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Ephesians speaks to our deepest questions about God: the redemptive plan of God written from ages past now revealed; the work of Christ complete and effective now and for eternity; the power of the Holy Spirit to change lives and build a community. The clear message of God’s unfathomable grace establishes the believer’s hope and undergirds the call for faithful living. Down through the centuries,...

all the saints.”6 Although this position rightly notes that the prepositional change is not on its own indicative of a connection between the first and second clauses, the argument fails to account for adequately Paul’s general emphasis in the passage, namely the activity of the saints. Paul refers to them at the beginning of 4:12, not at the end,7 where one might expect them to be mentioned if Paul was focused on the ministers as this second argument contends. In sum, Paul’s message about Christ’s
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