Ephesians 4:1-6 I therefore … urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called… (v. 1) This line is one of my favorites in all of Paul’s writings. Whatever we are doing in our lives, we should be doing it “as before the Lord”. Whether work or …
Category Archives: RTB 2020 – Epistles
September 4 / Ephesians 3:14-21
Ephesians 3:14-21 !! Paul highlights the Trinity again in today’s reading – the Father in verse 14, the Spirit in verse 16, and Christ in verse 17. Each of the following four words is mentioned twice in today’s eight verses: strength, power, love, glory. I think the first three words could be placed in any …
September 3 / Ephesians 3:8-13
Ephesians 3:8-13 …so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. (v. 10) I think I can understand this verse if I come at it from Paul’s perspective. Paul was a Jew, a very learned Jew, well versed in the …
September 2 / Ephesians 3:1-7
Ephesians 3:1-7 Fundamentally, I’m happy not to be a Bible scholar. The confusions are many, the options are numerous, and the clues are muddled. Today, another confusion… Three days ago I wrote this paragraph relating to Ephesians 1:15: For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love …
September 1 / Ephesians 2:11-22
Ephesians 2:11-22 Clarification… In today’s reading, in verses 11 to 13 Paul is speaking in the second person (you) directly to the Ephesians, as Gentiles. Then in the rest of the reading he switches (mostly) to the first person and is writing about both the Gentiles and the Jews. In particular, in using the phrases …
September 2020 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Sep Ephesians 2:11-22 12 02-Sep Ephesians 3:1-7 7 03-Sep Ephesians 3:8-13 6 04-Sep Ephesians 3:14-21 8 05-Sep Ephesians 4:1-6 6 06-Sep Ephesians 4:7-16 10 07-Sep Ephesians 4:17-24 8 08-Sep Ephesians 4:25-32 8 09-Sep Ephesians 5:1-7 7 10-Sep Ephesians 5:8-14 7 11-Sep Ephesians 5:15-21 7 12-Sep Ephesians 5:22-33 12 13-Sep Ephesians 6:1-9 9 …
August 31 / Ephesians 2:1-10
Ephesians 2:1-10 Mostly I follow The Chronological Study Bible in putting the readings together. However, my other Study Bible had chapter 2 split between verses 10 and 11, which to me is a better fit. So that’s what I’m doing today, only through verse 10, picking up 11-22 tomorrow. But God … made us alive …
August 30 / Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians 1:15-23 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints… (v. 15) This is a strange sentence coming from Paul, the “I have heard…” portion. He had spent two to three years in Ephesus, so he knew well of their faith – …
August 29 / Ephesians 1:1-14
Ephesians 1:1-14 Ephesians! For our reading list, the last of Paul’s nine “city” letters… Paul references the Trinity here, explicitly. He speaks of the Father in verses 3-6 and 9-10 (although Paul’s pronoun usage – Him, His, He – often makes it difficult for us to distinguish between the Father and the Son), the Son …
August 28 / Colossians 4:7-18
Colossians 4:7-18 I have long known about the church in Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) and God’s warning to them not to be lukewarm in their faith. But it had slipped from my mind that they are mentioned four times in today’s reading (vv. 13, 15, 16). The interesting item here has to do with Paul’s telling …