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    Onesimus Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers

    All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.

    1. Q1.Whose servant was Onesimus?

      • A. Philemon's ✓
      • B. Phoebe's
      • C. Lydia's
      • D. Cornelius's

      Answer: Philemon's

      Philemon 1:10-11 (KJV) — Paul writes to Philemon concerning Onesimus.

      Read Philemon 1:10 (KJV)

    2. Q2.Who wrote the epistle of Philemon?

      • A. Peter
      • B. Paul ✓
      • C. John
      • D. James

      Answer: Paul

      Philemon 1:1 (KJV) — 'Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ.'

      Read Philemon 1:1 (KJV)

    3. Q3.Where was Paul when he begat Onesimus in the faith?

      • A. In Rome free
      • B. In his bonds ✓
      • C. In Ephesus
      • D. In Corinth

      Answer: In his bonds

      Philemon 1:10 (KJV) — 'whom I have begotten in my bonds.'

      Read Philemon 1:10 (KJV)

    4. Q4.What did the name Onesimus mean for Paul's argument?

      • A. Beloved
      • B. Profitable ✓
      • C. Faithful
      • D. Servant

      Answer: Profitable

      Philemon 1:11 (KJV) — 'now profitable to thee and to me.'

      Read Philemon 1:11 (KJV)

    5. Q5.Paul asks Philemon to receive Onesimus as what?

      • A. A servant only
      • B. A brother beloved ✓
      • C. A debtor
      • D. A stranger

      Answer: A brother beloved

      Philemon 1:16 (KJV) — 'a brother beloved.'

      Read Philemon 1:16 (KJV)

    6. Q6.Who would repay Onesimus's debts?

      • A. The church
      • B. Paul himself ✓
      • C. Tychicus
      • D. Philemon's wife

      Answer: Paul himself

      Philemon 1:19 (KJV) — 'I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it.'

      Read Philemon 1:19 (KJV)

    7. Q7.Who carried the letter (with Tychicus) to Colosse?

      • A. Onesimus ✓
      • B. Titus
      • C. Timothy
      • D. Mark

      Answer: Onesimus

      Colossians 4:9 (KJV) — 'With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother.'

      Read Colossians 4:9 (KJV)

    8. Q8.How does Paul describe Onesimus in Colossians?

      • A. A faithful and beloved brother ✓
      • B. A prisoner
      • C. A new convert
      • D. A deacon

      Answer: A faithful and beloved brother

      Colossians 4:9 (KJV).

      Read Colossians 4:9 (KJV)

    9. Q9.Onesimus was 'one of you' from which city?

      • A. Ephesus
      • B. Colosse ✓
      • C. Philippi
      • D. Thessalonica

      Answer: Colosse

      Colossians 4:9 (KJV) — 'who is one of you.'

      Read Colossians 4:9 (KJV)

    10. Q10.Paul calls Onesimus what tender name?

      • A. My beloved
      • B. Mine own bowels ✓
      • C. My faithful brother
      • D. My true child

      Answer: Mine own bowels

      Philemon 1:12 (KJV) — 'thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels.'

      Read Philemon 1:12 (KJV)