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The Epistle to the Ephesians: A Verse-by-Verse Exposition is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this exposition, biblical scholar F. F. Bruce explains the text of Ephesians in the simple and clear style that characterizes his work. As Bruce wrote in his preface to the 1961 edition, “The exposition is intended for the general Christian reader who is interested in serious Bible study, not for the professional or specialist student. Textual, linguistic and other critical questions have...

Verse 19 The third thing which the apostle desires his readers to know is the power of God. But when he thinks of the power of God, he presses all the terms for power in his vocabulary into service in order to convey something of its all-surpassing character. Paul is the only New Testament writer to use this participle translated “exceeding” (Gk. hyperballōn), and he does so in five places altogether. In the other four it is used of
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