Ephesians History Flashcards
WHO IS EPHESIANS WRITTEN TO?
The church in the city of Ephesus, capital of the Roman province of Asia (modern Turkey)
WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF EPHESIANS?
Paul
WHEN WAS EPHESIANS WRITTEN?
Some time between A.D. 60-62
WHAT IS THE THEME OF EPHESIANS?
Encouragement and admonition written to remind believers of their immeasurable blessings in Jesus;
and not only to be thankful for those blessings also to live in a manner worthy of them.
Despite and partly because of those blessings in Jesus we are short to be tempted by Satan to self satisfaction and complacency. For that reason in the last chapter Paul reminds believers of the full insufficient spiritual armor apply to them through God’s word and by his spirit and of their need for vigilant and persistent prayer
MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH
- Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ through the gospel
- The church as the bride of Christ
OTHER MAJOR THEME 1
The riches of God’s grace
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace”
Ephesians 1:7 NASB
OTHER MAJOR THEME 2
The unfathomable riches of Christ
“To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,”
Ephesians 3:8 NASB
OTHER MAJOR THEME 3
The riches of His glory
“that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man,”
Ephesians 3:16 NASB
1 - PAUL ADMONISHES BELIEVERS TO ___________ .
Be filled up to all the fullness of God.
“and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:19 NASB
2 - PAUL ADMONISHES BELIEVERS TO ___________ .
Attain the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ
“until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.”
Ephesians 4:13 NASB
3 - PAUL ADMONISHES BELIEVERS TO ___________ .
Be filled with the Spirit.
“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,”
Ephesians 5:18 NASB
THE RICHES IN CHRIST ARE BASED ON __________.
- _____________
His grace
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 1:2 NASB
“to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace”
Ephesians 1:6-7 NASB
“so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:7 NASB
THE RICHES IN CHRIST ARE BASED ON __________.
- _____________
His Peace
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 1:2 NASB
THE RICHES IN CHRIST ARE BASED ON __________.
- _____________
His will
“He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,”
Ephesians 1:5
THE RICHES IN CHRIST ARE BASED ON __________.
- _____________
His pleasure and purpose
“He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him”
Ephesians 1:9 NASB
