Ephesians: Grace and Joy in Christ (Biblia.com)

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Ephesians is a letter to a church very much like yours. Paul is obviously commended that this young church gets its foundations right. It is intriguing that later, when writing to Timothy, he says that there are some in the church promoting “false doctrines.” The leadership was in revolt! Yet in the Revelation given to John, Jesus commends the Ephesian church that they have thrown out the false...

are also said to be the faithful. In other words, they are people of faith, believers. The next phrase, in Christ Jesus, is one of Paul’s most loved expressions and means a lot more than simply ‘being a Christian’. Being ‘in Christ’ or ‘in Christ Jesus’ pulls together all that is Christian existence. It sums up all that Christians have and are as ‘coheirs’ (Rom. 8:17) with Christ, as his people. It speaks of the huge privileges that are ours, and the great inheritance that is ours. The phrase points

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