LETTER TO THE

EPHESIANS

Compiled By Donald Townsley

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON ONE

INTRODUCTION: 1. The beginning of the church at Ephesus: (1) Paul's first visit was brief, at the closing portion of his second journey (A.D. 53) -- Acts 18: 18 - 21. (2) At this time he left Priscilla and Aquila (their work is recorded in Acts 18: 18 - 21). (3) Paul returned on his third journey ( Acts 19: 1 - 20:1). 1. He spent three years preaching here ( Acts 20:31). (4) On the return of the third journey, at Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church and addressed them ( Acts 20: 17 - 38). This was 58 A. D. 2. In 64 A.D. Timothy was "located" with this congregation ( I Tim. 1:3). He was located with Ephesus about four years ( I Timothy was written about 64 A. D., and Timothy stayed until Paul sent for him in 68 A. D. ( 2 Tim. 4:9). 3. In 96 A. D. Jesus Himself wrote a letter to this church by John (Rev. 2: 1 - 7). (1) At this time the church was about forty (40) years old. (2) The church, at this time, had left its first love (Rev. 2:4). 4. The city of Ephesus: (1) Location: 1. Situated in Asia Minor, on the west coast. 2. It lay at the mouth of the river Cayster, and a mile from the Aegean Sea. (2) On of the greatest seaports of the ancient world. (3) It was a city of great commercial importance. (4) It was a city of greatest political importance. 1. It was what was known as a "free city". 2. Rome had granted to it the right of self-government within its own limits. (5) It was a city of the greatest religious importance. 1. Its greatest glory was the temple of Diana ( Acts 19: 26 - 27). 2. This temple was one of the seven wonders of the world. (6) The character of the people was notoriously bad.

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I. THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER

1. This letter falls into two divisions: (1) The first three chapters are a study of Christ and the church in the eternal purpose of God. (2) The last three chapters deal with the duties of Christians -- practical teaching. 2. A Quick Look at the First Three Chapters: (1) Greeting: Eph. 1: 1 - 2 (2) God's eternal purpose for human redemption in Christ and in the church (Eph. 1: 3 - 23). (3) Once dead in trespasses and sins, now alive with Christ (Eph. 2: 1- 10). (4) The scheme of redemption for all humanity provides for no distinction between Jew and Gentile in the body of Christ ( Eph. 2: 11 - 22). (5) The revelation of the mystery of God's plan for the Gentiles (Eph. 3: 1 - 21). 3. A Quick Look at the Last Three Chapters:

(1) The church -- its unity and growth (Eph. 4: 1 - 16). (2) The Christian -- his character and behavior in Christ. 1. Putting off the old man, no longer walking as the Gentiles walk (Eph. 4: 17-32). 2. Walking in love, as an imitator of God (Eph. 5: 1 - 2). 3. Warning against many sins (Eph. 5: 3 - 14). 4. Walking wisely, redeeming the time (Eph. 5: 15 - 21). 5. The husband and wife relationship a type of the union of Christ and His church (Eph. 5: 22 - 33). 6. The relationship of parents and children (Eph. 6: 1 - 4). 7. Slave and master (Eph. 6: 5 - 9). 8. The whole armor of God and the fight against principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph. 6: 10 - 20). 9. Conclusion: Eph. 6: 21 - 24 1. Tychicus sent (Eph. 6: 21 - 22). 2. Blessing -- (Eph. 6: 23 - 24).

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QUESTIONS ON THE INTRODUCTION AND CONTENTS OF THE LETTER

1. When did Paul first visit Ephesus? _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Who did Paul leave at Ephesus on his first visit? _______________________________________________ and ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How long did Paul spend in Ephesus on his third journey? ____________________________________________ 4. On the return of the third journey, where was Paul when he called for the elders at Ephesus? ____ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How many years was Timothy "located" with the church at Ephesus? _______________________________ 6. How old was the church at Ephesus when Jesus wrote them a letter by John? ______________________ 7. What did Jesus say was wrong with the church at this time? __________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Where was the city of Ephesus located? _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why was Ephesus a city of great political importance? ________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why was Ephesus a city of great religious importance? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. How many divisions does the Ephesian letter fall into? ______________________________________________ 12. What are the first three chapters a study of? __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What is discussed in the last three chapters? __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Who was the Ephesian letter addressed to? ______________________________________________________and ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Is there any distinction between the "saints" and "the faithful" in verse one? ______________________ 16. What does "saint" mean? ________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. What does it mean to be "faithful in Christ"? __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. What does the word "grace" mean? ____________________________________________________________________

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19. What is the theme of chapter one? _____________________________________________________________________ 20. Is there now any distinction between Jew and Gentile? ______________________________________________ 21. What is the theme of chapter three? ___________________________________________________________________ 22. What is discussed in the first sixteen verses of Ephesians 4? ________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. What is discussed in the last half of Ephesians 4? _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24. What is discussed in chapter five? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25. What is discussed in chapter six? _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON TWO I. THE DISTINCTIVE THEMES OF THE BOOK

1. The general theme of the book is Christ and the church. 2. In the book of Ephesians the church is set forth as: (1) The body of Christ (1: 22 - 23). (2) The temple of God (2: 19 - 22). (3) The household of God or family of God (2:19). (4) Fellow citizens or Kingdom of Christ (2:19). (5) The bride of Christ (5: 22 - 32). (6) The church, which is His body, is the fullness of Christ (1: 22 -23). 3. The Ephesian letter sets forth seven "walks" ("walk" denotes a cause of conduct, or way of life): (1) "In time past ye walked according to the course of this world" (2:2). (2) Walk in good works (2:10). (3) "Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called" (4:1). (4) "Walk not . . . in the vanity of mind" (4:17) (5) "Walk in love" (5:2) (6) "Walk as children of light" (5:8). (7) "Walk circumspectly" (5:15). 4. In the Ephesian letter, the expression "in Christ" is used over and over: 1. (1) Eph. 1:1 (2) Eph. 1:3 (3) Eph. 1:4 (4) Eph. 1:7 (5) Eph. 1:9 (6) Eph. 1:10 (7) Eph. 1:20 (8) Eph. 2:10 (9) Eph. 2:13 (10) Eph. 2:21 (11) Eph. 2:22 (12) Eph. 3:6

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(13) Eph. 3:11 (14) Eph. 3:12 2. The expression "in Christ" as it is commonly used, denotes relationship; to be "in Christ" (Eph. 2:13) is to be in the spiritual body of Christ, the church (Eph. 2:16). 5. The expression "heavenly places" is an expression used only in Ephesians. (1) Eph. 1:3 (2) Eph. 1:20 (3) Eph. 2:6 (4) Eph. 3: 10 - 11 (5) Eph. 6:12 (NKJV and ASV). 6. Passages that show the necessity of praising God: (1) Eph. 1:6 (2) Eph. 1:12 (3) Eph. 1:14 (4) Eph. 3:21 (5) Eph. 5: 19 - 20 7. The subject of unity. (1) The distinction and enmity between Jew and Gentile destroyed by the death of Christ (Eph. 2:15). (2) "Reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross," (Eph. 2:16) (3) "Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father." (Eph. 2:18). (4) The temper in which unity is to be achieved and maintained (Eph. 4:1 - 3). (5) The basis upon which unity rests (Eph. 4: 4 - 6): 1. One body -- one church (Eph. 1: 22 -23). 2. One Spirit -- the Holy Spirit; one giver of revelation (Eph. 3:5). 3. One hope -- The hope we have because of our calling (Eph. 4:1); Our desire and expectation is heaven (John 14: 1 - 6). 4. One Lord -- The Christ, the head of the church (Eph. 1: 22 - 23); one lawgiver (James 4: 12). 5. One Faith -- one system of salvation; one body of revelation -- the gospel. 6. One Baptism: (1) One element -- water (Acts 10: 47; 8: 36 - 39). (2) One authority -- Christ ( Acts 2: 38; Matt. 28: 18 - 19)

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(3) One action -- immersion, a burial ( Rom. 6: 3, 4; Acts 8; 38 - 39). (4) One design -- the salvation of the soul ( Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Gal. 3:27; 2 Tim. 2:10). 7. One God and Father of all: (1) The author of every spiritual blessing (1:3). 1. "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." (James 1:17) (2) He is the object of worship (John 4:24). (3) The Father "is above all" (Eph. 4:6. He is in control. (4) He is "through all"; no barriers limit His power. (5) He is "in you all" -- He dwells in His people (Eph. 2:22; 2 Cor. 6:16) by faith (Eph. 3:17).

QUESTIONS ON "THE DISTINCTIVE THEMES OF THE BOOK"

1. What is the general theme of the book of Ephesians? __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. List the different ways the church is set forth in the book of Ephesians. (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (5) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. List the seven "walks" of the Ephesians: (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (5) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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(7) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does the expression "in Christ" mean? ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Is the expression "heavenly places" used anywhere else in the New Testament besides Ephesians? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Is the praise of God emphasized in the Ephesian letter? _______________________________________________ 7. In what are both Jew and Gentile reconciled unto God? _______________________________________________ 8. What is to be the temper of mind in which unity can be achieved and maintained? ________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Name the seven bases upon which unity rests: (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (5) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON THREE

EPHESIANS CHAPTER ONE 1. Who wrote the Ephesian letter? _________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the word "apostle" mean? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Paul was an apostle by whose will? ______________________________________________________________________ 4. Is this letter addressed only to the people at Ephesus? ________________________________________________ 5. What does the phrase "heavenly places" (verse 3) refer to? ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Name the spiritual blessings which God has blessed us with in Christ (1: 3 - 14): (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (5) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (6) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Define the word "saint": __________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Define the word "grace": __________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Are there any spiritual blessings outside of Christ? ____________________________________________________ 10. Were we "chosen" as individuals before the foundation of the world as the Calvinists teach? ____ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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11. Give scriptural reasons why God did not "choose" and "predestinate" certain individuals to go to heaven and other to go to hell: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Did God choose us as individuals or as a class of people? ____________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What class of people did God choose to be His people? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. What does "foreordain" or "predestinate" mean? _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What does "redemption" mean? ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. In whom do we have the "forgiveness of sins"? _______________________________________________________ 17. Why is God's will called a mystery? ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. What does the word "heritage" or "inheritance" mean? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. In verse 13 what two things did the Ephesians do before they were "sealed" by the Holy Spirit? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The word "believed" many times includes obedience in the New Testament: (1) John 3:36 (read ASV) (2) Rom. 13:11 (3) Acts 13: 38 - 39 (4) Acts 13:12 (5) Acts 16:34 (6) Acts 17:12 20. How is the word "believed" used in verse 13; in a generic or specific sense? ______________________

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21. What does "earnest" mean? _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22. What two things had Paul heard about the Ephesians? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. What did Paul pray for on behalf of the Ephesians (1: 16 - 21) ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24. Where is Christ now sitting? ____________________________________________________________________________ 25. What example does Paul use to show the greatness of God's power toward His children? _______ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26. What does the expression "hath put all things under his feet" mean? _______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27. Who is the head of the church? _________________________________________________________________________ 28. Over what things in the church is Christ head? ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 29. Does the church have two heads? ______________________________________________________________________ 30. What does the fact that the church is the "fulness" of Christ mean? _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31. Is the church and the body one and the same? ________________________________________________________ 32. What does the word "church" mean? __________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33. What is the body of Christ? _____________________________________________________________________________

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON FOUR

EPHESIANS CHAPTER TWO 1. What does "quickened" (KJV) mean? ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Were the Ephesians dead because of some "original sin" or because they had done something wrong themselves? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. When were they made alive after being dead in trespasses and sins? (Col. 2: 11 - 13) ______________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does it mean to walk "according to the course of this world"? _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Who is the "prince of the power of the air"? ____________________________________________________________ 6. List all the names you can find that Satan is called in the New Testament: __________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Who are the "children of disobedience"? ________________________________________________________________ 8. What kind of spirit worked in children of disobedience? ______________________________________________ 9. How were these people "by nature" the children of wrath? ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. In verse three, what two desires do the "children of wrath" fulfill? _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is God rich in? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 12. In verse five, how did Paul say they were quickened or made alive? ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What does "heavenly places" refer to in verse 6? _____________________________________________________

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14. What would God show "in the ages to come"? _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. In verse eight, how does Paul say we are saved? ______________________________________________________ 16. Whose part is grace in man's salvation? _______________________________________________________________ 17. Whose part is faith in man's salvation? ________________________________________________________________ 18. What kind of "works" is verse 9 talking about? _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. How is God's love for us described? (verse 4) _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20. Look up the different ways the word "works" is used in the New Testament: _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. Whose "workmanship" are Christians? ________________________________________________________________ 22. For what purpose were they created in Christ Jesus? ________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. What was the condition of the Gentile in time past? __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24. How is the Gentile, who was "far off", made nigh? ____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25. What was broken down that was between Jew and Gentile? ________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26. How was the law abolished? ____________________________________________________________________________ 27. How are both Jew and Gentile reconciled unto God? _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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28. How can Christ be said to have preached to the Ephesians? _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 29. How do both Jew and Gentile have access unto the Father? (verse 18) ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30. The Gentiles that were in Christ were no more strangers and foreigners, but "_____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________". 31. What is built upon the "foundation" of the apostles and prophets? _________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 32. What is the purpose of a "chief cornerstone"? ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33. What are the "walls" which are united by the chief cornerstone? ___________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 34. What is the church called in verse 21? _________________________________________________________________ 35. How does God inhabit His temple? _____________________________________________________________________

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON FIVE

EPHESIANS CHAPTER THREE 1. Of whom was Paul a prisoner? ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Read the 21st chapter of the book of Acts and briefly tell of Paul's arrest: ___________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does the word "dispensation" as it is used in verse two (2) mean? ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Who does the word "you-ward" refer to in verse two (2) ? ____________________________________________ 5. How did Paul get the message that he preached? ______________________________________________________ 6. What does the word "revelation" mean? ________________________________________________________________ 7. What does the word "mystery" mean? __________________________________________________________________ 8. What must we do to have the same understanding of the will of God that Paul had? _______________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. To what two groups of men has God revealed the mystery of Christ? ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. According to verse 6, do the Gentiles have the same standing in the gospel that the Jew does? __ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. According to verses 7 and 8, was Paul self-chosen for the work of revealing and preaching among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ? (Also read Acts 9:15; Gal. 2:7; Rom. 11:13). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What was Paul to make all men see according to verse 9? ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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13. According to verse 10, what does the church make known? _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Was the church according to the eternal purpose of God? ___________________________________________ 15. In whom can we have boldness in approaching the Father? _________________________________________ 16. Was Paul more concerned about himself, or about his brethren? ___________________________________ 17. Does "for this cause" in verse 14 go back to Eph. 2: 11 - 22 and refer to the glorious fact that the Gentiles are now accepted as fellow-citizens and are made into one temple of God with the Jews? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. Does the Spirit strengthen the inner man apart from the word of God? ____________________________ 19. List some passages that show the Spirit imparts strength to the inner man by the word: ________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20. What is the "inner man"? ________________________________________________________________________________ 21. How does Christ dwell in our hearts? __________________________________________________________________ 22. Being rooted and grounded in love comes as a result of what? ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. How does Paul describe the love of Christ? ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24. What is God able to do? _________________________________________________________________________________ 25. Unto God be glory in ___________________________________________________by ______________________________.

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON SIX

EPHESIANS CHAPTER FOUR 1. Paul said he was whose prisoner? _______________________________________________________________________ 2. How were the Ephesians to walk? _______________________________________________________________________ 3. What type of life is "worthy of the calling"? _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. By what are we called? (2 Thess. 2:14) __________________________________________________________________ 5. Should a Christian have an attitude of superiority? ____________________________________________________ 6. What kind of attitude should a Christian have? _________________________________________________________ 7. What does "forbearing one another in love" mean? ____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Define: (1) Lowliness - ___________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) Meekness - ___________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) Longsuffering - ______________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Do Christians have to work to have unity? ______________________________________________________________ 10. What does the word "endeavoring" mean? ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What does the word "unity" mean? ____________________________________________________________________ 12. Can we have unity without peace? _____________________________________________________________________ 13. Describe the kind of unity indicated by the phrase "unity of the Spirit": ____________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Is it necessary to invent methods of achieving unity? ________________________________________________ 15. In what "bond" are we to keep the unity of the Spirit? _______________________________________________

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16. What is the "one body"? _________________________________________________________________________________ 17. What has the one Spirit given us by the apostles and prophets? ____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. What is the "one hope"? _________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Who is the "one Lord"? __________________________________________________________________________________ 20. What is the "one faith"? _________________________________________________________________________________ 21. Why cannot the "one baptism" be Holy Spirit baptism? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22. Who is "above all, and through all, and in you all"? __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. Who has "ascended up on high"? _______________________________________________________________________ 24. When did Christ give "gifts unto men"? _______________________________________________________________ 25. What do the upright curves (parentheses) mean at the beginning of verse 9 and the end of verse 10 ? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26. Read verse 8; omit the parenthetical statement in verses 9 and 10; then read verse 11 and list what gifts Christ gave: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27. Name the five classes of teachers that Christ gave to be in the church in the beginning: (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (3) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (4) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (5) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28. Which of the teachers were temporary? _______________________________________________________________ Which were permanent? ________________________________________________________________________________

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29. Can one be a scriptural elder and not be able to teach? ______________________________________________ 30. What was the purpose of these gifts (or teachers)? (verse 12) ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31. What was to be the duration of the gifts? (verses 13 - 14) ___________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 32. Will there ever be a time when all Christians have reached maturity? ______________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33. How are we to speak the truth? ________________________________________________________________________ 34. What is the difference in an evangelist and a pastor? _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 35. What is the gist of verse 16? ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 36. How were the Ephesians forbidden to walk? __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 37. Did God excuse the sins of the Gentiles committed in ignorance? ___________________________________ 38. Who is the "old man"? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 39. What had been done to the "old man"? ________________________________________________________________ 40. Who is the "new man"? __________________________________________________________________________________ 41. What is lying? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 42. Can one be angry and not sin? __________________________________________________________________________ 43. To whom are we not to "give place to" ? _______________________________________________________________ 44. Are we to help those in need? ___________________________________________________________________________ 45. How are we to get our money? _________________________________________________________________________ 46. What kind of communication is not to come out of our mouths? ____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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47. How do we grieve the Holy Spirit? _____________________________________________________________________ 48. What are we to put away from us? (verse 31) _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 49. How are we to treat one another? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON SIX

EPHESIANS CHAPTER FIVE 1. The Ephesians were to be followers of whom? _________________________________________________________ 2. What does it mean to "walk in love"? ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What did Christ do for us because He loved us? ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Define the word "fornication" : ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is "coarse jesting" (NKJV)? _________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Paul said that a covetous man is an ______________________________________________________________________. 7. Can people who live in sin go to heaven? ________________________________________________________________ 8. Those who would argue in defense of immoral practices are said to use what kind of words? ____ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Upon whom will the wrath of God come? _______________________________________________________________ 10. What is the warning in verse 7? ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Before they were "light in the Lord", they were what? _______________________________________________ 12. What kind of fruit does the Spirit bear in the life of a Christian? ____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What are Christians to have no fellowship with ? ____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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14. What are Christians to do to the unfruitful works of darkness? _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What did Paul say about things which were done in secret? _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. What manifests the true nature of sin? ________________________________________________________________ 17. How are Christians to walk? ____________________________________________________________________________ 18. What are Christians to do with "the time"? ____________________________________________________________ 19. Can man understand the will of the Lord? _____________________________________________________________ 20. With what are we to be filled, rather than being filled with wine? __________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. What kind of music is authorized in verse 19? ________________________________________________________ 22. What kind of songs are we to sing in worship? ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. With what are we to sing and make melody? __________________________________________________________ 24. To whom are we to give thanks? _______________________________________________________________________ 25. In whose name are we to pray to God? _________________________________________________________________ 26. Are wives to submit to their husbands? _______________________________________________________________ 27. Who is the head in the marriage relationship? ________________________________________________________ 28. Who is the head of the church? _________________________________________________________________________ 29. Can one be saved outside the body of Christ? _________________________________________________________ 30. Is the church subject to Christ in everything? _________________________________________________________ 31. How are husbands to love their wives? ________________________________________________________________ 32. How is the church sanctified and cleansed? ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33. What is the church not to have when it is presented to Christ? ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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34. Are husbands to love their wives as their own bodies? _______________________________________________ 35. What two things does a man do for his own flesh that he should do for his wife? _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 36. In marriage are husbands and wives "one flesh"? ____________________________________________________ 37. Are Christ and the church one ? ________________________________________________________________________ 38. What does Paul mean when he says that the wife is to "reverence" her husband? _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

LESSON SEVEN

EPHESIANS CHAPTER SIX 1. What does "obey . . . in the Lord" mean? _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Children are to obey their parents for this is ____________________________________________________________. 3. Does the command to "Honor thy father and mother" include taking care of them in old age? (Read Matt. 15:44; I Tim. 5:4) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the two-fold promise to those who obey their parents? (1) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (2) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Discuss how obedience to parents makes it "well" with the child throughout life : _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What are fathers told not to do concerning their children ? (also reach Col. 3:21). _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. How are fathers to bring up their children? _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Be prepared to discuss in class the instruction of children: (1) "From a child" - 2 Tim. 3:15 (2) Gradually - Deut. 6: 6- 9 (3) Lovingly, without favor - (Esau and Jacob - Gen. 25: 28) (4) Prayerfully ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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9. Be prepared to discuss the discipline of children in light of these passages: Eph. 6:4; Col. 3:21; Heb. 12: 9 - 10; Prov. 15:1; Prov. 13: 24; Prov. 19:18; Prov. 22:15. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What are servants in Ephesians 6:5 ? __________________________________________________________________ 11. Who was the servant serving when he served his master well? _____________________________________ 12. What is "eyeservice, as men-pleasers"? ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. They were to do the will of God ___________________________ _______________ ___________________________. 14. Who will reward the "good thing any man doeth"? ___________________________________________________ 15. What was to be the servant's attitude in rendering his service according to verse 7? _____________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. How were masters to act toward their servants? _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Where do Christians get their strength? _______________________________________________________________ 18. For the Christians to have strength to be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, what must he put on? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Can the Christian oppose evil by his own strength? __________________________________________________ 20. What are "the wiles of the devil"? ______________________________________________________________________ 21. Who are Christians wrestling against? _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22. Is this battle with the devil and his agents a constant battle? ________________________________________

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23. According to verse 13, why should a Christian put on the whole armor of God? ___________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24. Must a Christian take a stand for truth and right, and stand at all cost against the wiles of the devil? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25. Describe the whole armor of God that the Christian is to put on: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26. What is the only weapon the Christian is to fight with? ______________________________________________ 27. Does the sword denote a struggle at close contact with the enemy ? _______________________________ 28. For the Christians is to win victory over the devil, he must put on the whole armor of God and constantly (verse 18 - 19): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 29. What is the meaning of the word "ambassador"? _____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30. Who are the "ambassadors" for Christ? ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31. How are we to love Jesus Christ? (verse 24) __________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (The material for these lessons and questions were gleaned from many sources. No originality is claimed. Compiled by Donald Townsley)