So that we can experience the peace of God in our lives and with other people (Php 4:7, 9). The entire world wants peace, and Paul says we can have it by changing how we think. This is the truth we come to in Ephesians 6:17a as we look at the fifth piece of spiritual armor,...
This is further explained in Ephesians 2:8-9, where Paul clarifies that salvation is not by works. The idea of grace is rooted in the Old Testament, where God's covenant with Israel was based on His steadfast love and mercy, as seen in Exodus 34:6-7. This phrase also connects to ...
So these things we are supposed to do in Ephesians 4–6 are not from our own effort or done out of obedience to the law, but they are done by grace, through faith, as we trust and rely on what God has given us in Christ so that we do what God wants us to do. In Ephesians 4...