Ephesians 2:4-5 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Read ChapterAll Versions Deuteronomy 10:12-13 ...
deceived into believing their own efforts will help them reach “the heavens.” But the Bible is clear that the only way to reach God is through the Lord Jesus Christ. Our reliance on Him for our salvation and the building of His Church is essential (Ephesians 1:22,John 14:6,John 3:...
but through trouble and sorrow. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4).
The author of Ephesians presents God as being in total control of the universe, willing to be mankind's Father and to equip them with wisdom and strength and gifts and blessings and he exhorts them to trust this God and imitate Him in their behaviour.CONTRIBUTION: Although the attributes of...
along with fellow creatures of all forms and sizes living in a shared world. Writing literally gave us complex thought (Luke 24:44-49,Romans 12:2,Ephesians 4:23-24), and complex thought allowed us to build a human world that's separate and in many ways independent from the natural world...
completeness that counts: Matthew 17:20) and governs this human entirely, this person becomes a self-similar mini-version of reality at large, and thus becomes as much One as the entire universe is (Ephesians 4:1-6, John 17:20-23), namely perfect with great joy (Jude 1:24, Matthew ...
and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor. But FORNICATION, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks."(Ephesians 5:1-...
faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge;that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:14-19)...
This killing of the miserable beggar brought peace and order to Ephesians’ society. The broken relationship, which is called “epidemics”, was re-established by the violent action of lynching a beggar. After killing the unanimously selected victim, the community feels purified of all its ...
Jesus, because we need to be made holy: “without holiness no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14). We need a Savior because we cannot save ourselves. We need a Savior because, without Christ, we are described as “having no hope and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12)...