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Verse Ephesians 1:2. _GRACE BE TO YOU_] Romans 1:7, Romans 1:7....
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GRACE TO YOU, ... - see the notes, Romans 1:7....
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE MASTERWORK OF GOD (1-3)
1. The Godhead at Work
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Ephesians 1:1)_
2. The great doxology (Ephesians 1:3)
3. The work of the Father ...
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This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the
will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who
are faithful in Jesus Christ. Grace be to you, and peace from G...
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This is a letter from Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the
will of God, to God's consecrated people who live in Ephesus and who
are faithful in Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace from Go...
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THE PURPOSE OF GOD (Ephesians 1:1-14)...
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GRACE. App-184. Occurs twelve times in Eph.
FROM. App-104.
FATHER. App-98.
LORD. App-98....
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_Grace_be _to you, and peace_ So in the opening words of Rom., 1 Cor.,
2 Cor., Gal., Phil., Col., 1 Thess., 2 Thess., Philem., 1 Pet., 2
Pet., and Rev. In the Pastoral Epistles, and in 2 John, the rem...
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ΧΆΡΙΣ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΚΑῚ ΕἸΡΉΝΗ. St Paul’s regular
greeting, found also in 1 and 2 Peter. It is strengthened by the
addition of ἔλεος in 1 and 2 Tim., 2 John. In Jude we find
ἔλεος καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ�. Only in Jam...
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1–14.
The title in its earliest form is simplest: πρὸς
Ἐφεσίους (אABK); with ἄρχεται prefixed (DEFG). The
fuller title (τοῦ ἁγίου� L) Παύλου
ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Ἐφεσίους occurs in LP....
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ΧΆΡΙΣ (G5485) благодать, незаслуженная
милость Бога (TDNT; NIDNTT; EDNT; СРР).
ΕΙΡΉΝΗ (G1515) мир. Вероятно, надо
понимать как_евр._ Shalom (שלום),
обозначающее духовное благоденствие
(Barth; Lincoln...
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_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 1:1-14)
Greeting; Ephesians 1:1-2.
1.
By Paul. Ephesians 1:1.
2.
To the saints at Ephesus.
3.
To the faithful in Christ Jesus....
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(1:2) "Grace and peace" are always found joined when reference is made
to the believer and to the riches provided him/her through union with
Jesus Christ. The most essential element of this verse is t...
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Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
(; ; ; .)
GRACE - God's undeserved favour....
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1 The title "Christ Jesus" is the token of His exaltation; "Jesus
Christ" refers us to His humiliation. "Christ Jesus" is used by Paul,
especially in his later ministries. The words "in Ephesus" seem...
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THANKSGIVING FOR BLESSINGS AND PRAYER FOR WISDOM
1, 2. The salutation. I. In the Salutations to the Colossians and to
Philemon, written at the same time, 'Timothy the brother' is coupled
with St. Paul...
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This is the usual salutation in the Pauline, as in the Petrine
Epistles; 1 and 2 Timothy are exceptions.
3-14. This doxology or thanksgiving should be compared with that in 2
Corinthians 1:3. That is...
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CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR
EPHESIANS
_LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
The *apostle Paul wrote this letter when he was in a prison in Rome.
He wrote it to people i...
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[1.
Introduction to the Epistle (Ephesians 1:1).
(1) SALUTATION (Ephesians 1:1).
(2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR —
(_a_)
_The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the
predestinating...
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GRACE BE TO YOU, AND PEACE. — On this, St. Paul’s all but
invariable salutation in every Epistle (found also in the Epistles of
St. Peter, 2 John, and Apocalypse), see Note on Romans 1:7.
(2 _a._) In...
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CHAPTER 1
THE INTRODUCTION
THE WRITER AND READERS
Ephesians 1:1
In passing from the Galatian to the Ephesian epistle we are conscious
of entering a different atmosphere. We leave the region of cont...
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_Address and Salutation_. In the form of his Epistles, especially in
the opening address and in the conclusion, Paul follows the methods of
letter writing which were customary in the ancient world, in...
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χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη : _Grace to you and
peace_. Supply εἴη, on the analogy of other optatives, _e.g._, in
1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 1:2; Jude 1:2. This is the Christian rendering of
the greeting with whi...
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OUR RICHES IN CHRIST
Ephesians 1:1
This has been called the “Epistle of _In-ness,_ ”because it is so
full of the preposition _in. Saints_ are flesh and blood like
ourselves, and _we_ may be saints. T...
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The theme of this letter is pre-eminently of the Church as the medium
for the accomplishment of the divine purpose. Those addressed are
described as "saints," and as "the faithful in Christ Jesus." Th...
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Greetings
Paul wrote this letter as one who was specially chosen and sent by the
Lord himself (Acts 9:10-16). He wrote to the saints in Ephesus. A
saint is one sanctified, or set apart, for God's serv...
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(2) Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord
Jesus Christ.
I detain the Reader at this verse only to remark, that when the
Apostle pronounceth this blessing of grace and peac...
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In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its
fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need
on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
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The Chosen
I. INTRODUCTION
A. A Little History!
1. Written approx. 61 AD by the Apostle Paul during his Roman
imprisonment.
2. There are several indications that this was a "circular" letter
writt...
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The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ, having chosen us
in Him. Chapter 1 unfolds (Ephesians 1:4-7) these blessings,...
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GRACE BE TO YOU, AND PEACE FROM GOD,....
Romans 1:7....
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Grace _be_ to you, and peace, from God our Father, and _from_ the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Ver. 2. _Grace be to you, and peace_] These go fitly together; because
we must seek our peace in the free grace an...
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_Paul, an apostle by the will of God_ Not by any merit of my own; _to
the saints_ Or _holy persons_, as τοις αγιοις properly
signifies; _who are at Ephesus_ And in all the adjacent places: for
this ep...
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SALUTATION, PRAISE FOR THE BLESSINGS OF ETERNAL ELECTION, AND PRAYER
FOR SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT.
Address and salutation:...
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GRACE BE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD, OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD
JESUS CHRIST.
Paul opens this epistle in his usual manner. As an apostle of Christ
Jesus, of the exalted Lord, whose Messiahship was p...
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SALUTATION
(vs.1-2)
As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul writes this epistle as an
authoritative communication from God. Indeed, his apostleship is "by
the will of God." Nothing of his own or of any...
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CHAPTER 1
The author of this letter is ___________. He is an apostle. The word
apostle means ____________________. He states that he is not an
apostle by his own choice. He is an apostle by the will o...
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“GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST”
“Grace”: “One of the leading words of the epistle. It is used 13
times” _(Vincent p. 363). _“And the Lord Jesus Christ”: By
placi...
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Ver. 2,3. BLESSED BE; i.e. thanked, praised. We bless God when we
praise him for, and acknowledge him in, his excellencies or benefits.
WHO HATH BLESSED US; hath vouchsafed or communicated, all spirit...
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INTRODUCTION (1:1-2)
‘Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the
saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus.'
As usual Paul begins by stating his credentials. H...
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_Address and Greeting._
The Apostle, in all his Epistles, follows the custom of the times,
which named the writer first, then the person or persons addressed,
adding a brief greeting. All his designat...
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Ephesians 1:1
In these words we have
I. Paul's description of himself: "an Apostle of Jesus Christ through
the will of God." He was not appointed to his office through the
intervention of the Church...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,_
He was not made an apostle by man, neither did he take the office upon
himself, but he was made an apostle by the will of God.
E...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus: grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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Ephesians 1:1. _Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
to the saints, which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from...
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We frequently read this chapter and the whole of this Epistle because
it has been well remarked that the Epistle to the Ephesians is a body
of divinity in miniature. Here all the great doctrines of th...
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The Epistle to the Ephesians is a complete Body of Divinity. In the
first chapter you have the doctrines of the gospel; in the next, you
have the experience of the Christians; and before the Epistle i...
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In this chapter, we see what Paul, writing under the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit, has to say about the possessions and privileges of
believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:1. Paul, an apo...
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CONTENTS: Believer's position in grace. The prayer for knowledge and
power.
CHARACTERS: Christ, God, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The believer is vitally united to Jesus Christ by the
indwelling S...
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Ephesians 1:4. _According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame
before him in_ _love._ What words of consolation! The full soul of t...
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MAY GOD. See note on Romans 1:7....
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_Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints
which are at Ephesus._
INTRODUCTORY GREETING
In these words we have--
I. Paul’s description of himself. “An apostle of Jesus Chris...
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EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 1:1 Introduction. Paul greets the
believers in Ephesus (vv. Ephesians 1:1) and offers praise to God (vv....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Ephesians 1:1. TO THE SAINTS.—Dismiss the commonly accepted meaning.
Not men who by hard and rigorous methods have reached the heights
where but few abide, but those w...
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EXPOSITION
EPHESIANS 1:1, EPHESIANS 1:2
ADDRESS AND SALUTATION.
EPHESIANS 1:1...
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Let's turn in our Bibles to Ephesians.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God (Ephesians 1:1),
Now, if you were writing this epistle, take out the name Paul, and
insert your name and the...
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2 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:3; Romans 1:7; Titus 1:4...
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Grace. One of the leading words of the epistle. 166 It is used
thirteen times....
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CHRIST THE ALL IN ALL
Ephesians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We cannot call Ephesians the Epistle of Paul. It was written by the
Holy Ghost through Paul. The Holy Ghost came to take the things of
Christ,...
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These words may be considered two ways, 1. As. religious salutation,
taken from the manner of the Jews, who expressed their desires for one
another's well-doing, by wishing PEACE, that is, all kind of...