Ephesians 1:1
Ephesians 1:1 (KJV)
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:
Ephesians 1:1 (Rotherham)
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, through God’s will, unto the saints who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus,—
Ephesians 1:1 (Literal)
Paul, Jesus Christ’s apostle, by God’s will, to the separated and believing ones in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 1:1 (Expanded)
Paul, Jesus Christ’s apostle, by God’s intense will, to the separated and believing ones in Christ Jesus:
CONTEXT-Salutation and Opening
Ephesians 1:1,2 (Literal)
1 Paul, Jesus Christ’s apostle, by God’s will, to the separated and believing ones in Christ Jesus: 2 Peace and grace to you from God our Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Structure of Ephesians
A. Salutation and Opening (1:1, 2)
B. All Spiritual Blessings (1:3-14)
C.Prayer to God by Paul (1:15-23)
D. Seated in the Heavenlies (2:1-7)
E. God’s Works (2:8-10)
F. New Man, not Judean or Gentile (2:11-18)
G. The Temple Fitly Framed Together (2:19-22)
H. The Mystery, the One Body (3:1-13)
I. Prayer to the Father (3:14-21)
H. The unity of the One Body (4:1-6)
G. The Body Fitly Joined Together (4:7-16)
F. Putting on the New Man (4:17-32)
E. Man’s Works (5:1—6:9)
D. Standing in the Heavenlies (6:10-18)
C. Prayer to God for Paul (6:19, 20)
B. Making Known the Spiritual Blessings (6:21, 22)
A. Blessing and Closing (6:23, 24)
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