L. Lecture 12 –Ephesians Word Count: 549 1. What data lead many to say that the author of Ephesians seems to have only second-hand knowledge of at least some of his audience? Ephesians has three unique features or “anomalies” that have lead some scholars to doubt Pauline authorship. (1) Fairly general nature of the content of the letter and seemingly second-hand knowledge of the audience. In verses 3:2 and 4:21‚ the author uses language that may suggest that the audience is unfamiliar with Paul
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Using the research that you have completed for your Ephesians exegetical paper‚ what do you think is the main idea of the book? Why? Looking back on all the research I collected for my Ephesians exegetical paper‚ I conveyed the idea that the topic of the book of Ephesians was based around the subject of salvation and the church. The idea of this book seem to form a demonstration of understanding that the world separated from God is under its own self harm of judgement of disbelief and the final
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LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EXERGETICAL PAPER: EPHESIANS 5:22-33 Submitted to Dr. Steve Waechter‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course‚ NBST 652 Hermenetics by Eric Jones 07/15/2012 Ephesians 5:22-33 (KJV) 22 Wives‚ submit yourselves unto your own husbands‚ as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife‚ even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ
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Introduction to the Passage The book of Ephesians both celebrates the blessings of God’s grace and explains what that grace means for the church. Throughout the book‚ Paul reminds the church of the sacrificial love of Jesus and encourages believers to be imitators of God. In Ephesians 5:22-33‚ Paul uses the comparison of the marriage relationship with that of Christ and His church to give guidance to husbands‚ wives‚ and the church as the body of Christ‚ instructing them in living a Spirit-filled
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3 CONCLUSION 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 7 1 Introduction Ephesians 1: 4‚ 5 “v.4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world‚ that we should be holy and without blame before
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seek peace and pursue it. Isaiah 26:3: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you Ephesians 2:14: For he himself is our peace‚ who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility Colossians 1:20: And through him to reconcile to himself all things‚ whether on earth or in heaven‚ making peace by the blood of his cross Ephesians 4:3: Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:33: For
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Now‚ for those of you who don’t know the book of Ephesians was written by the Epistle to the Romans by the name of Paul. You will find that he wrote quite a few books in the Bible‚ we can discuss that fact at a later time. Paul’s point of view was to let everyone know that Christ‚ was the only head of the true church. Ephesians chapter 4: The theme of this chapter is answering Gods calling and anointing on your life. God has given each of us different abilities and talents‚ it is our job to assume
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In Ephesians 5:5-21‚ Paul addresses the church of Ephesus to encourage them in righteous living and conduct. In the NIV‚ the subtitle is Living as Children of Light‚ and this subtitle conveys the thought of the entire section that will be discussed and will help the reader understand the main thesis of Ephesians 5:7-14. In verses Ephesians 5:5-6‚ Paul tells the Ephesians that they cannot enter the Kingdom of God if they are in immorality and that God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. With
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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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a list in Ephesians 4 with similar‚ but not the same‚ gifts. The list in Ephesians 4 gives examples of gifts such as evangelism‚ teaching‚ and pastoring. In both passages of scripture‚ Paul was addressing concerns within the specific church and not attempting to make a point of saying what is and is not a spiritual gift. Because there is not a passage of scripture that clearly lists every single spiritual gift‚ as shown in the difference between the lists in 1 Corinthians and Ephesians‚ Christians
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