Ephesians Chapter 5: The Various Duties, Responsibilities.
Commentary on Ephesians 5:1,2 (Read Ephesians 5:1,2) Because God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven you, therefore be ye followers of God, imitators of God. Resemble him especially in his love and pardoning goodness, as becomes those beloved by their heavenly Father. In Christ's sacrifice his love triumphs, and we are to consider it fully.
An important collection of essays by Professor Ernest Best, author of the new commentary on Ephesians for the International Critical Commentary series.His subjects include, for example, the use of traditional material, the view of the ministry as expressed in Ephesians, Paul's apostolic authority.These essays represent a valuable companion and supplement to the commentary.
Posted in From Essays in Ephesians (an unpublished manuscript) Introduction. MANY YEARS AGO, at my pastor’s request, I wrote a weekly essay on Ephesians. Ushers handed it out with the Sunday morning church bulletins. My husband said the pages were publishable. So our pastor (Tom Severson) and and I put out a fleece. if Murray Fisher, a.
Ephesians 4:7-8 talks about Christ giving us grace. Each time we do a sacrament like baptism, confirmation we get more grace and each time we receive communion we get closer to God. I try to be as catholic like as I can but it is hard to do, every mass I go I receive the Eucharist I feel like I am closer to God and I received some grace by Christ.
A brief exegetical analysis of Ephesians 5:15-21, with homiletical application.
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Mutual Submission - The Missing Verse. The majority of modern believers are so eager to enter the controversy of wives submitting to their husbands in Ephesians 5:22-33 that they miss the verse that I believe is the key to it all: Eph 5:21.This verse teaches mutual submission; from the preceding verses we see that this is church wide mutual submission.