And you [He made alive when you] were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins,
in which you once walked.
BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
People of the World where are you going? Turn back to God! Back to your faithful principles!
BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
And you [He made alive when you] were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins,
in which you once walked.
THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER FOR WHAT THE HEART MAY RECEIVE
And He put all things in subjection under Christ’s feet, and appointed Him as head over all things in the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills and completes all things in all
GREETING AND SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN CHRIST
Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ,
just as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world
OUTLINE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS
The foundation, course and destiny of the Church are the sublime subjects with which the Epistle deals, and the style is of a correspondingly elevated character.
FINAL WARNING AND BENEDICTION
For neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation a new Birth, a New Life in Jesus Christ.
BEAR ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS WITH LOVE/b>
So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all people and especially to those of the household of faith.
CHRIST HAS SET US FREE HOLD FAST YOUR FREEDOM
I wish that those who are troubling you [by teaching that circumcision is necessary for salvation] would even [go all the way and] castrate themselves!
PAUL’S CONCERN FOR THE GALATIANS
So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
These men [the Judaizers] eagerly seek you [to entrap you with honeyed words and attention, to win you over to their philosophy], not honorably [for their purpose is not honorable or worthy of consideration]. They want to isolate you [from us who oppose them] so that you will seek them.
LIVE AS SONS AND HEIRS, NOT AS BONDMEN
Galatians I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [to the point of exhaustion] over you in vain.
THE LAW AND THE PROMISE THE LAW LEADS TO CHRIST
Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a system of law had been given which could impart life, then righteousness (right standing with God) would actually have been based on law.