Practically speaking, the reason that Romans is placed at the beginning of Paulās letters is not noteworthy. Although it was not the earliest, it was the longest of Paulās inspired writings, and a quick look at his letters in any Bible shows they are ordered from longest to shortest, first to churches, then to individuals. […]
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Chapter five continues Paulās 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 believerās life should not
Chapter four begins the second half of the letter with a major change in Paulās 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 (ārememberā in Ephesians 2:11). Thus, of the 197 verbs in chapters 4-6, more
