The New Man in Christ

E phesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, Again the first word is a conjunction tying what was said in the prior chapter to what is said next. So because of what was said in chapter 2 Paul was going to expound even further. Prisoner could also be translated the one bound to. Paul had been given the the responsibility of taking the gospel to the gentiles. 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: I really like how the (NIV) handles this verse: (NIV) 2 Surely you have heard about the administration of God's grace that was given to me for you Dispensation is the Greek word oikonomia it means the rules of the house. A better translation would be administration. We know about the Obama administration and it was different from the Bush or Reagan administration. There is a way things happen with Obama administration that would not have happened with the Bush p...

Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Here we have the same word for prisoner as in the last chapter. I  should mention that prisoner is  fine translation for this word I just wanted to point out that the word means bound to. The word vocation is the Greek word klēsis It means to have a calling. We are to walk worthy of our calling. What does that mean? We all, this first means that we heard God's call like it talks about in 1 Timothy 2:4. When we got saved we were given certain abilities and we are to use them for the benefit of the body of Christ 1 Corinthians 12:12 ff, Matthew 10;8,  and 1 Corinthians 14:5. This involves operations of all 9 manifestations. The word ‘are’ can also be translated were. We were called in the past tense. 2 With all lowlines as and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; The word lowlines means we are to...

Ephesians 2 2:1 And (even) you [hath he quickened], who were (being) dead in trespasses and sins; The first word in verse 1 is the word and. Now this word is a conjunction it ties that which came before with that which follows. There should not be a chapter at 2 verse one since it is connected with verse since it is tied to 1 by the conjunction 20 and following is a parenthetical phrase an explanation of the prayer in chapter 1. There are several ways this word can be translated: and, also, even, indeed, but context the rules of biblical interpretation will tell you plus the rules of English Grammar. Using that I believe even is a better translation of the word and. Likewise the word were can and should be translated being The words  hath he quickened  are in italics and should be scratched because they were added by the translators. These italics are suppose to be put in to make clearer the meaning sometimes correctly sometimes not and here it is not. ...