Q 01/05

Which goddess's temple at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders, did Paul's preaching threaten in Acts 19?

A) Athena

B) Aphrodite

C) Artemis

D) Demeter

Answer · why

C) Artemis

Artemis of the Ephesians was the rioters' chant, and the city clerk calmed them by insisting Ephesus was 'the guardian of the temple of the great Arte...

Q 02/05

How many chapters does Ephesians run to, half of them doctrine and half instructions for daily life?

A) Four

B) Six

C) Eight

D) Twelve

Answer · why

B) Six

Six chapters, and the whole of 1:3–23 is just two long sentences in the Greek, the opening blessing often punctuated as a single one.

Q 03/05

Ephesians 2 says believers are saved 'by grace, through faith' and 'not by works', so that no one can do what?

A) Despair

B) Judge

C) Doubt

D) Boast

Answer · why

D) Boast

Boast is ruled out because the whole of salvation 'is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God', verses the Reformers made a proof text for justific...

Q 04/05

Which piece of the armour of God in Ephesians 6 can 'extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one'?

A) The shield of faith

B) The belt of truth

C) The armour of light

D) The sword of the Spirit

Answer · why

A) The shield of faith

The shield of faith is taken up 'in addition to all this', after belt, breastplate and footwear, and the KJV calls the arrows 'the fiery darts of the ...

Q 05/05

Ephesians 6:12 says the believer's struggle is not against what, but against 'the spiritual forces of evil'?

A) Sin and death

B) Flesh and blood

C) Kings and armies

D) Fear and doubt

Answer · why

B) Flesh and blood

Flesh and blood are set aside for 'the rulers', 'the authorities' and 'the powers of this dark world', which the KJV calls 'principalities' and 'power...