Intro
How many chapters are in Ephesians?
What chapter talks about wives submitting to their husbands, and husbands loving their wives as Christ loved the church?
Chapter 5
So you are no longer strangers and ______, but you are fellow ________ with the saints and members of the household of GOD.
Aliens, Citizens
Chapter 2:19
true of false
Fathers are to able to provoke their children to anger if they do something bad (within reason)
FALSE
What book comes before and after Ephesians?
Before: Galatians
After: Phillippians
Who wrote the book and who did they write it to?
Apostle Paul wrote the book of Ephesians to the churches of Ephesus
Which chapter talks about us becoming one in Christ?
Chapter 2
Therefore be ________of God, as beloved children. And walk in love as Christ loved us, and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and ______ to God.
Imitators, sacrifice
Eph. 5:1-2
Ephesians was written to the saints. Saints are
A. Dead christians of the past who are officially canonoized by church officials
B. Christians and non-christians that show an extra measure of compassion to the needy
C. All the faithful in Jesus Christ (all who have trusted Christ)
C.
Eph. 1:1, 3:11-13
what is the first word of Ephesians?
Paul, and apostle of Jesus Christ
Chapter 1:1
The two main themes: Christ has ________ all of creation and has _________ the church in himself.
ESV translation
Reconciled, United
Which chapter talks about Unity in the body of Christ?
Chapter 4
...Urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and ______, with patience, bearing with one another in _______, eager to maintain the unity of the ______ in the bond of peace.
gentleness, love, Spirit
Eph. 4:1-2
God gave gifts to men, which are.....
Hint : there are 5
Apostles, Prophets, Evangelist, shepherds, and teachers
Eph. 4:11
Christ has come to unify the ________ and _________ in one body though the gospel.
Jews and gentiles
Eph. 1:9-10
Ephesus was a wealthy port city in the Roman providence of .......
Asia
(look at a map;)
Which chapter is the following verse found in?
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly then all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.”
Chapter 3
Verse 20
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being ______ and grounded in ______, may have the strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and ______ and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses _____, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Rooted, love, height, knowledge
Eph. 3:17-19
Let's take a break.....Are you feeling nice? Or selfish?
If you said nice, you are Promoted...jk you get to split 400 points in half with the other team.
If you said selfish... you’ve learned nothing from the book of Ephesians and all 400 points go to the other team.....
Ephesians 5:11 "take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them."
Ephesians 4:22- 24 "to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirt of your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."
Traditionally how many books of the New Testament are attributed to Paul?
Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus
Where and when was the book of Ephesians written?
Roughly 62 A.D. while imprisoned in Rome
Acts 28
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints...
Chapter 1
For by ______ you have been saved through ______. And this is not your own going; it is the ___________, not the result of ______, so that no one may boast.
Grace, Faith, Gift of GOD, works
Eph. 2:8-9
Which chapter has the most verses?
Chapter 5 (33 verse)
beats chapter 4 by one verse
Ephesus was one of the greatest cities in the Roman Empire. What country are the ruins of this great city located in at this time?
Turkey