Ephesians 4:2-5 Meaning and Commentary INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS 4 The apostle having in the three former chapters treated of the doctrines of grace, and explained and established them, proceeds in the three following to exhort to the duties of religion; and in this advises to a becoming conve...
Let us—each one of us—practice true and genuine love toward one another and toward God as pictured by Christ and explained here by Paul. Notes on Ephesians 5:1-5 [1]Snodgrass, 276.
2) Ephesians has a distinct relationship to Colossians. The reference to Tychicus in both letters and the overlapping of vocabulary, style, and subject matter makes it clear that the origin of Ephesians cannot be explained apart from Colossians. The usual explanation is that Paul first wrote Colos...