“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved”(Ephesians 2:4-5). “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be call...
Ephesians 3:4 In-Context 2 I take it that you're familiar with the part I was given in God's plan for including everybody. 3 I got the inside story on this from God himself, as I just wrote you in brief. 4 As you read over what I have written to you, you'll be able ...
In the Bible it occurs only in Ephesians 2:12, where it describes the condition of being without Christ. Our modern world sports this word as a symbol of scientific reason (versus the "faith" it purports to oppose) but originally this word was properly on a par with αλογια (...
While this is certainly one of his epistles known as the “prison letters”, Ephesians was penned prior to Paul’s first roman 3183 Words 13 Pages Better Essays Read More A Rhetorical Analysis Of Ephesians 2: 11-18 Historical and Literary Context When looking at the historical context of ...
...Ephesians 2:15by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peaceJames 2:10-11Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. / For He who ...
but rather, “What do the Biblical authors include when they present the gospel?” To find out, we need to look at the words the Bible uses for the word “gospel” and then look at the context of each one of those uses to see what the Bible includes or does not include. When you...
ContextGod's Righteous Judgment…13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. 14Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves...
Let me tell you about God’s future Kingdom; this is where “You’re Invited!” It will be here, on earth, not “up there somewhere,” and not the current earth as we know it. Before His Kingdom comes down to earth, there will be a separation of those who received this invitation...
“Good” is the Hebrew word pronounced tov which has very much the same meaning in English (good), but as with all biblical words, the depth of a word is greatly influenced in the context of sentences and narrative. What made creation good? And even more so later in 1.31, very good?
The Historical Context Of The Letter To The Colossians The letter to the Colossians was written by the apostle Paul. It is likely that Paul wrote the letter of Colossians in the late AD “50’s or 60’s,” while he was imprisoned. This letter was written to a gentile church plant locat...