Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ - As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be
(Titus 3:1). Here are definitions of the words found in 1:21:"Principalities" (KJV) or "rule" (NIV, NRSV) is the Greek noun arche, "an authority figure who initiates activity or process, ruler, authority."[13] "Power" (KJV) or "authority" (NIV, RSV) is the Greek noun ...
So e.g. Barth (p. 580ff). The RSV "addressing one another" is preferable to the KJV "speaking to yourselves", for the reflexive pronounheantoishere can be used for the reciprocal pronounallēlōn(cf. verse 21). So Arndt and Gingrich,Lexicon(p. 211), meaning 3. Cf. Simpson and Bruce...
Ephesians 6:4tnOr “do not make your children angry.” BDAG 780 s.v.παροργίζωstates “make angry.” The Greek verb inCol 3:21is a different one with a slightly different nuance. Ephesians 6:5tnTraditionally, “Servants” (KJV). Thoughδοῦλος(doulos) is often tra...
1:21. & 3:7. Titus 3:3 in the Gk. So 1 Cor. 6:11. & 12:2. ch. 4:22. cc See ch. 4:17. d Luke 16:8. Rom. 12:2. Gal. 1:4. 2 Tim. 4:10 in the Gk. See 1 Cor. 2:6. e See Gal. 1:4. f So ch. 6:12. Comp. 2 Thess. 2:9. See John 12:31....
achievements); but in lowliness(lack of vanity or self-importance)of mind(the part of a person that enables them to think, feel emotions and be aware of things)let each esteem(respect and admire)other better(of a more excellent or effective type or quality)than themselves(yourself). (KJV)...
以弗所书 1:19–21 — King James Version (KJV 1900) 19And whatisthe exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and sethimat his own right hand in the heavenlypl...
No. He is assured of their salvation (Ephesians 1:15). I think he is praying that the Spirit might permeate their whole being, through and through. It is possible to be a "carnal Christian" (KJV, 1 Corinthians 3:1) and still be a genuine Christian. But the Spirit has a long way ...
"The glorious Father" (NIV) or "the Father of glory" (KJV, NRSV). Elsewhere God is referred to as "the King of glory" (Psalm 24:7, 10) and "the God of glory" (Psalm 29:3; Acts 7:2). Jesus himself is called "the Lord of glory" (1 Corinthians 2:8). What does this phras...