As one looks at the nature of his letters‚ one finds that the letters to the Churches in Corinth and Galatia attempt to address conflict and false teaching; Philippians‚ Ephesians and Colossians are written as letters of encouragemen;‚ and the letters written to Timothy‚ Titus‚ and Philemon serve as mutual encouragement and requests for prayer. “Paul’s overriding concern is the edification of the community‚ and much of his energy is spent restoring unity to the church” (Rosner‚ 2003‚ p.217). His
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Megan BIBL 104 10/10/12 Summary of the New Testament Books: John‚ Acts‚ Ephesians‚ Philemon‚ Revelation John The Gospel of John is written largely in Narrative history and contains sermons‚ parables‚ and several prophetic oracles. The key prominent personalities are Jesus‚ John the Baptist‚ the disciples‚ Mary-mother of Jesus‚ Mary‚ Martha‚ Lazarus and Pilate. The purpose of the book is to demonstrate the deity of Christ by inspiring and strengthening the faith of those who wanted to seek
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Ephesians is a letter listed within the Pauline tradition that resembles Colossians and is disputed regarding Paul being the true author. Although it closely resembles Colossians‚ Ephesians is not as highly doubted that Paul wrote it. The reason for this is because Ephesians differs in vocabulary‚ literary style and theology. However‚ despite its similarities with Colossians‚ Ephesians presents a different view on the union between the Church and Christ. In this letter it is heartfelt and loving
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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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The Letter of Paul to The Ephesians The apostle Paul was a missionary who strived to spread the word about salvation through Jesus Christ. During his travels‚ he would often visit the surrounding churches. While in the church he would observe misconceptions about Christ‚ spirituality‚ or behaviors of people within the church. Paul was displeased with what he had witnessed going on in the churches. So‚ he began to write letters‚ 14 of them. Each letter was written explicitly to a church regarding
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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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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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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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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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