EPHESIANS  ---  CHAPTER ONE

 1. Where was Ephesus located? ______________________________________
 2. What pagan temple was located in Ephesus? _______________________
 3. From Acts 19, we learn that Paul spent at least ___________ years
    in Ephesus. What conclusion can we draw from this? ______________
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 4. From Acts 20:17, we learn that the church at Ephesus had _______.
 5. Paul warned in Acts 20:30 that some men would do what? _________
    ________________________________________________________________
 6. When John writes Rev. 2:1-4, what had God found wrong with the
    church at Ephesus? ______________________________________________
 7. To whom does the apostles address this letter? __________________
    _____________________________________________________
 8. Where are all spiritual blessing found? _________________________
 9. When did God devise the plan to save mankind? ___________________
    ________________________________________________
10. According to verse 5, those in Christ should be ______________
    and ______________________________________.
11. Explain in what sense were we "foreordained," "predestined."
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12. If "foreordained," "predestined" means individual selection to
    salvation or condemnation before the world began, how does one
    explain passages such as 2 Peter 3:9; Titus 2:11,12; Acts 2:21;
    Acts 10:34,35; Rom. 10:13, etc.?
13. What has been attained "through His (Christ's) blood"? __________
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14. Define "mystery" as used in verse 9. (cf. Eph 3:1-6) ____________
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15. What is summed up in Christ? ____________________________________
16. What is the "word of truth" called in this chapter? _____________
    _______________________________
17. What must one do with the "word of truth"? ______________________
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18. What is "earnest" money? ________________________________________
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    Apply: __________________________________________________________
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19. What are two things that Paul had heard of them? ________________
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20. What does Paul do for them? _____________________________________
21. List four things that Paul mentions in his prayer for them:
    (1) __________________________________________
    (2) __________________________________________
    (3) __________________________________________
    (4) __________________________________________
22. How can the "heart" have "eyes"? ________________________________
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23. In what did God show His power? _________________________________
24. What has been put under Christ's subjection? ____________________
25. In this chapter, the church is called His _________________.
    NOTE: The object of the last four verses:
        (1) Christ's resurrection
        (2) Christ's exaltation to God's right hand
        (3) Christ's supreme dominion over all things
        (4) Christ's headship to the church, His body.

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