Tag: Jesus
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Setting up shop in the uncomfortable.
Ephesians 6:21–24 (CJB) 21 Now, so that you may also be informed about how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus, the dear brother and a faithful worker for the Lord, will tell you everything. 22 This is the very reason I have sent him to you, so that you may know how we are getting…
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Suit up!
Ephesians 6:19–20 (CJB) 19 And pray for me, too, that whenever I open my mouth, the words will be given to me to be bold in making known the secret of the Good News, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may speak boldly, the way I should. Examine / Explain Paul…
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Power, position, and prominence
Ephesians 6:9 (NASB 95) 9 And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. Examine / Explain The commentary I read about this verse puts it in the modern context of a job supervisor and a…
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Supported Frame
Ephesians 5:22–24 (NASB 95) 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to…
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Un-unforgiveness
Ephesians 4:30–32 (NASB 95) 30 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32 Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in…
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Once a thief…
Ephesians 4:28–29 (NASB 95) 28 He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. 29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification…
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Dimensions unknown
Ephesians 3:14–19 (NASB 95) 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 so that Christ may dwell…
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Squandered Faith
Ephesians 3:8–13 (NASB 95) 8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, 9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; 10 so that the manifold wisdom…
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Breathe
Ephesians 3:1–3 (NASB 95) Paul’s Stewardship 1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— 2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you; 3 that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before…
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Chaos Destroyed
Ephesians 2:17–18 (NASB 95) 17 AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR; 18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. Examine / Explain Let’s consider the relevance of this passage to our lives: Jesus, in His divine mission,…