Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
At the top the first page of Ephesians in Chester Beatty papyrus P46 there is a notation in the Greek letters RMS. I also notice a similar notation at the top of many of the pages, with slight variations. Does anyone know what this is? Is …
Two verses use the Greek ποίημα (G4161):
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excu…
Granville Sharp identified texts in the New Testament which he believed described a single person with two attributes. The validity of Sharp’s Rule is debated, and, in my opinion, is unnecessarily complicated, largely due to Sharp’s own ex…
John 6:27
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which
endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you,
because God the Father has set His seal on Him.
What did He mean by the phrase as applied to Hims…
Ephesians 3:15: ἐξ οὗ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς ὀνομάζεται (NA 28)
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named (ESV)
The ESV adds this footnote to the word family: Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria i…
Paul’s emphasis in Ephesians 5:22-33 is marital unity. He frames Ephesians 5:21-6:9 with Jesus’s transcultural teaching of mutual submission, but expresses the principle for…
The second and last installment on Eph 5:21-6:9, household codes in Ephesians. Paul sometimes gets a bad rap that has more to do with…
Being filled with the Spirit moves us to worship God, thank God, and look out for one another.
Is it maybe a different meaning of "abolish (katargeo)" or a different meaning of "law?" Because they seem somewhat contradictory.
Do we then make void [καταργοῦμεν] the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish…
Ephesians 2:12
"remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world". ESV. My emphasis.
The…
Paul was paying a hard price for his ministry to reach other people, but God’s love revealed in Christ left him no other option…
Part of a series of videos about Ephesians