is Christ Jesus; the end with God is for himseTo which is added another, and that is redemption; the author of which is Christ; the price, or procuring and meritorious cause of it is his blood; a branch of which
This points us back to verse 6 where Paul presented the Plan of the mystery. He’s continuing to talk about this mystery. The wordministercomes from the Greek worddiakonos. It is possible that the word has it’s origin in a similar Greek word,diakonis, which means “running through dus...
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 ...
--The phrase (repeated in Ephesians 4:1; Philemon 1:9; 2Timothy 1:8) is dwelt upon with an emphasis, explained by St. Paul's conviction that "his bonds" tended to "the furtherance of the gospel"--not merely by exciting a sympathy which might open the heart to his words, but even...
Previously, we saw that since God is love, we need to walk in love. Christ is the perfect picture of love, and the world is the perfect perversion of love. We need to love as Christ loves, not as the world loves. That was explained in Ephesians 5:1-6. ...
The sinner who trusts in Christ has been raised up and seated "together in heavenly places" (as will be explained in Ephesians 2:1-10), and the believing Jews and Gentiles have been reconciled together and are placed into the Body of Christ, the Church (Ephesians 2:11-22). It is all...
The Apostle Paul explained in Ephesians 2:10 that humans are God's perfect actions/deeds in Jesus Christ so that humans can do good things following the purposes of the creator. From the statement above, the background for writing this article is to realize ourselves as human beings who are...
Ephesians 5:22 tn Many scholars regard Eph 5:21 as the verse which introduces this section, rather than 5:22. This is due in part to the lack of a main verb in this verse (see tc note which follows). This connection is not likely, however, because it requires the participle ὑπ...
”Know in this verse refers to an intimate*relationship where we see not only God’s hand, but we also recognize His ways. Standing strong through adversity necessitates knowledge of God’s way. With all of the ills in this country, knowing God’s position is essential for our peace and...
in the next verse, is explained of the glory of his grace; to which grace, acceptance with him in Christ is owing; and which is another spiritual blessing, or a branch of election and predestination,Eph 1:6. To which is added another, and that is redemption; the author of which is ...