6 People Paul Named in His Letters | Bible Trivia Quiz | Digging Deeper 

Question 1. Which servant of the church at Cenchrea did Paul commend at the end of Romans?

Answer: Phebe (Phoebe), “a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea” (Romans 16:1–2).

Context & Exhortation: Paul asks the Romans to receive her and help her in whatever she needs, for she had been “a succourer of many, and of myself also.” A succourer is a helper, protector, or someone who runs to provide urgent relief and support to people in distress. 

Romans 16 is a long list of names, many of them women who served the church. Paul did not forget the people who stood with him.

Paul asked the church to receive her “in the Lord, as becometh saints” (16:2). She was to be welcomed and helped.

Faithful service deserves honour among God’s people. Paul made sure hers was known.

Question 2. Which two women in Philippi did Paul urge to be of the same mind in the Lord?

Answer: Euodias and Syntyche (Philippians 4:2).

Context & Exhortation: Paul says they had laboured with him in the gospel (4:3). He asks a true yokefellow to help them reconcile.

Faithful workers can still fall out. Paul did not take sides. He pointed both women back to the Lord.

Paul said their names were with his fellow labourers “in the book of life” (4:3). Their quarrel did not cancel their salvation.

Right after this, Paul wrote, “Rejoice in the Lord alway” (4:4). When we rejoice in the Lord together, it is hard to stay divided.

Question 3. Which Philippian messenger fell sick “nigh unto death” while serving Paul?

Answer: Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25–27).

Context & Exhortation: He brought the Philippians’ gift to Paul in prison. Paul says God had mercy on him, “and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.”

Paul asked the church to hold men like him in reputation (2:29). Those who serve quietly deserve honour.

Paul called Epaphroditus “my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier” (Philippians 2:25). Epaphroditus was upset because the church had heard he was sick (Philippians 2:26). He nearly died helping Paul. The church could not be there, so he went for them (Philippians 2:30).

Love sometimes means carrying another’s share.

Question 4. Who often refreshed Paul and was not ashamed of his chain?

Answer: Onesiphorus. When he was in Rome, he sought Paul out very diligently and found him (2 Timothy 1:16–17).

Context & Exhortation: Paul had just written that all in Asia had turned away from him, naming Phygellus and Hermogenes (1:15). 

Onesiphorus did the opposite, searching a large city to find a prisoner. He had also served Paul at Ephesus (1:18).

It cost something to be seen with a man in chains. Faithful friendship shows up when it is least convenient.

Paul prayed that he would “find mercy of the Lord in that day” (1:18). Kindness to Paul was remembered before God.

Showing up for someone in trouble matters to God. It is a ministry anyone can have.

Question 5. In his last letter, what three things did Paul ask Timothy to bring from Troas?

Answer: His cloak left with Carpus, the books, “but especially the parchments” (2 Timothy 4:13).

Context & Exhortation: Paul was in prison expecting death (4:6). Winter was coming (4:21). He wanted warmth and something to read and study.

Even at the end, Paul kept learning. Faith does not cancel ordinary needs like a coat and good reading.

In the same chapter, Paul wrote, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course” (4:7). Yet he still asked for his books.

He also said, “Only Luke is with me” (4:11). Even great saints need friends and good reading at the end.

Question 6. Who forsook Paul, “having loved this present world”?

Answer: Demas (2 Timothy 4:10).

Context & Exhortation: Demas had once been named among Paul’s fellow labourers (Philemon 1:24; Colossians 4:14). By Paul’s last letter, he had gone to Thessalonica.

Starting well is not the same as finishing well. Love for this world can pull even close companions away.

In contrast, Paul spoke of those who “love his appearing” and the crown of righteousness waiting for them (4:8). Two loves pulled in two directions.

John warns, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world” (1 John 2:15). Check what your heart loves most.

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