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 Ephesians
to adopt us into his family. "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure." 1:5
| "The ____ is God's guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God." 1:14. What is God's guarantee? | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
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Spirit . "And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago." 1:13
spiritual wisdom and understanding. "I have never stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you might grow in your knowledge of God." 1:16,17
power of the air. "Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins. You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God." 2:1,2 According to the NLT Life Application Study Bible, people during Paul's day believed that Satan and the evil spiritual forces inhabited the region between earth and sky.
| Paul told his readers that they couldn't take credit for their salvation because it was a ___ from God. What did he call it? | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
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gift. "God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it." 2:8,9
apostles and prophets. "So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God's holy people. You are members of God's family. We are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself." 2:19,20
Christ's. "Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ, who loved you and gave himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins." 5:1,2
6. There's the belt of truth, body armor of righteousness, shoes to spread the Good News, a shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword, which is the Word of God.
| One of the significant themes of Ephesians is that of love. In chapter 2, Paul writes that, because of God's great love for everyone, he "made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions" (Ephesians 2 v. 5). He sees this, in turn, as leading to which further development? | Quizzing the New Testament : Ephesians
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The uniting, in Jesus, of Jews and Gentiles. "Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit." (Ephesians 2 v. 19-22)
Jesus, Paul writes, is peace - the one that, by his death on the cross, has torn down the wall of division between Jews and Gentiles (Ephesians 2 v. 14).
Speak the truth in love. "Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ." (Ephesians 4 v. 14-15)
This is an idea that underlies the whole of the chapter as a mark of a new way of living. Thus, Paul returns to the idea a few verses later:
"Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body" (Ephesians 4 v. 25).
To anybody who got this question wrong, you're very welcome to come round and cut my lawn.
| In chapter 5, Paul continues to write about the practical consequences of living by love. Whom does he say Christians should imitate as "dearly loved children"? | Quizzing the New Testament : Ephesians
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God. "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." (Ephesians 5 v. 1)
This might seem a strange choice, because elsewhere Christians are told to imitate Jesus as the one that has made the invisible God known to them. It does, though, link back to the closing verse of the previous chapter where Paul had written:
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." (Ephesians 4 v. 32).
| Chapters 5 and 6 also contain instructions for specific groups of people. Husbands are told to love their wives. What action of Jesus is quoted by way of an illustration? | Quizzing the New Testament : Ephesians
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Just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless." (Ephesians 5 v. 25-27)
Paul has taken a lot of flak for the preceding statement that wives should "submit to your husbands" (Ephesians 5 v. 22). What is less readily recognised is the radical nature of Paul's advice to husbands. This was a time when a wife was considered little more than a man's possession, to be treated as her husband desired. Paul's interpretation of the Christian gospel, therefore, that husbands should "give themselves for their wives" and "ought to love their wives as their own bodies" (Ephesians 5 v. 28) was revolutionary.
| The devil opposes all that love stands for. Paul urges his readers to "take your stand against the devil's schemes". How does he advise them to do this? | Quizzing the New Testament : Ephesians
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By putting on the full armor of God. Paul illustrates his point with reference to the armour worn by a Roman soldier of his day. His readers are urged to protect themselves with "the belt of truth"; "the breastplate of righteousness"; "feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace"; "the shield of faith"; "the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit" (Ephesians 6 v. 14-17).
| Ephesians finishes in characteristic fashion as Paul prays blessing upon his readers. Which words complete the final sentence?
"Grace to all who _____________________." | Quizzing the New Testament : Ephesians
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Love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. "Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love." (Ephesians 6 v. 24)
Unlike Paul's other letters, the only person mentioned by name in the closing verses is Tychicus. Elsewhere, Paul describes him as "a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord" (Colossians 4 v. 7). There are two other instances in the New Testament where Tychicus is linked to Ephesus. In Acts 20, Luke includes him amongst their travelling companions when Paul met with the elders of the Ephesian church. Also, in 2 Timothy 4, Paul writes of sending Tychicus to Ephesus.
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