EPH-Syllabus                                                 EPH-7

Ephesians Chapter Five

Read Ephesians Chapter Five

1.   How might one be a follower of God as a dear child? [Mt.5:44, 45; 1 Cor. 11:1]

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2.   In Ephesians 5:7 we read, "Be not ye therefore partakers with them." To whom does the word "them" refer?

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3.   We read of so many of these lists of words, and the more we come across them in our reading the faster we read. Define each term in #2.

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4.   Discuss the ideas of "foolish talking" and "jesting."  

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5.   For ye were sometimes __­_(a)____, but now are ye __(b)__ in the Lord: walk as children of          _­__(c)____: Eph 5:8

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6.   How must the Christian regard these "unfruitful works of darkness" (vs. 11) [two answers    required here]

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7.  How does one accomplish the above two responses?

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8.   Is it possible for a Christian to understand the will of the Lord? [Eph. 5:17 J]

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9.   From vss. 18 & 19, what is the will of the Lord concerning singing to the Lord in worship?

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10: From its parallel passage in Colossians 3:16, what is the will of the Lord concerning singing in worship?

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11. At Eph.5:18 the church is instructed to "be filled with the Spirit." In the parallel passage at Colossians 3:16, what is the will of the Lord concerning what we should allow to dwell in us?

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12. In these passages what instrument is mentioned upon which we are to make melody?

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13. Would it be sin to make melody on any instrument other than the one the Lord specified?

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14. Complete the following passages:

    a. "And when they had ___________ a hymn..." (Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26)       

    b.  "Paul and Silas prayed, and _________ praises unto God" (Acts 16:25)

    c.   "I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and _______unto thy name" (Rom. 15:9)

    d.    "I will _____ with the spirit, and I will _____ with the understanding also" (1 Cor.14:15)

    e.   "..._________ and making melody in your heart to the Lord" (Eph. 5:19)

    f.    "..._________ with grace in your heart to the Lord" (Col. 3:16)

    g.    "In the midst of the church will I ________ praise unto thee" (Heb. 2:12)

    h.     "Let him _______psalms (Jas. 5:13)

15.    What teaching in vs. 21 provides instruction that would help to attain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace?

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Highlight the correct answer(s) to these husband/wife statements from vss.21-33:

16. a.   Wives have as much say as do husbands.

      b.   The husband must be willing to sacrifice himself for the wife.                 

      c.   The church is subject to Christ; therefore the husband must be subject to the wife.

      d.   The church is subject to Christ; therefore the wife must be subject to the husband.

      e.   Men must love their wives as they do their own bodies.

      f.    The wife is required to revere her husband.

17. How is the non-Christian husband to be won to the Lord by the Christian wife? (1 Pet.3:1-6)

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18. How is the Christian husband to regard his wife? (1 Pet. 3:7)

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19. What is the result when the husband does not so honor his own wife? (1 Pet.3:7)

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End EPH-7