Bible Study Questions about Ephesians 3

Chapter 3

3:1 For what reason? (See 2:22.) Make a list of the facts about Paul.

3:2 What has God ‘given’ to Paul? For whom are those responsibilities? Of what is Paul ‘a steward’? What do you think about all that?

3:3 What had Paul done? What had he explained? Who is ‘he’ in this verse? (See 3:2.)

3:4 What will you ‘understand’? (See 2:13-18; 3:3-6.) What do you think about all that?

3:5 What did some ‘men ... not understand’? What is different now? Why is that different?

3:6 What things does God want? What else do you learn about ‘this secret’? What do you think about all that?

3:7 What did God do? What difference did those things make for Paul?

3:8 How important did Paul think that he was? What did God give him? Make a list of what you learn about these ‘gifts’. What do you think about all that?

3:9 What would God do? What had God done? What do you think about all that?

3:10 Make a list of what you learn about God. Whom does God involve in this communication? How could you be a part of this?

3:11 Make a list of what you learn about God’s plan. (See 3:5, 6.) How is Jesus Christ a part of this plan? (See 3:5, 6, 8.)

3:12 What can we do? What does Christ give us to help? What do you think about all that?

3:13 What should you not do? What does Paul do for them? What do you think about all that?

3:14 For what reason? (See 3:11-12.) What does Paul do, for that reason?

3:15 What might this mean? Whose name do you have? What do you think about that?

3:16 Make a list of the parts of the prayer here. Who has a part in their answer? What will be different when God answers these prayers? What do you think about all that?

3:17 Make a list of what Paul asked for. What will change? What do you think about that?

3:18-19 For whom does Paul pray? Make a list of the parts of this prayer. Make a list of the reasons why he wants them to understand. What do you think about all that?

3:20 What should we do? Why might that be so? What is God doing? What will you do because you know that?

3:21 Describe what the church should do. What difference might that make?