Ephesians Chapter 6

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  *Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.*  MY COMMENTS: Please notice the following list of individuals we Christians are to submit to: Verse 21 of the previous chapter tells us to submit to one another in the fear

Ephesians Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE:   Ephesians 5:1 Ephesians 4:32) (KJV) And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.  Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;  *Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;*  “God’s example of forgiveness in Eph_4:32 forms the basis

Ephesians Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR:   Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,  *I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,* MY COMMENTS: Paul was a prisoner in Rome when he wrote this Epistle. He has shared with us earlier in this Epistle that

Ephesians Chapter 3

CHAPTER THREE:   Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,  *For this cause*    Interesting tidbit: “Paul begins a statement in verse 1 that is interrupted in verse 2 and not resumed till verse 14. The intervening verses form a parenthesis, the theme of which is the

Ephesians Chapter 2

CHAPTER TWO:   Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; * And you hath he quickened, * “D.M. Stanley (Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 23, 1961, pp. 37, 38) has drawn attention to the resemblances between Ephesians 2 and the parable of the two sons in Luke 15:11-32 (cf. Eph

Ephesians Chapter 1

Ephesians Chapter 1 MY PERSONAL COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS By David L. Hannah CHAPTER ONE: Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: * Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of