Jesus? Verse 17
33. What other areas is Jesus the head of or have supremacy over? Verse 18
34. What do you think this verse means? Was Jesus part human and part divine or fully human and fully divine? This is a mystery because we don't have a complete understanding of God. Verse 19
35. What did Jesus do on the cross? Verse 20
36. Why were we alienated from God and enemies of God? Verse 21
37. What has God done for believers? What is the condition? Verse 22
38. How do you think this message has been proclaimed? What does it mean to be a servant of the Gospel? Are you one? Verse 23
39. How do you think Paul could fill up in his flesh what was still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions? Can we suffer on behalf of others? Verse 24
40. How did Paul become a servant of the Gospel? Have you felt that call? Verse 25
41. What do you think this mystery was? To whom has this message been made known? Verse 26, 27
42. What did Paul feel that his responsibility was? What was the goal of the teaching and admonition. Verse 28
43. Why could Paul work so diligently to get the message out? Do you have that power? Verse 29