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The whole of the section Ephesians 1:3–23 consists in the original Greek of just two lengthy and complex sentences. [20] It ends with a fervent prayer for the further spiritual enrichment of the Ephesians. Ephesians 2:11–3:21. A description of the change in the spiritual position of Gentiles as a result of the work of Christ.
Ephesians 1 is the first chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.Traditionally, it is believed to have been written by Apostle Paul while he was in prison in Rome (around AD 62), but more recently, it has been suggested that it was written between AD 80 and 100 by another writer using Paul's name and style.
Put another way, "Election is the corporate choice of the church 'in Christ.'" [2] Paul Marston and Roger Forster state that the "central idea in the election of the church may be seen from Ephesians 1:4": [3] "For he [God] chose us [the Church] in him [Christ], before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight." William ...
The Bible and Its Story, Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons is a pedagogical children's book series in 10 volumes published Francis R. Niglutsch in 1908 and 1909 [1]: frontispiece illustrating pivotal scenes from the Holy Bible; edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius August Brewer, it is in the public domain.
A third epistle to Corinth, written in between 1 and 2 Corinthians, also called the Severe Letter, referenced at 2 Corinthians 2:4 [18] and 2 Corinthians 7:8-9 [19] An earlier epistle to the Ephesians referenced at Ephesians 3:3-4 [20] A possible Pauline Epistle to the Laodiceans, [16] referenced at Colossians 4:16 [21]
The Pauline epistles are the thirteen books in the New Testament traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.. There is strong consensus in modern New Testament scholarship on a core group of authentic Pauline epistles whose authorship is rarely contested: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, 1 Thessalonians, and Philemon.
An underlying Household Code is also reflected in 1 Timothy 2:1ff., 8ff.; 3:1ff., 8ff.; 5:17ff.; 6:1f.; Titus 2:1–10 and 1 Peter 2:13–3:7. Historically, proof texts from the New Testament Household Codes—from the first century to the present day—have been used to define a married Christian woman's role in relation to her husband, and to ...
It is highly probable that 1 and 2 Timothy were known and used by Polycarp in his epistle to the Philippians. [21] Polycarp is known to have died around 155–167, so this would seem to set an upper limit for the dating of the pastoral epistles.