Verse 8. - For by grace have ye been saved, through faith. He repeats what he had said parenthetically (ver. 5), in order to open the subject up more fully. On the part of God, salvation is by grace; on the part of man, it is through faith. It does not come to us by an ...
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a trueParembole, being complete in itself. This should be carefully noted so that we may connect the "Therefore" of chapter 4:1 with chapter 2:22. There is also contained within chapter 3 another parenthesis, vv. 2-13, with verse 14 taking up the...
2. EphesiansThe recipients of the letter, the Ephesians were members of the early Christian church in Ephesus, a major city in Asia Minor.3. Jesus ChristReferred to as "Him" in the verse, Jesus is the central figure through whom believers have access to God.4. The FatherGod the Father,...
Read Ephesians 4:8 KJV in the King James Bible Online: "Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men"
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
2:10 3.2 Comparative Literal Translation For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them (KJV). For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us ...
Verse 12 contains three words which describe the freedom and wonder of our relationship with the Almighty God through faith:"Access" (ESV, NRSV, KJV), "approach" (NIV) is means "a way of approach, access to someone"115 that we discussed in Ephesians 2:18. We "commoners" have access ...
2. Christ has been seated at God's right hand (verse 20b), the place of power and authority, of co-regency with God the Father. 3. This "realm" (NIV) of the "heavenlies" (KJV) is a place of spiritual authority over every created being -- animal, vegetable, mineral, demon or ...
Verse 11 has one of those huge errors in translation that the NIV sometimes has. It baffles me why the translators took this liberty here, but they did, and so I want to correct it for you today (Author’s Note: I have since switched to the NKJV). The NAS and the KJV have it ...