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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY JOHN W. RAWLINGS SCHOOL OF DIVINITY Historical Context Assignment Ephesians 2:1-10 Submitted to Professor Steven Waechter in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of NGRK 505-D02 Greek Language Tools by Joshua Arlaus Nov 12th, 2023 1

Historical Context After spending time exploring the deep archives of the Scriptorium in the Rawlings School of Divinity at Liberty University, I believe I have found a passage that belongs to the Bible in the New Testament. When translating this passage from Greek to English the passage reads, “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” I have spent an adequate amount of time comparing and analyzing this passage along with other books in the Bible and from both the writing style and the content of the message in the text I believe the author of this passage is the apostle, Paul. In the New Testament the apostle Paul wrote many epistles or letters to different churches and communities in the surrounding area of Israel in hopes of strengthening, teaching, and affirming the faith of the Christian followers of his time. Epistles such as Galatians, Romans, Corinthians, Philemon, Philippians, Thessalonians, 2

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