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Paul’s influence on Christian thought has been powerful and formative. The deutero-pauline epistles, attributed to but not written by Paul, were actually authored by early Christians in an attempt to apply Pauline insights to particular challenges not addressed specifically by Paul. According to Lewis Donelson, this rearticulation and reinterpretation of Pauline wisdom served these early...

establishes the literary tone for the entire letter. We should, therefore, be careful about reading the theological pronouncements as being precise formulations in an ordered theological system when they are better read as having the imprecision and evocative function of liturgical language. In fact, the entire letter of Ephesians, including the ethical exhortations, can be read as a blessing to God for God’s blessings. The ethical life, to which we are exhorted, is a necessary part of the plan of
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