Bible crossword puzzle: Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians
Based on material in chapter 26, Discovering the Bible by Alex
Varughese
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Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the book by
Varughese?
ACROSS
- 2 The pagan god whose worship was centered in Ephesus
- 5 A heresy prevalent in the city of Colossae, a heresy which Paul called a "hollow
and deceptive philosophy"
- 7 A letter giving warnings concerning false teachers and their deceptive teachings;
in this letter, Paul declares that all things in creation are held together in Christ
- 9 The city in which there was a church to which Paul wrote a letter urging its
members to live joyfully in harmony and unity by adopting the mindset of Christ. As Paul wrote
to the church in that city, he encouraged his readers to discover the ultimate contentment of life
that can come under the Lordship of Christ
- 10 A term for the theological understanding of the nature and person of Jesus
Christ
DOWN
- 1 Because Paul was incarcerated when he wrote Ephesians, Philippians, and
Colossians, these three letters are known as ___________ epistles.
- 3 The letter in which Paul gives his most comprehensive treatment of the nature of
the Church and life within that community that God the Father has established through His Son
Jesus Christ
- 4 The book that contains the "kenosis hymn," a passage
which speaks of Christ "emptying (kenosis) himself"
- 6 One evidence of problems in the church at Philippi is the exhortation of Paul to
this particular person and to another one that the two of them should "agree with each other in the
Lord"
- 8 A dealer in purple cloth who was the Apostle Paul's first convert in Philippi
This crossword puzzle was created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature.
The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the
Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by Beacon Hill Press of
Kansas City, now called The Foundry.
-- Howard Culbertson,
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