Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:New Living TranslationThis letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I am writ...
Ephesians 1:3 tn There is no verb in the Greek text; either the optative (“be”) or the indicative (“is”) can be supplied. The meaning of the term εὐλογητός (eulogētos), the author’s intention at this point in the epistle, and the literary genre of this mater...
EPHESIANSTHE EARNEST AND THE INHERITANCEEphesians 1:14I have dealt with a portion of this verse in conjunction with the fragment of another in this chapter. I tried to show you how much the idea of the mutual possession of God by the believing soul, and of the believing soul by God, ...
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 contained within chapter 3 another parenthesis, vv. 2-13, with verse 14 taking up the...
Paul’s God given task was to preach. These verses show us the two things he was to preach. First in Ephesians 3:8, he was to preach to the Gentilesthe unsearchable riches of Christ.This is the truth found in chapter 1 of Ephesians. Second, in verse 9, he was to preach about the...
Now when Paul, as the prisoner of the Lord, began to talk, way back in chapter one, about the riches we have in Christ, he began that section with an introductory summary statement. Ephesians 1:3 says “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with...
. Verse 16 of chapter iv of Colossians does not seem to allude to the letter to the Ephesians, which would need to have been written first; besides, the Epistle here mentioned is scarcely an encyclical, the context leading us to look upon it as a special letter of the same nature as ...
(indicating the complete disappearance of the Northern Leopard Head from the narrative for more than a century) and its remarkable recovery and reappearance at the end of Daniel 11. The return of the King of the North at the end of the chapter sets the stage for the rise of Imperial Rome...
For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be
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