Chapter 5 Summary Of Ephesians 6-5

Ephesians 3:14-21 “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with the power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the

The book of Ephesians is one of Paul’s many New Testament letters, or epistles, to the Christian church still in its infancy. At the time of its writing, Paul is in Rome, imprisoned for championing the purposes of Christ and growing the church. We see numerous occurrences where Paul, being a man of little concern for the status quo, is either imprisoned or fleeing capture by Jewish or Roman officials for usurping the latter (Acts 19: 23-41). The date of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is dated 60-61A.D., depending on differing research. While this is certainly one of his epistles known as the “prison letters”, Ephesians was penned prior to Paul’s first roman

This verse is a great example showing that we are the same and that we shouldn’t judge other for a couple of reason. One reason is because it is saying that you should not call people out in things like a mistake or sin they have done because you are liking to have done a mistake or sin in your life, maybe the same one that

"Your laziness or ignorance is not a pass for forgiveness with less of a punishment for your disobedience and evil ways; Repent, prepare, pray, and love God. ~ Jon Barnes

A literary analysis is the practice of looking closely at small parts to see how they affect the whole. Literary analysis focuses on how word techniques are used by the author to create meaning. One of the reasons that Paul penned his letters in Ephesians was to bolster areas that were weak in the church. In addition to that, Paul wanted to clarify central beliefs that may not have been well-defined. Probing Paul’s letter with such a supposition, reveals several frailties among the Ephesian that Paul needed to encourage and reinforce. One of these weaknesses are amalgamated with the word riches, which is present throughout the letter in Ephesians. In this portion of the essay I will break a portion of the text down into parts, in order to examine the different elements of this piece of literature, by analyzing a portion of the text.

Humanity consists of sinners and saints—those whom are not following Jesus Christ’s teachings and those who are. The apostle James shares the word of Christ with the people around him who are not living the teaching of Christ. James 5:1-12 thoroughly emphasizes the impact of God’s judgment on each individual, based on how each person lived. Furthermore, this passage explains vividly in great detail the consequences and judgment one will face on the day of the Lord’s return. James is warning the people what is to come if they continue to live they way they are. He is also giving hope to those who are following Christ.

​Paul is talking about sin in its truest form. Sin like weeds, takes advantage of good things or things that were intended for good, and perverts them. Within the context of this verse Paul is saying that sin takes the law which is good, righteous, and holy, and uses’ it for its own gain. The words repeated in these verses’ are sin (6), law (6), commandment (5), death/killed (4), alive (3), known (2), holy (2), covet (3). A few of these words are repeated to emphasize the analogies that Paul makes and other general points. Other words that are repeated are the simplest form of the concept that he is trying to convey in English. The repetition of these words doesn’t necessarily reveal anything new, but it shows that

The Apostle Paul wrote thirteen epistles, also called letters, that can be found in the New Testament (Demarest, 2018, no pg.). There has been some debate that the epistles of Ephesians, First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus, Colossians and Second Thessalonians were pseudonymously written in Paul’s name, but that he was not the actual author. There seems to be discrepancies about the attitude that Paul conveyed towards women in the church between the letters known to be written by him, and the ones that were not. The letters known to be written by Paul convey Jesus’s message that everyone is to be welcome in worship, including women.

The genre of Ephesians 2:1-10 is an Epistle. The Epistles were letters teaching specific churches or groups of people; often inspired by God. They are split into two categories: Pauline Epistles, written by Paul and traditionally Paul was the first word of the book in Greek, and General Epistles, often referred to as the Catholic epistles and were written to the universal Church. The Pauline Epistles consist of: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. The General Epistles consist of: Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John, and Jude. The interpretive principles of this genre are that it is meant to be read as a whole and in one sitting in order to get the main idea of the passage, one must view the paragraphs as the main unit of thought in the passage, one must know the structure to understand the letter, and one must do background reading to fully comprehend the main concept and the history and culture of the setting.

Believers have been unified in salvation by grace and are called to live like Christ.

Ephesians 6:10-16: Paul becomes aware of all the evil that stalks the church of Ephesus and he tries to make everybody aware by explaining them their own significance and identity in Christ.

In the beginning of the book of Ephesians, Paul specifically states that he is the author of the letter to Ephesians, though the authenticity of Paul’s authorship has been questioned. Signing the name of an influential person of the period was common practice from “the third century BC to the first century AD.” Though it would not be the first time that Paul’s name was forged, Ephesians is not a controversial letter, so if the author did not want to include his own name, he could have written the letter anonymously; also, given moral influence of the text, the author would not have lied for no cause. Ephesians is a bit different from the other letters of Paul in that it does not follow the normal structure he has previously used: “salutation, thanksgiving, prayer, body, ethical exhortations, greetings.” Paul also makes many personal references throughout the book of Ephesians including sharing that he is in prison.

Biblical writing tends to have strict laws about sex and sexuality and how it was expressed and universally accepted. The Pauline Epistles, or Paul’s views, had unique views on sex because he completely distrusted gender as a whole and because he believed that there would be an apocalypse. Many of Paul’s ideas were widely accepted back than because they explained may things that people could not, for instance it explains homosexuality. Today, the laws are seen differently and in some cases interpreted much more literally than they were back then. It is likely that ideas have changed either because people have become more understanding and accepting of others or because we no longer view sex and sexuality as a thing to be ashamed of. This new age of interpretation is seen in the way homosexuality is accepted today, submission of the wife to the husband in some religious dominations, and the ideal of marriage and its sexual implications.

In my passage Ephesian 1:15-23, this is Pauls prayer to Jesus of giving thanks, God has given us so much, and when God gives us a lot our perception can be changed based on how much we get from God, but we are blind because we can never be satisfied so we ask for more. We can build a wall of ungratefulness and never see the “light of God”.