Summary This chapter contains sections titled: Major Issues and Directions in Recent Study Historical Setting and Date Relation to Colossians Purpose Language and Style Intertextuality Major Themes Outline and Constituent Literary Forms Genre and Epistolary Analysis Rhetorical Analysis Annotated Bibliography...
The bottom line summary of Ephesians 2:1-3, then, is this: We humans live in a world of sin and death, which we inflict upon ourselves by accusing, condemning, and killing one another, and justifying it all by doing these things in God’s name. We did these things because in our ...
Throughout the chapter, believers are addressed collectively. They are called to live as "children of light" (Ephesians 5:8) and to "submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" (Ephesians 5:21). The Greek word for believers is "πιστοί" (pistoi), meaning faithful or bel...
… the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. Ephesians 4:16 is a summary of everything Paul has taught up to this point. He...
Read full chapter Footnotes Ephesians 4:31 tn Grk“with all malice.” This final phrase provides a cumulative point of focus for this list and presents a summary vice encompassing all the others. The translation attempts to make this nuance clear. Ephesians 4:32 tc ‡ Although most witnesse...
Chapter Summary INTRODUCTION TO ePHESIANS The city of Ephesus is, by Pliny {a}, called the other light of Asia; Miletus was one, and Ephesus the other: it was the metropolis of the lesser Asia, and one of the twelve cities of Ionia, and the first and chief of them: it is said to...
Summary Ephesians has rightly been titled "the believer's bank" and "the treasure house of the Bible。" This beautiful letter tells Christians of their great riches, inheritance, and fullness in Jesus Christ and in His church。 Join John MacArthur as he explains each verse in a way that ...
Chapter Summary INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS 3 In this chapter the apostle hints at his state and condition as a prisoner, and at the afflictions he endured for the sake of the Gospel; and whereas he knew these would be objected to his ministry, and be discouraging to the saints, he ...
Chapter SummaryTruly understanding saving grace, as Paul explained in prior chapters, is the Christian's first motivation for living a godly life. Here, Paul encourages believers to live in way which honors that gift. All saved Christians are part of a single, unified family, part of the ''...
Contributed byBrian Billon Dec 13, 2005 based on 20 ratings(rate this sermon) | 12,515 views Scripture:Ephesians 4:26-32 Denomination:Baptist Summary:Most of us know that we’re supposed to forgive and we understand what God says about forgiveness, but we still fight it. ...