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| | Can you comment on Ephesians? |
 | | Ephesians is a grand work when it comes to the presentation of Jesus and his church. | | | One of the grand designs of Ephesians is to present Jesus and his church. | | | In view of Ephesians, it is difficult to understand how anyone can believe the church is unimportant or just an afterthought on God's part. |
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| | An Introduction to Ephesians |
| | The Ephesian theology is centered on God's provision which leads to unity in the church 2. | | | The early church fathers Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, and Tertullian all understood the letter to be to the Ephesians8 h. | | | As he writes, "Paul is desirous that the new generation of Christians understand the nature of God's present exercise of power in their lives according to the divine purpose which he accomplished in Christ and which encompasses the entire universe" (The New Testament as Canon, p. |
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| | Crosswalk.com |
| | From the Holy Ghost, (Ephesians 2:8,9; Ephesians 6:23; John 3:5; Philippians 1:29) who works faith in our hearts by the preaching of the gospel, and confirms it by the use of the sacraments. | | | Not at all; (Ephesians 4:24; Ecclesiastes 7:29) for God made man capable of performing it; but man, by the instigation of the devil, (John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Genesis 3:4) and his own wilful disobedience, (Genesis 3:6; Romans 5:12; Genesis 3:13; 1 Timothy 2:13,14) deprived himself and all his posterity of those divine gifts. | | | Because Christ is ascended into heaven for this end, that he might appear as head of his church, (Ephesians 1:20,21,23; Colossians 1:18) by whom the Father governs all things. |
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http://www.biblestudytools.net/History/AD/CreedsandConfessions/Catechisms/TheHeidelbergCatechism.html
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| | Ephesians, Epistle to (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | That to the Ephesians does not seem to have originated in any special circumstances, but is simply a letter springing from Paul's love to the church there, and indicative of his earnest desire that they should be fully instructed in the profound doctrines of the gospel. | | | The object of the apostle is "to set forth the ground, the cause, and the aim and end of the church of the faithful in Christ. | | | He speaks to the Ephesians as a type or sample of the church universal." The church's foundations, its course, and its end, are his theme. |
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| | USCCB - NAB - Ephesians - Introduction |
| | Paul, who is designated as the sole author at Eph 1:1, is described in almost unparalleled terms with regard to the significant role he has in God's plan for bringing the Gentiles to faith in Christ (Eph 3:1-12). | | | Many therefore regard the letter as an encyclical or "circular letter" sent to a number of churches in Asia Minor, the addressees to be designated in each place by its bearer, Tychicus (Eph 6:21-22). | | | Others think that Ephesians is the letter referred to in Col 4:16 as "to the Laodiceans." |
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http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/ephesians/intro.htm
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| | The Epistle to the Ephesians |
| | The church, in Ephesians, is always the church universal, never the individual local church; for that Ephesians seems to use patria, [1] the equivalent of familia, 3:15. | | | Ephesians is like the overture of an opera, foreshadowing the melodies that arc to follow. | | | The injunction in Ephesians 6:4 to bring their children up with Christian training and instruction is out of keeping with Paul's attitude; all he had to say to parents in Colossians (written supposedly at the same time as Ephesians, if the latter is by Paul) was "Do not irritate your children," 3:21. |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/goodspeed/ch14.html
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| | MB Herald: June 13, 2003: Ephesians |
| | Ephesians is a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom that speaks to Christians of every age and culture. | | | A second pertinent issue for Mennonite Brethren is “spiritual warfare,” and Ephesians 6 is one of the key texts. | | | Ephesians also portrays sin as not merely rebellion (individual acts which need forgiveness), but as a bondage to hostile spiritual enemies (an all-encompassing condition from which we need rescue). |
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| | Scofield Reference Bible 1917 Notes |
| | Ephesians is the most impersonal of Paul's letters. | | | There is a close spiritual affinity between Ephesians and Joshua, the "heavenlies" answering in Christian position to Canaan in Israel's experience. | | | The church here is the true church, "His body," not the local church, as in Philippians, Corinthians, etc. Essentially, three lines of truth make up this Epistle: the believer's exalted position through grace; the truth concerning the body of Christ; and a walk in accordance with that position. |
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http://www.biblebelievers.com/scofield_reference_bible/scofield_ephesians.html
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| | Letter to the Ephesians |
| | In the former, there are two mysteries identified: the mystery that gentile are heirs together with Israel (3:3-6, 9-11) and that of the existence of a unity between Christ and the church (analogous to the union between a man and wife) (5:32). | | | n Ephesians the church (ekklêsia) is one and universal, the union of believing Jews and gentiles; moreover, the creation of the church is a purpose of Christ's work (Eph 1:22; 2:13-19, 19-22; 3:5-13, 21; 4:7-16; 5:23-25, 27, 29, 32). | | | The theological content of the Letter to the Ephesians is supposed to be so different from that of the undisputed Pauline letters that the former could not have been composed by the same author as the latter. |
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| | Ephesians Bible Commentary |
| | Consequently, in verse 13, he is addressing the Ephesians more directly, who had heard the gospel from him. | | | He prays to the glorious God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ that they would have a spirit that is rich in the wisdom that is derived from God's revelation, the gospel of Jesus Christ (cf. | | | Paul wants the Ephesians to really know God, the Father of glory, as a result of the things He has done, is doing, and will do for them in connection with His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. |
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| | Theology WebSite: New Testament Study Helps: Ephesians |
| | There is no doubt, therefore that these early church fathers regarded the epsitle as addressed to the Ephesian church whatever the reading of the first verse in their texts. | | | It is widely held that Ephesians, designed as a circular letter (which could be distributed to multiple churches), was written at the same time as Colossians and Philemon and was probably taken to various churches in the province of Asia by Tychuicus. | | | Irenaeus (Adv Heresies v.2.36) cites Ephesians 5:30 as being in the Epistles to the Ephesians, and Clement of Alexandria (Strom 4.65; also Paed 4.65) cites words from Ephesians 5:21-25 in the same way. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Epistle to the Ephesians |
| | To the Colossians he speaks of Christ's dignity; to the Ephesians, and we have seen why, of the unity of the Church. | | | Nevertheless, it was to a rather restricted circle of Christian communities that Paul sent this letter, as Tychicus was to visit them all and bring news of him (Eph., vi, 21 sq.), which fact precludes the idea of all the churches of Asia Minor or of all the Gentile-Christian churches. | | | It is for the same purpose that the prophets in the Epistle to the Ephesians used the charisma, or spiritual gifts described in I Cor., xii-xiv. |
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| | Ephesians 2:8 (King James Version) :: Forerunner Commentary :: Bible Tools |
| | Simply, no! Paul, in Ephesians 2:8 says that faith is required and, as we have seen, in verse 10, says that good works are also required. | | | The book of Ephesians is about unity, about diverse people—the Gentiles on the one hand and the Jews, primarily the Israelites, on the other—living together as part of a common body. | | | Even those of us who have been in God's church for many years and who may clearly understand each of these words individually, are slowed down in our comprehension of these verses when faced with such terms presented one after the other. |
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| | Recovering: Chapter 8 |
| | It is evident in Ephesians 5 itself that Paul has Genesis 2 and its principles in mind, because he quotes Genesis 2:24 at Ephesians 5:31. | | | The rationale for the first two of these relationships{15} would seem to be that the divinely instituted relationship is best preserved when the divine order inherent in it is made plain by urging compliance on those under authority first, before addressing those in authority. | | | The fact that Paul appeals to the creation activity of God with reference to husbands and wives in Ephesians and that in 1 Corinthians 11 he grounds the headship of men in that creation activity of God shows that the apostle regards these roles and the pattern of the role relationship itself as divinely given. |
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| | Ephesians - Chapter 5 - Barnes' Notes on the New Testament on StudyLight.org |
| | The covetous man, according to Paul, is to be ranked with the sensual, and with idolaters, (Ephesians 5:5,) and with those who are entirely excluded from the kingdom of God. | | | Particularly he enjoins on husbands the duty of loving their wives with all tenderness, Ephesians 5:25-33; on fathers, the duty of treating their children so that they might easily obey them, Ephesians 6:4; and on masters, the duty of treating their servants with kindness, remembering that they have a Master also in heaven, Ephesians 6:9. | | | Marriage is an important, a holy, a noble, a pure institution, altogether worthy of God; but it does not thence follow that marriage was designed to be a type of the union between Christ and the church, and it is certain that the apostle Paul meant to teach no such thing. |
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http://www.studylight.org/com/bnn/view.cgi?book=eph&chapter=5#Eph5_9
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| | Ephesians |
| | Ephesians, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament. | | | Letter to the Ephesians, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com. | | | Epistle to the Ephesians, and Ephesus from the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
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| | EPHESIANS, NRSV NEW TESTAMENT |
| | As a result of the combine weight of these differences, many scholars hold that Ephesians was written in the late first century by a Jewish-Christian admirer of Paul who sought to apply Pauline thought to the situation of the church in his own day. | | | Many important terms in Ephesians are not used by Paul elsewhere (e.g., heavenly places, dividing wall, fellow citizen), and some of Paul's characteristic terms and emphases either are given new meaning (e.g., mystery, church) or are completely absent (e.g., the Jews, justify). | | | In powerful poetic language drawn from early Christian hymns and the Jewish scriptures, the Letter to the Ephesians celebrates the author's vision of the church. |
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| | USCCB - NAB - Ephesians 1 |
| | The prayer moves from God and Christ (Eph 1:17, 20-21) to the Ephesians (Eph 1:17-19) and the church (Eph 1:22-23). | | | Paul asks that the blessing imparted by God the Father (Eph 1:3) to the Ephesians will be strengthened in them through the message of the gospel (Eph 1:13, 17-19). | | | Those blessings are seen in the context of God's might in establishing the sovereignty of Christ over all other creatures (Eph 1:19-21) and in appointing him head of the church (Eph 1:22-23). |
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http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ephesians/ephesians1.htm
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| | THE COSMIC CHURCH - (Ephesians 3:10) - John Piper |
| | And the other thing is that Paul followed this section with a prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21 which asked for God's help in comprehending the length and breadth and height and depth of the revelation of Christ. | | | This text shows that principalities and powers are at work in the sons of disobedience and that there is a "course of this world" which such people follow. | | | Let's read Ephesians 3:1-12 again, then, with a view to comprehending the cosmic mission of the church. |
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| | Clarke's Commentary - Ephesians 6 |
| | I believe the Ephesians did not understand it so; nor did the primitive Church of God. | | | We have had already occasion to observe that the subscriptions to the sacred books were not written by the authors themselves, but were added in a much later age, and generally by unskilful hands. | | | Whom I have sent-for the same purpose] Namely, that the Ephesians might know his affairs, and those of the Church at Rome: messengers of this kind frequently passed between the Churches in those ancient times. |
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| | Ephesians |
| | She a sort of nature-goddess and prostitution was practiced in the temple as part of the religion. | | | Their highest authority, from their point of view, was a woman, Artemis of the Ephesians, who they worshipped as a god. | | | In addition to just telling them what their position was, he teaches of a supernatural technique at the end of chapters 1 and 3 that transformed the lives of the Ephesians and the lives of anyone who uses it. |
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http://www.bcbsr.com/books/eph.html
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| | Ephesians appears to be a circular letter as suggested by the textual evidence, which could explain why there is no specific occasion. | | | It is unmistakably used by Ignatius and Polycarp, and there are allusions to it found in 1 Clement and Hermas. | | | Furthermore, the external evidence for Pauline authorship of Ephesians is about as good as it gets for Paul's letters. |
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http://www.mindspring.com/~scarlson/eph.txt
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| | 1way2God.net - Ephesians |
| | It is interesting that the most reliable manuscripts of Ephesians lack any mention of the Ephesians in the introduction, and there is not much within the content of the letter that indicates a particular Church to which the author was writing. | | | The strength of the Ephesian Church led to missionaries going out to the surrounding districts with the word of God, not to mention the travellers who passed through the town, who heard the Word of God and brought it home with them. | | | This is significant to help explain the differences and similarities between the Letter to the Ephesians and the Letter to the Colossians. |
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http://www.1way2god.net/ephesians.html
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| | Mennonite Publishing Network |
| | The church treasures Ephesians as a rich resource for worship, theology, and exhortation. | | | Ephesians presents believers with assurance, exhilarating worship, and forceful exhortation—a bracing challenge. | | | He takes the armor in Ephesians 6 as positive action to powerfully equip the church for waging God’s justice and peace." —Marva J. Dawn, Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver |
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| | Ephesians Bible Commentary |
| | Paul does not write this letter to the Ephesians to rebuke them for any irregularity of conduct, like he does the Corinthians, nor for any perversion of the gospel, as he does the Galatians. | | | Paul, ever the courageous soldier of the Cross, wanted to enter the theater but was prevented from doing so by the disciples who rightly feared the worst for him and his two companions if he showed his face to this chaotic assembly of goddess worshippers. | | | His letter was one of joyous praise for God's eternal purpose. |
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| | Ephesians Commentaries |
| | Ephesians: The Glory of God in the Church | | | Ephesians 5:18-22: God's Plan For Your Family God's v World | | | The Glory of God and the Cross of Christ (Ephesians 1:6b-10) |
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| | Saint (St)Paul’s Letter (Epistle) to the Ephesians |
| | It is given life by His indwelling within each Christian (Ephesians 3.17; Galatians 2.20) and by His presence in their midst (Matthew 28.20). | | | The wondrous truth is that in His infinite goodness, and eternal awareness and knowledge, He chose us out from the beginning, before the world was, because of what Christ Jesus is and would be, with the purpose of purifying and perfecting us and presenting us to Himself as His sons. | | | Note how in the case of the church as the wife Paul can immediately link it with Christ’s relationship with the church in terms of their being members of His body, gliding from the one illustration to the other (5.29-30). |
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| | Ephesians |
| | The frequent use of the term mystery in the book of Ephesians takes place because this book unfolds the truth about the church as no other book of the Bible. | | | The faith that appropriates salvation (Ephesians 2:4-8) must be focused on that blood. | | | Memory Verse: "That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:" OR "In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him." (3:6 and/or 3:12) |
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http://www.watke.org/resources/Ephesians-Discipleship.htm
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| | Biblical City Of Ephesus (Turkey), by David Padfield |
| | They talked him into a calm acceptance by saying 'If we put the name of another god on her temple it will upset her.' So the mightiest mortal on earth couldn't even buy the privilege to have his name on a pillar in the temple of a god. | | | Years later Paul wrote to a group of Ephesians telling them they were the temple (not of a god) but of the Almighty God." (Jim McGuiggan, The Book Of Revelation, p. | | | There were 33 temples in the Greco-Roman world where Diana was worshiped. |
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| | Daily Bible Study - By The Book - Ephesians |
| | Is God's household built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ Himself as the chief cornerstone? | | | Daily Bible Study - By The Book - Ephesians | | | (Ephesians 1:4) (see The Seven Days Of Creation) |
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http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/ephesian.htm
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| | Robert Price, "Evolution of the Pauline Canon" |
| | Schmithals points out that the key thing is not letters to seven churches (neither the Ignatian nor the Dionysian collection fits that pattern, some letters being to individuals, others to more than one congregation), but rather seven letters to churches. | | | In fact, the fabrication of 2 Thessalonians would be symptomatic of the whole situation as Mowry sees it: as the living voice of charismatic prophecy fell more and more silent, the written word was desired to fill the gap. | | | This, of course, is why Goodspeed posited a lead-off position for Ephesians even without any manuscript evidence to back him up. |
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| | Ephesians |
| | It is hard to believe that Paul wrote that the Church is "built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets" (Ephes. | | | That which Paul called "my Gospel" is no longer recognized as such, and the long struggle he had undergone to win for his Gentile converts spiritual equality with Jewish Christians has been quite forgotten. | | | Kummel provides three arguments that have persuaded most scholars to consider Ephesians to be deutero-Pauline (Introduction to the New Testament, pp. |
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http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ephesians.html
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| | Ephesians |
| | The book of Ephesians was a letter to the churches written by Paul. | | | The church had its work cut out in Ephesus because of idolatry concerning Diana the goddess that was worshipped there. | | | Jesus Christ himself addresses the church at Ephesus with warnings: Letter to the Church of Ephesus |
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http://www.dornaslighthouse.com/ephesians.html
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| | Ephesians - EP Study Commentary |
| | The upshot of this is that Ephesians represents a letter of eulogy, prayer, exhortation and instruction where the enthroned and cosmic Christ is constantly seen as bestowing blessing after blessing on his people, the church. | | | The remarkable way in which the benefits of Christ’s lordship are enjoyed by his people means that, in Ephesians, Christology is inextricably focused upon the doctrine of the church, a detail set in contrast with other letters by Paul. | | | This engages every subject mentioned in the letter. |
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http://www.evangelicalpress.org/books/Ephesians.htm
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| | EPHESIANS: The Calling Of The Saints |
| | The Epistle to the Ephesians is, in many ways, the crowning glory of the New Testament. | | | It is to be "the fulness of him who fills all in all" (Ephesians 1:23b RSV). | | | The Christians at Ephesus were certainly among the recipients of this letter, but undoubtedly there were others. |
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| | Ephesians -- Curtis Vaughan |
| | What a great blessing to the saints of God that Curtis Vaughan’ s commentary on Ephesians is again available. | | | Founders Press is providing a great service to the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ by reprinting Curtis Vaughan’s commentary on the book of Ephesians. | | | When the commentary first appeared as a January Bible Study book for the Southern Baptist Convention (1964), I was a junior in high school. |
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| | Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible [Ephesians, Introduction]. |
| | The apostle's design is to settle and establish the Ephesians in the truth, and further to acquaint them with the mystery of the gospel, in order to it. | | | In the latter part (which we have in the 4th, 5th, and 6th chapters) he instructs them in the principal duties of religion, both personal and relative, and exhorts and quickens them to the faithful discharge of them. | | | In the former part he represents the great privilege of the Ephesians, who, having been in time past idolatrous heathens, were now converted to Christianity and received into covenant with God, which he illustrates from a view of their deplorable state before their conversion, ch. |
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http://www.apostolic-churches.net/bible/mhc/MHC49000.HTM
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| | Secret Riches |
| | In the third chapter of Ephesians, beginning with Verse 7, we come to the apostle's further explanation of what he calls in Chapter 6, "the mystery of the gospel" -- this great good news which has done so much to change human lives. | | | Well, this is one of the instances in which Scripture clearly states that we are surrounded by an invisible spiritual kingdom made up both of demons and angels. | | | In Ephesians 6 Paul says, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers in the heavenly places -- wicked spirits from the very headquarters of evil itself," Ephesians 6:12). |
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| | recommended ephesians |
| | Markus Barth, Ephesians (Anchor Bible, 34 and 34A), Doubleday, 1974. | | | Paul M. Quay, The Mystery Hidden for Ages in God (American University Studies, Series 7: Theology and Religion, 161), Peter Lang, 1997. | | | Peter T. O'Brien, The Letter to the Ephesians (Pillar), Eerdmans, 1999. |
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