Chapter six starts a new section with verse ten. As noted previously, Ephesians 6:1-9 continue Paul’s list of example relationships that he started in Ephesians 5:22. Thus, this chapter contains only one final section of application followed by Paul’s closing greetings. Ephesians 6:10-20 contains the famous armor of God passage. This is a favorite by […]
Chapter five continues Paul’s admonition from chapter four. In Ephesians 4:32 he told us to forgive like God; in Ephesians 5:1-5 we are told to imitate God in every way, specifically in our love for one another. Connecting back to Ephesians 2:1-3 and Ephesians 4:19-20 (and reminiscent of Galatians 5:16-23), the believer’s life should not
Chapter four begins the second half of the letter with a major change in Paul’s grammar and intent. The entire letter contains 41 imperative verbs (which is already a high percentage ); however, only one of them occurs in the first half (“remember” in Ephesians 2:11). Thus, of the 197 verbs in chapters 4-6, more
