Read Ephesians 2:8 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on saved by grace and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Ephesians 2:15 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on one new humanity and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
LESSON 3
Speak Truth in Love
Primary passage: Ephesians 4:15
Read Ephesians 4:15 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on speak truth in love and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Ephesians 6:11 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on the armor of god and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.