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EPHESIANS 1 to 3; VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH BIBLE INSTDITUTE; Second Year, First Semester, Teacher Russell Earl Kelly, PHD
1. What do you know about Ephesus from Revelation 2:1-7? ____ ______ _____ ______
2. What do you know about Ephesus from Acts 19-20? _______________________________________________
3. 1:3 Where are most of our blessings? __ _______ Why are they (still) there? ___ ____ ____ _______ ____ ____
4. 1:4 What are the two major types of election? See Romans 8:28) Special: ______________________; General _____________________________
5. 1:6 Why were we created? ______________________________________________
6. 1:6 How many times does “IN” occur in chapter one? ______ What does it mean? _____________ ___ ______
7. 1:7 How much redemption and forgiveness do believers have?
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8. 1:9-10 When does the “dispensation of the fullness of times” begin and end? (Gal 4:4-5) ________________________________
(1 Co 15:24-28) ___________________________________
9. 1:12-13 Which words contradict the theory that predestination replaces free will? ___________, _____________
10. 1:13-14 What does God do to guarantee believers that they will never fall from justification (salvation)? _________________________________
11. 1:15-23 What does Paul pray that believers will receive in verse 17? ________________________________________________________
12. 2:1-6 In the mind of God believers have already been ___________ _______________. Compare Col 3:1-4
13. 2:8-9 What is the gift of God? (1) _________________________ Why? ________________________________
14. 2:10 What is another way of saying we have been saved? _________ ___ ________ Why? ___ ____ ________ _________
15. 2:11-16 How did the blood of Jesus (v14) make Gentiles and Hebrews into one people (v16)? _______________________________________ _________________________________________________
16. 2:19-20 What foundation is the church NOT built upon? ______
17. 3:1 Where is Paul when he is writing Ephesians? ____ ______ ___ ____
18. 3:2-6 What is the “mystery of the gospel”? _______________________________________________________
19. 3:7-9 Special revelation of which Old Testament text would have revealed this? _____________________________
20. 3:13-17 Where does Paul begin discussing sanctification” 3:16-17 What is the clue? ___________________; ___________________________
21. 3:17-20 What does being “rooted and grounded in love” help us to comprehend? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ANSWERS: Eph 1 to 3
1. Lost their first love
2. Favorite church, stayed over 3 years, goddess Diana
3. In heaven; we haven’t asked for them
4. Predestination of persons by God’s choice; predestination of person according to those who love
5. To the praise of the glory of his grace
6. times; justification by faith
7. As much as God has grace
8. BEGIN: Gal 4:4-5 when Christ appeared on Earth. END: 1 Cor 15:22-28 when death ends (Rev 21)
9. Trusted, believed
10. He gives the earnest of the Spirit
11. the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him (to end of chapter one)
12. quickened, resurrected
13. that we have been saved by grace through faith alone
14. Created in Christ Jesus; to do good works
15. By ending the law it removed the barrier between Jew and Gentile.
16. Peter
17. in prison (Rome)
18. That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel (3:6).
19. Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
20. 3:16-17 in the inner man; Christ dwell in your heart
21. 3:17-20 what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height — of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge
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Ephesians 4 to 6
1. 4:1 Christianity is not a part-time activity; it is a ________.
2. 4:2 Everything Christians do should be motivated by _______ and __________.
3. 4:4-6 describe the __________ body of Christ. “One baptism” alludes to ________ _________. “In you all” alludes to ______________.
4: 4:9 Where did Jesus’ soul go at death? _____ ____ ______ ______ ____ _____ _______
5. 4:8 What does “led captivity captive” mean? _________________________________________
6. 4:11-12 What is the primary purpose of apostles, prophets, evangelists and pastor-teachers?
___________________________________ ___________________________________________
7. 4:13-17 To what does “perfect” (v13) and “grow up” (v15) refer? _______ ___ ___________________
8. 4:22-25 How do believers “put off the corrupt old man” (v22) and “put on the righteously-created new man” (v24)? __________________________________ _____________________________________________
9. 5:1-3 How do we follow Christ? ________________ ____________________________________________
10. 5:2 What is unusual about Christ being a sin offering sacrifice? __________________________________
11. 5:3-8 Why are believers not included in the list of 3-7? __________________________________________
12. 5:11 Should Christians keep silent about sin in the world? _____, _________ ________
13. 5:14 What is Paul’s favorite word describing sanctification? _________
14. 5:18 How does a person resist being drunk with wine? _____ ______ ____ ___ ______, plus verses 19-21.
15. 5:22-25, 28, 33 To what extent should husbands love their wives? ___________________ __________________________________
16. 15:26 What is “the word” here? _________, _________ _________ (Titus 3:5; Mt 3:11)
17. 5:30-32 What is the “mystery” of the Church? ______________________________
18. 6:5-7 Why does the gospel not address slavery, women’s rights, warfare, etc.? ___________________________________
19. 5:22 to 6:9 Which groups of Christians has Paul advised here? ______________________________________________________________________
20. 6:12 Who are the Christians strongest enemies? _______________________________________________________________________
21. 6:13-18 What kind of military formation or strategy is Paul describing here? _________________
22. 6:13-18 Which armor protects the heart, mind and soul? ____________________________________
23. 6:17 What kind of sword do Christians carry? __________________ ____________________
24. 6:18-19 What was Paul praying for? __________________________________
25. Did Paul write anything negative about the church at Ephesus? ________
ANSWERS: EPH 4-6 VBCBI
1. vocation
2. love, peace
3. universal, eternal security, sanctification
4. into the lower parts of the earth
5. moved the righteous part of
Sheol/Hades called “paradise” to heaven
6. 12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
7. growth in sanctification
8. By walking in love (5:1) through habitual daily renewal of fellowship between our spirit and the Holy Spirit — though study of God’s Word, prayer and sharing (witnessing).
9. walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us
10. Hebrews did not have human sacrifices
11. now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light
12. no, reprove them
13. walk
14. be filled with the Spirit
15. Eph 5:25 even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it
16. water, Holy Spirit
17. Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. The Church is a living organism and part of Christ’s body.
18. Its message would have been lost in soclal reform.
19. wives, husbands, children, parents, slaves, slave owners
20. Not flesh and blood, but principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
21. A holding action; stand your ground; praying and watching
22. helmet of salvation, breastplate of righteousness, shield of faith
23. short, for close combat
24. Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel.
25. no
