Decision Making Worksheet 7

Decision Making

Please answer these questions according to the instructor’s slides in class.

Name

First Name

Last Name

What was Paul probably doing in 1 Corinthians 7:1?

What are the abbreviations of four Bible translations that support the answer to the previous question?

What did some of the Corinthian believers apparently think was a good thing?

What did Paul say in 1 Corinthians 7:2 that a husband and wife should have each other in the sense of?

What are the abbreviations of three Bible translations that support the answer to the previous question?

What did Paul tell married couples not to do in 1 Corinthians 7:5 except under very specific circumstances?

Did Paul mention any exceptions for divorce in 1 Corinthians 7:10–11?

Yes

Whom did Paul say that his commands in 1 Corinthians 7:10–11 came ultimately from?

What was the one exception that Jesus gave for divorce and remarriage?

What two Scripture verses support the answer to the previous question?

Why didn't Paul need to mention this exception in 1 Corinthians 7:10–11?

What did Gentiles universally agree that divorce and remarriage were permitted for?

What verse in Ruth has the same Hebrew word for noble character that's used in Proverbs 31:10?

Which statement is correct about the Hebrew Bible?

Ruth is the next book after Proverbs.

Proverbs is the next book after Ruth.

What does this order in the Hebrew Bible emphasize?

What concept is important for marriage but should not be taken too far?

What four areas listed by Friesen on page 310 are not very important?

How should we respond to the fact that God made men and women different in many ways?

Under what circumstances should a man and a woman not be afraid to get married if they have a variety of differences?

What can one spouse's strengths overcome?