Poetics SQ, 227-37
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Study Questions for
Poetics of Grace
, 227-37
Answer each question and paste your responses in the text-entry box on Canvas for this
assignment.
1.
Describe the two ways Paul establishes a close connection between the moral exhortation
of Ephesians 4-6 with what Paul has said in Ephesians 1-3. (5 pts)
2.
What theme does Paul’s use of “inclusion” in Ephesians 4:1 and 6:20 highlight and what
significance might this have for reading all of what Paul has to say in Ephesians 4-6? (5
pts)
3.
What are the major concerns given emphasis in Ephesians 4:1-16 and 6:10-20 and what
significance does this setting have for understanding the character of the admonitions of
Ephesians 4:17-6:9 (see also Poetics, 229n132)? (10 pts)
4.
Briefly discuss in what ways Paul stresses participation in the one body of Christ in 4:1-
16. (5 pts)
5.
Identify and give two illustrations of the theme associated with Paul’s use of
allēlōn
and
allēlous
in Ephesians 4-5. (5 pts)
6.
Matching (4 pts each)
1.
___ “Not”/“But”
a.
The parenesis proper of Eph 4:17-6:9 begins with a call
for believers to “walk no longer as the Gentiles walk”
2.
___ Ephesians 4:17
b. Characteristics sins of the Gentile world: readiness to
use others for self-gratification
3.
___ Greed/illicit sexuality
c. Uses change from darkness to light to draw contrast
between former and present existence of believers
4.
___ Ephesians 5:8
d. Expresses confidence that distinctive way of life of
Christian community points to Christ as source of light
and life
5.
___ Ephesians 5:14
e. Language of contrast; stresses need for believers to be
different from their old selves and from non-believing
neighbors
7.
What themes are present in Ephesians 1-3, and where (be specific), that set up a contrast
with the emphasis in Ephesians 4-6 on the cross of Christ as the dominant reality shaping
Christian existence? (10 pts)
8.
Matching (4 pts each)
1.
___
tapeinosophrosunē
a. Paul’s near contemporary places “humility of
mind” at the head of a list of qualities not to be
commended
2.
___ Epictetus
b. Paragraph demonstrates concern for distinctive
communal ethic as well as demonstrates the
cruciform pattern of life
3.
___ Ephesians 5:2
c. A walk worthy of God’s calling is first of all
measured by this, which Paul sees as a display of
the mind of Christ
4.
___ Ephesians 4:25-5:2
d. Since this introduces the “household code,” it
should be understood in light of husband’s love
for wife as measured by the cross
5.
___ “Be subject to one another”
e. “Walk in love” measured by the sacrificial self-
giving of Christ
9.
Matching (4 pts each)
1.
___ Eph 1:22-23
a. Paul insists this reveals, not humiliation at the hands of
Rome, but God’s glory
2.
___ Eph 2:15
b. Emphasizes the church as the body of the Christ who
reigns supreme over the powers
3.
___ Eph 3:21
c. Insists Eph 3 is not a digression but relates to argument
of Ephesians to highlight God’s triumph in Christ
4.
___ Paul’s imprisonment
d. Emphasizes that the church shares in the eternal glory of
God along with Christ
5.
___ Timothy Gombis
e. Reveals the church as a radically new humanity
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