Ephesians 1:23 Meaning and Commentary Ephesians 1:23 Which is his body That is, which church is the body of Christ; as an human body is but one, consisting of various members, united to each other, and set in an exact proportion and symmetry, and in a proper subservience to one...
Paul has a two-fold analogy for the Holy Spirit: (1) as a seal and (2) as a deposit. The phrase "deposit guaranteeing" (NIV), "guarantee" (ESV), "earnest" (KJV), and "pledge" (NRSV) is the noun arrabōn, a legal and commercial technical term meaning payment of a part of a...
Ephesians 1:15-23 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO ePHESIANS The city of Ephesus is, by Pliny {a}, called the other light of Asia; Miletus was one, and Ephesus the other: it was the metropolis of the lesser Asia, and one of the twelve cities of Ionia, and the first and chief...
J. Goodspeed, The Meaning of Ephesians (1933); E. Percy, Die Probleme der Kolosser-und Epheserbriefe (1946); C. L. Mitton, The Epistle to the Ephesians (1951); F. W. Beare, “Introduction and Exegesis of Ephesians,” IB, X. ed. G. A. Buttrick (1953); G. Schille, Liturgi...
God-given perception of the nature and meaning of things, resulting in sound... 8356 unselfishness 8356 unselfishness Putting the concerns and interests of others before one’s own. Jesus Christ... 8369 worthiness 8369 worthiness Only God truly merits honour ...
” Of course, we do not think of ourselves as prideful or arrogant, so we quickly give ourselves a pass on humility. However, if we would look deeper at another meaning for humble, we would find there are some things we need to work on (emphases added): “reflecting(thinking deeply ...
Ephesians 6:23 Meaning and Commentary Ephesians 6:23 Peace [be] to the brethren The members of the church at Ephesus, who stood in a spiritual relation to each other; meaning all prosperity outward and inward, temporal, spiritual, and eternal; especially peace of conscience under the sprink...
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God-given perception of the nature and meaning of things, resulting in sound... 8365 wisdom, nature of human 8365 wisdom, nature of human The human quality which enables the planning and successful... 8366 wisdom, source of human 8366 wisdom, ...
God-given perception of the nature and meaning of things, resulting in sound... 8365 wisdom, nature of human 8365 wisdom, nature of human The human quality which enables the planning and successful... 8366 wisdom, source of human 8366 wisdom, sou...