Paul continues with the main body of his expositions (1:15f.), which is framed as a “prayer meditation” concluding at the end of ch. 3. He prays that his readers might have wisdom to understand the significance of God’s plan as it relates to them. Especially does he pray that they...
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...
] The sureof Revealed Truth. The Gr. word (as in ch., where see note,) is notbut. Doubtless the reference is not to be limited to the very words of Scripture; for true conclusions from them, in the Creeds for example, are “utterances” of Divine truth. But the evidence of Script...