But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace
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
The KJV has it "Submitting yourselves one to another." He then goes on in the follow sections to define who the "one" is and who "another" is. For the term "one to another" is a single greek word, which is also used in Matthew 25:32 Mt 25:32 And before him shall be gathered...
As we continue to rightly divide this Book of Ephesians we find that the entirety of chapter 3 is a parenthetical chapter, 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 c...
“Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.”
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...
(2:1-3). The nounepouranioscould be translated "heavenlies," but I think the NIV's "heavenly realms" translates it best, since "realms" talks about the spiritual world as a dimension, whereas the KJV and NRSV's "heavenly places" lead us imagine physical locations -- the wrong mental ...
James 1:2 (NKJV)My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, James 1:3 (KJV)Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. Because Jesus has got it: Matthew 11:29 (NKJV)Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in he...
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)...
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.