12/21/2023 0 Comments Ephesians bible study preview![]() ![]() Update: Due to requests, I’ve placed links to purchase this Bible at the bottom of this post.Įphesians 1:5 is a precious reminder that we were predestined to be adopted by the Father. If y’all have a CJB chime in on the group comment thread so folks know I’m not the only one. Two entirely different perspectives and one is going to get you far closer to reality. The difference can be compared to reading a history of Italy told by an Italian vs that same history of Italy told by an American. There are contextual insights and cultural understanding in the interpretations that are simply lacking in some of our mainstream protestant versions which, long ago, removed the Jewish context from many of the passages either through lack of understanding, lack of reverence for it, doctrine, or a little of all three. One that I always find extremely helpful is The Complete Jewish Study Bible for Jews and Christians. I was surprised to find that Ephesians in ESV doesn’t even feel like the same book when reading it in some of my other translations so I do encourage you to branch out beyond mainstream protestant translations whenever possible. I usually begin my readings in the ESV translation and then move on to my other translations. ![]() While the previous letters from Paul were dealing with specific problems within specific congregations – the advice in Ephesians is more broad stroke advice, able to be more universally applied to the body of believers and thus highly applicable to our own lives.Paul wrote Ephesians and it is the first letter we come to that he wrote while in prison.Recall that the first four commandments are how we are to behave towards YHWH and the remaining six are how we are to behave towards our neighbor. ![]() Much like the first four of the ten commandments.
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