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Karl Barth is widely acknowledged as one of the great theologians of the church. This masterful example of theological interpretation of the biblical text presents Barth’s insights on an important Pauline epistle. In 1921–22, the same period he prepared the groundbreaking second edition of his Romans commentary, Barth lectured on the exposition of Ephesians at the University of Göttingen. As he...

if we translate each phrase or sentence that begins with ἐν ᾧ as a separate unit (“In him, he has chosen us [v. 4] … In him, we have liberation [v. 7] … In him, we are heirs [v. 11] … In him you also … have been sealed [v. 13]”). This is the only possible way to understand the passage in German. Luther’s translation, which preserves all the relative clauses, makes it impossible to grasp the passage as a whole, whether reading it or hearing it read. I strongly recommend accommodating your listeners
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