Answer: Turkey
Ephesus was one of the great cities of the Roman Empire. Located in Asia, it was home to the temple of the great goddess Diana. Paul may not have been the first to bring Christianity to Ephesus but his teaching had a great impact on the church there. His letter to Ephesians contains some of his most complete teachings on how the churches should relate to one another and also influence the world around them.
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Answer: Paul
It says in Ephesians 1:1, "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus."
Ephesus was one of the largest cities of the ancient world.
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Answer: to adopt us into his family
"His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure." 1:5
From Quiz: Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
Answer: Before the creation of the world
"For he chose us in him [Christ] before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight." (Ephesians 1:4)
Ephesus was a pagan city. The goddess Diana was greatly revered and people from all over the Roman Empire made pilgrimages there to worship her. Paul began his letter by making it clear that their faith in Christ was not some happenstance based on the whims of a pagan deity, but for all eternity God had specifically meant for them to be in Christ.
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Answer: that Holy Spirit of promise
It says in Ephesians 1:13, "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise."
It is believed by many Christians that the Holy Spirit is the part of the Trinity that lives inside someone when he or she accepts Jesus as Savior.
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Answer: The Holy Spirit
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-to the praise of his glory." (Ephesians 1:13-14)
Paul again shows that the relationship Christians have with God is not distant and impersonal but that God himself, in the person of the Holy Spirit, seals the relationship they have with him until the work of redemption is completed in them.
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Answer: mercy
It says in Ephesians 2:4, "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us."
Mercy is often defined as God not giving people what they deserve.
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Answer: Spirit
"And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago." 1:13
From Quiz: Paul's Letter to the Ephesians
Answer: So they could know the hope of their calling
"I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints," (Ephesians 1:18)
Paul continued to show that God's plan called believers beyond the here and now to an inheritance that is theirs in one another for all eternity.
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Answer: Christ
It says in Ephesians 2:13-14, "But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us."
Christ comes from the Greek word "Christos" and means "anointed one". In Hebrew, the same word is "Mashiach", from which we get the English word "Messiah".
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