Quiz: Context changes everything

Circle one answer per question. The answer key, with the reason for each answer, is on the last page.

  1. What is exegesis?

    1. Reading meaning into a text
    2. Drawing meaning out of a text
    3. Reading a text aloud
    4. Translating a text

  2. To whom was Jeremiah 29:11 first spoken?

    1. Timothy's church in Rome
    2. The exiles from Judah in Babylon
    3. The church at Philippi
    4. King David's court

  3. What does Jeremiah 29:7 tell the exiles to do in Babylon?

    1. Leave the city at once
    2. Seek the prosperity of the city
    3. Stop praying until the return
    4. Build an army for the return

  4. In Philippians 4, the "all things" of verse 13 are about what?

    1. Achieving any goal he set
    2. Enduring every circumstance with contentment
    3. Winning every argument
    4. Never facing need again

  5. Paul says the unashamed workman does what? (2 Timothy 2:15)

    1. He accurately handles the word of truth
    2. He memorises the whole Bible
    3. He never meets opposition
    4. He speaks in every church

  6. According to 2 Timothy 3:16, Scripture is God-breathed and useful for what?

    1. Instruction and training in righteousness
    2. Entertainment for the reader
    3. A record of human opinions about God
    4. Rules for priests only

Answer key

  1. Drawing meaning out of a text. Exegesis asks what the author said, to his first hearers, in the words around the verse. (2 Timothy 2:15)
  2. The exiles from Judah in Babylon. Jeremiah 29 is a letter to the exiles. Verse 10 gives them a seventy-year timetable before restoration. (Jeremiah 29:10)
  3. Seek the prosperity of the city. God tells the exiles to seek the good of the very city that held them, and to pray for it. Trust looks like faithfulness in place. (Jeremiah 29:7)
  4. Enduring every circumstance with contentment. Verses 11 and 12 define the "all things": being filled and being hungry, having plenty and having need, with Christ's strength for both. (Philippians 4:12)
  5. He accurately handles the word of truth. Paul's standard is careful handling. The workman who reads rightly has nothing to be ashamed of. (2 Timothy 2:15)
  6. Instruction and training in righteousness. Scripture is God-breathed and useful. That is why handling it accurately matters so much. (2 Timothy 3:16)

Contend Academy · Context changes everything · Scripture quotations in lesson materials are from the Berean Standard Bible and the King James Version, both public domain.