1. Fill in the Blank: He is the ________________ of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

2. Short Answer: What is the first word in the Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians?

3. Fill in the Blanks (same two words): For by Him ____ _______ were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. ____ ________ were created through Him and for Him. And He is before ____ ________, and in Him ____ ________ consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in ____ ________ He may have the preeminence.

4. True or False: In chapter 1 of Colossians, St Paul calls Timothy his fellow apostle.

5. Multiple Choice: In Colossians chapter 1, St Paul refers to someone as “our dear fellow servant.” Who was St Paul referring to?

a) Epaphroditus
b) Epaphras
c) Timothy
d) Tychicus
e) none of the above

6. Short Answer: According to St Paul, who fills up in the flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church?

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