REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Ephesians 4

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QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:4, you were called to what?
ANSWER:  The one hope that belongs to your call. (cf Gal 5:13; Ephesians 4:4; Col 3:15)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:17, I say what?
ANSWER:  (This) That you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. (cf Gal 4:15; Ephesians 4:17)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:22, put off what?
ANSWER:  Your old self, (which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires). (cf Ephesians 4:22; Col 3:9)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:24, put on what?
ANSWER:  The new self (created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and
Holiness). (cf Ephesians 4:24; 6:11; Col 3:12, 14)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:25, we are members of what?
ANSWER:  One of another. (cf Ephesians 4:25; 5:30)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:25, let each one what?
ANSWER:  Let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor. (cf Gal 6:4; Ephesians 4:25; Ephesians 5:33)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:26, do not what?
ANSWER:  (Be angry and) Do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. (cf Gal 5:1, 13; Ephesians 4:26, 30; 5:7,18; Col 2:21; 3:9)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:30, do not what?
ANSWER:  Grieve the Holy Spirit of God (by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption). (cf Gal 5:1, 13; Ephesians 4:26, 30; 5:7, 18; Col 2:21; 3:9)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 4:32, be what?

ANSWER:  Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (cf Ephesians 4:32; 5:1, 18; 6:10; Col 3:15)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Ephesians 3

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QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 3:1, Paul was what?
ANSWER:  A prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles. (Gal 1:1; Eph 1:1; 3:1; Col 1:1; Phm 1:1, 9)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 3:2, you have heard of what?
ANSWER:  The stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you. (Gal 1:13; Eph 3:2; Col 1:5)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 3:6, what is this mystery?
ANSWER:  That the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (Eph 3:6; Col 1:27)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 3:12, we have what in Christ?
ANSWER:  Boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. (Gal 2:4; Eph 3:12)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 3:13, I ask you what?

ANSWER:  Not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you (which is your glory). (Eph 3:13; Php 4:3)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Ephesians 2

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QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:1-2, you were dead in what?
ANSWER:  The trespasses and sins in which you once walked.(cf Ephesians 2:1-2; Col 2:13)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:3, we were what?
ANSWER:  By nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:5, you have been saved how?
ANSWER:  By grace.

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:5, we were what?
ANSWER:  Dead in our trespasses.

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:6, in the heavenly places God what?
ANSWER:  Seated us with him (Christ) in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (cf Ephesians 1:3; 2:6)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:8-9, you have been saved how?
ANSWER:  By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works (so that no one may boast).

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:12, remember what?
ANSWER:  That you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. (cf Ephesians 2:12; Col 4:18)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 2:19, you are no longer what?

ANSWER:  Strangers and aliens. (cf Gal 4:7; Ephesians 2:19

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Ephesians 1

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QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 1:1, Paul was what?
ANSWER:  An apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God. (cf Gal 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; 3:1; Col 1:1; Phm 1:1, 9)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 1:1, Paul, an apostle, to whom?
ANSWER:  To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus. (cf Gal 1:1-2; Ephesians 1:1)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 1:2, grace to you and peace from whom?
ANSWER:  God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (cf Gal 1:3; Ephesians 1:2; Php 1:2; Col 1:2; Phm 1:3)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 1:3, in the heavenly places God what?
ANSWER:  Has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing. (cf Ephesians 1:3; 2:6)

QUESTION:  According to Ephesians 1:13, you heard what?

ANSWER:  The word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. (cf Ephesians 1:13; Php 2:27)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Galatians 6

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QUESTION:  According to Galatians 6:4, let each one what?
ANSWERS:  Test his own work. (cf Galatians 6:4; Eph 4:25; Eph 5:33)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 6:7, do not be what?
ANSWERS:  Deceived (God is not mocked). (cf Galatians 6:7; Eph 5:17; Phil 4:6; Col 3:19)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 6:9, let us not what?
ANSWERS:  Grow weary of doing good (for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up). (cf Galatians 5:26; Galatians 6:9)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 6:10, let us what?
ANSWERS:  Do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. (cf Galatians 5:25; 6:10; Php 3:16)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 6:15, what counts for anything?
ANSWERS:  Neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. (cf Galatians 5:6; 6:16)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 6:17, let no one what?

ANSWERS:  Cause me trouble. (cf Galatians 6:17; Eph 5:6, Col 2:16, 18)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Galatians 5

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QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:1, do not what?
ANSWER:  Submit again to a yoke of slavery. (cf Galatians 5:1, 13; Eph 4:26, 30; 5:7, 18; Col 2:21; 3:9)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:1, stand how?
ANSWER:  Firm. (cf Galatians 5:1; Eph 6:14-15; Php 4:1)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:2, I say what?
ANSWER:  That if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. (cf Galatians 1:9; 2:6; 5:2, 16; Eph 4:17; Col 2:4)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:3, I testify that what?
ANSWER:  I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. (cf Galatians 4:15; 5:3; Eph 4:17)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:6, what counts for anything?
ANSWER:  Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, but only faith working through love. (cf Galatians 5:6; 6:16)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:12, I wish what?
ANSWER:  I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves! (cf Galatians 4:20; 5:12)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:13, you were called to what?
ANSWER:  Freedom. (cf Galatians 5:13; Eph 4:4; Col 3:15)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:13, do not what?
ANSWER:  Do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. (cf Galatians 5:1, 13; Eph 4:26, 30; 5:7, 18; Col 2:21; 3:9)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:16, I say what?
ANSWER:  Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. (cf Galatians 1:9; 2:6; 5:2, 16; Eph 4:17; Col 2:4)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:16, walk how?
ANSWER:  By the Spirit. (cf Galatians 5:16; Eph 5:2, 8, 15; Col 4:5)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:23, there is no what?
ANSWER:  Law against such things. (cf Galatians 3:28; 5:23; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:25, let us what?
ANSWER:  (Also) Keep in step with the Spirit (since we live by the Spirit). (cf Galatians 5:25; 6:10; Php 3:16)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 5:26, let us not what?

ANSWER:  Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. (cf Galatians 5:26; Galatians 6:9)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Galatians 4

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QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:1, I mean what?
ANSWER:  That the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.(cf Galatians 3:17; 4:1)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:5, we might receive what?
ANSWER:  Adoption as sons. (cf Galatians 3:14; Galatians 4:5)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:7, you are no longer what?
ANSWER:  A slave (but a son). (cf Galatians 4:7; Eph 2:19)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:12, I entreat whom?
ANSWER:  You, brothers. (cf Galatians 4:12; Php 4:2)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:13, you know what?
ANSWER:  It was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first. (cf Galatians 4:13; Php 2:22)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:15, I testify that what?
ANSWER:  If possible, you would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me. (cf Galatians 4:15; 5:3; Eph 4:17)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:20, I wish what?
ANSWER:  I could be present with you now and change my tone. (cf Galatians 4:20; 5:12)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:22, what is written?
ANSWER:  Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. (cf Galatians 3:10, 13; 4:22, 27)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 4:27, what is written?

ANSWER:  “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.” (cf Galatians 3:10, 13;4:22, 27)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Galatians 3

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QUESTION:  According to Galatians 3:10, what is written?
ANSWER:  “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the
Book of the Law and do them.” (cf Galatians 3:10, 13; 4:22, 27)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 3:13, what is written?
ANSWER:  “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.” (cf Galatians 3:10, 13; 4:22, 27)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 3:14, we might receive what?
ANSWER:  The promised Spirit (through faith). (cf Galatians 3:14; Galatians 4:5)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 3:17, I mean what?
ANSWER:  The law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void (cf Galatians 3:17; 4:1)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 3:26, you are all what?
ANSWER:  (In Christ Jesus you are all) Sons of God, through faith. (cf Galatians 3:26, 28; Php 1:7)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 3:28, you are all what?
ANSWER:  One in Christ Jesus. (cf Galatians 3:26, 28; Php 1:7)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 3:28, there is no what?

ANSWER:  Male and female. (cf Galatians 3:28; 5:23; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Galatians 2

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QUESTION:   According to Galatians 2:1, I went up to Jerusalem when?
ANSWER: Fourteen years later. (cf Gal 1:18; 2:1)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 2:4, we have what in Christ?
ANSWER:  Freedom. (cf Gal 2:4; Eph 3:12)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Galatians 1 (Reprint)

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QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:1-2, Paul, an apostle, to whom?
ANSWER:  To the churches of Galatia. (cf Gal 1:1-2; Eph 1:1)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:3, grace to you and peace from whom?
ANSWER:  God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (cf Gal1:3; Eph 1:2; Php 1:2; Col 1:2; Phm 1:3)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:8, let him be accursed if what?
ANSWER:  If we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you. (cf Gal1:8, 9)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:9, let him be accursed if what?
ANSWER:  If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received. (cf Gal 1:8, 9)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:9, I say what?
ANSWER:  If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received. (cf Gal 1:9; 2:6; 5:2, 16; Eph 4:17;Col 2:4)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:13, you have heard of what?
ANSWER:  My former life in Judaism. (cf Gal 1:13; Eph 3:2; Col1:5)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:18, I went up to Jerusalem when?
ANSWER:  After three years. (cf Gal 1:18; 2:1

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Galatians 1

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QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:1-2, Paul, an apostle, to whom?
ANSWER:  To the churches of Galatia. (cf Gal 1:1-2; Eph 1:1)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:3, grace to you and peace from whom?
ANSWER:  God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (cf Gal1:3; Eph 1:2; Php 1:2; Col 1:2; Phm 1:3)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:8, let him be accursed if what?
ANSWER:  If we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you. (cf Gal1:8, 9)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:9, let him be accursed if what?
ANSWER:  If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received. (cf Gal 1:8, 9)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:9, I say what?
ANSWER:  If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received. (cf Gal 1:9; 2:6; 5:2, 16; Eph 4:17;Col 2:4)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:13, you have heard of what?
ANSWER:  My former life in Judaism. (cf Gal 1:13; Eph 3:2; Col1:5)

QUESTION:  According to Galatians 1:18, I went up to Jerusalem when?
ANSWER:  After three years. (cf Gal 1:18; 2:1

DID YOU KNOW: Does the New Testament refer to the Old Testament?

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Does the New Testament refer to the Old Testament?

Some Christians tend to focus only on the New Testament when studying the Bible, but the whole Bible is the Word of God.  And the New Testament makes references to the Old Testament all the time.  As a matter of fact, Jesus knew the Old Testament by heart, and quoted from it often.

The most commonly quoted books of the Old Testament in the New Testament are:

1. Isaiah: referred to 419 times in twenty-three New Testament books.2. Psalms: referred to 414 times in twenty-three New Testament books.3. Genesis: referred to 260 times in twenty-one New Testament books. 4. Exodus: referred to 250 times in nineteen New Testament books. 5. Deuteronomy: referred to 208 times in twenty-one New Testament books. 6. Ezekiel: referred to 141 times in fifteen New Testament books. 7. Daniel: referred to 133 times in seventeen New Testament books. 8. Jeremiah: referred to 125 times in seventeen New Testament books. 9. Leviticus: referred to 107 times in fifteen New Testament books. 10. Numbers: referred to 73 times in four New Testament books.

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 28

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QUESTION:  According to Acts 28:28, let it be known that what?
ANSWER:     (To you) That this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen.  (cf 13:38; 28:28

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 27

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QUESTION:  According to Acts 27:4, we sailed under the lee of where?
ANSWER:   Cyprus.  (cf 27:4, 7, 16)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 27:7, we sailed under the lee of where?
ANSWER:   Crete.  (cf 27:4, 7, 16)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 27:10, I perceive what?
ANSWER:   That the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.(cf 17:22; 27:10)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 27:22, I urge you to what?
ANSWER:   Take heart.  (cf 27:  22, 34)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 27:34, I urge you to what?
ANSWER:   Take some food.  (cf 27:  22, 34)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 26

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QUESTION:  According to Acts 26:22-23, Moses said what?
ANSWER:   What would come to pass:  that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.  (cf 2:22-23; 7:37)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 26:27, I know what?
ANSWER:   You (King Agrippa) do believe the prophets.  (cf 3:17;20:25, 29; 26:27

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 25

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QUESTION:  According to Acts 25:6, Who went down to Caesarea?
ANSWER:   (He) Festus.  (cf 12:19)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 24

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REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 23

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QUESTION:  According to Acts 23:5, what is written?
ANSWER:   You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.  (cf1:20, etc.)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 23:7, the assembly was what?
ANSWER:   Divided.  (cf 19:32; 23:7)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 23:31, by night what?
ANSWER:   The soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris.  (cf 9:25; 17:10;23:31)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 22

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QUESTION:  According to Acts 22:14, the God of our fathers what?
ANSWER:   Appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth.(cf 3:13; 5:30; 22:14)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 22:17, who fell into a trance?
ANSWER:   (I) Paul.  (cf 10:10; 22:17)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 22:21, I will send you where?
ANSWER:   Far away to the Gentiles.  (cf 7:34, 43; 22:21)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 22:24, the tribune ordered what?
ANSWER:   Him (Paul) to be brought into the barracks (saying that he should be examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this).  (cf21:33; 22:24)

REFERENCE QUESTIONS: Acts 21

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QUESTION:  According to Acts 21:27, they laid hands whom?
ANSWER:    (Him) Paul.  (cf 6:6; 8:17; 12:1; 13:3; 19:6; 21:27)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 21:30, they seized whom?
ANSWER:    Paul.  (cf 6:12; 16:19; 18:17; 21:30)

QUESTION:  According to Acts 21:33, the tribune ordered what?
ANSWER:    Him (Paul) to be bound with two chains.  (cf 21:33;22:24