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With contributions from a team of pastors and scholars, this commentary through 9 of Paul's letters helps students of the Bible to understand how each epistle fits in with the storyline of Scripture and applies today.
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[Preface] The Bible pulsates with life, and the Spirit convey the electrifying power of Scripture to those who lay hold of it by faith, ingest it, and live by it.
[Introduction to Ephesians] The apostle Paul wrote this letter to Christians living in (or near) Ephesus in order to strengthen their faith, promote their unity, and exhort them to holiness.
[Introduction to Philippians] Philippians burns with the blazing centrality of the gospel of Christ.
[Introduction to Colossians] The letter to the Colossians presents itself as a letter of the apostle Paul (cf. Author, below).
[Introduction to 1 Thessalonians] Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy encourage the Thessalonian church to continue walking as followers of Christ.
[Introduction to 2 Thessalonians] Paul and his colleagues again write to the fledgling church in Thessalonica, encouraging them to continue perservering amid a society opposed to Christ.
[Introduction to the Pastoral Epistles] The Pastoral Epistles are so named because they focus squarely on pastoral issues.
[Introduction to Philemon] In this brief letter, the apostle Paul writes to a Christian friend, Philemon, regarding a slave named Onesimus.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
[Preface] May God bless the study of his Word, and may he smile on this attempt to expound it.
[Introduction to Ephesians] Most of these prepositional phrases are adverbial (that is , modifying a verb and not a noun or pronoun), but it is not always clear which verb these phrases modify. [Plus outline]
[Introduction to Colossians] At points Paul uses terminology that may reflect the views and vocabulary of the false teachers, but since Paul is our only access to them, we cannot be certain. [Plus outline]
[Introduction to 2 Thessalonians] We should recognize that part of this debate springs from how Paul speaks in condensed language to the Thessalonians, since they had previously heard him teach more fully in person on such matters; thus Paul could abbreviate his discussion about such issues as the "man of lawlessness" and the "restrainer," even if we today might wish for more information (cf. comments on 2 Thess. 2:1-12). [Plus outline]
[Introduction to Pastoral Epistles] The thirteen canonical letters of Paul issue from a single author and offer complementary perspectives, not contradictory ones.
[Introduction to Philemon] This requires care and a gospel-centered approach that interprets the next in the light of God's saving actions in Christ. [Plus outline]
With contributions from a team of pastors and scholars, this commentary through 9 of Paul's letters helps students of the Bible to understand how each epistle fits in with the storyline of Scripture and applies today.