EXEGESIS PAPER ON EPHESIANS 6:1-3 ‘Children Obeying & Honouring their parents is a right thing to do and bring blessings’ Background: Paul the author of this letter‚ realizing that the Ephesians were starting to forsake their first love‚ wrote this epistle to encourage them to love both God and their fellow saints. The letter begins with love (1:4‚6) and ends with love (6:23-24).1 Chapter 1-3 are principally the doctrinal elaboration of the theme‚ love‚ unity‚ and chapter 4-6 teach what should
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Exegetical Paper of Ephesians 2:14-22 In Ephesians 2:14-22‚ Paul writes a letter to the people of Ephesus both Jews and Gentiles of the time‚ telling them that Christ had broken down the wall of hostility so that they can live in peace and unity. Within this paper‚ there will be an extensive exegetical look at the history of the passage; what the significance of this passage is to the biblical audience‚ and the differences between the biblical audience and today’s audience. By studying this passage
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God’s Mercy for the Ephesian Church: A Look at Ephesians 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION The book of Ephesians is one of Paul’s many New Testament letters‚ or epistles‚ to the Christian church still in its infancy. At the time of its writing‚ Paul is in Rome‚ imprisoned for championing the purposes of Christ and growing the church. We see numerous occurrences where Paul‚ being a man of little concern for the status quo‚ is either imprisoned or fleeing capture by Jewish or Roman officials for usurping the
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Exegesis 3: Mark 6:1-11 I. Jesus displeases the Pharisees (1-5) a. Walking through the grain fields (1) a.i. On the Sabbath day (1) a.ii. With his disciples (1) b. They plucked some heads of grain (1) b.i. They were hungry(1) b.ii. They ate the grain(1) c. The Pharisees question Jesus (2) c.i. Why are they doing something that goes against the Sabbath? (2) c.ii. Jesus asks them if they have read what David did when he was hungry (3) c.ii.1. He entered the house of god (4) c.ii.2. Took
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Ephesians 1 New International Version (NIV) 1 Paul‚ an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God‚ To God’s holy people in Ephesus‚[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ‚ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in
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Ephesians 5:21-33 p Principles of Biblical Interpretation RELI 3305 02 Instructor: W.B. Tolar December 8‚ 2011 Jordan R. Laessig Setting The book of Ephesians was written by the apostle Paul (Ephesians 1:1) while in jail (Acts 28:16-31) between A.D. 60 and A.D. 62. While most agree that this letter was written to address the church of Ephesus‚ some scholars believe that because the name Ephesus was not mentioned in the book‚ Paul was writing to all churches in Asia Minor‚ and Ephesus was
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Deuteronomy 6:4-6 An Exegetical Research Paper Hear‚ O Israel: The Lord our God‚ the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. ESTABLISHING THE TEXT The text is a passage known as the Shema (“Hear”) which has become the fundamental dogma of the Old Testament and was also identified in the New Testament (Mark 12:29-30) as the most important of all the commandments
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AN INTERPRETIVE & THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF EPHESIANS 4:1-6 Biblical Hermeneutics Interpretation and Theological Analysis The unity of the believers was a doctrine clearly taught by Jesus and embraced in the Early Church. In John 17:20-23‚ Jesus prayed a High Priestly prayer for His disciples‚ emphasizing the ideal of harmony among all His followers. Then in Acts 4:32‚ the Christian accord for which Christ prayed was a noticeable characteristic
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY EXEGETICAL PAPER EPHESIANS 6:10-20 A PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. LUCAS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE NBST 652 HERMENEUTICS LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY KELLY TODD LYNCHBURG‚ VIRGINIA FRIDAY‚ MARCH 9‚ 2012 CONTENTS OBSESERVATIONS 1 MAIN IDEA 3 OUTLINE 3 INTRODUCTION 4 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTENT 5 LITERARY CONTEXT 6 CONTENT 7 The Offensive Comes From God 7 The Defensive Comes From God 7 The Battle is Vast 8 The Armor
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HATFIELD CHRISTIAN CHURCH NORTH TRAINING CENTRE An Exegesis on Ephesians 1:13-14 Ephesians 1:13 In Him‚ you also‚ after listening to the message of truth‚ the gospel of your salvation -- having also believed‚ you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise Greek: en o kai humeis akousantes ton logon tes aletheias‚ to euaggelion tes soterias humon‚ en o kai pisteusantes esphragisthete to pneumati tes epaggelias to hagio Amplified: In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth‚ the glad
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