Ephesians

Chapters

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• 2
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• 5
• 6

The verses these writers stop at

• 2:8 For it is by this grace that you have been saved, through faith. None of this comes from you; it is God's gift. 51
• 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, for that is reckless, wasteful living. Instead, let the Spirit fill you. 42
• 1:4 Even before the world was founded, God chose us in Christ, so that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love. 30
• 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at every opportunity, with every kind of prayer and request. To that end, keep watch, never giving up, and make requests for all God's holy people. 29
• 2:10 For we are God's own work. In Christ Jesus he created us for good works, which God made ready in advance so that we would live our lives doing them. 27
• 3:17 so that through faith and in love Christ will make his home in your hearts. You are rooted deep and set on a firm foundation, 27
• 4:30 And do not grieve God's Holy Spirit. It was with the Spirit that you were sealed, marked out for the day of redemption. 27
• 5:25 Husbands, love your wives the way Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her. 27

Open Word Bible

Where it is preached

1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 1, Chapter 4 — The Knowledge of God Stifled or Corrupted, Ignorantly or Maliciously cites Eph. 2:12

   …by nature are no gods.” And he elsewhere declares, that the Ephesians were “without God” (Eph. 2:12) at the time when they wandered without any correct knowledge of him. It makes little…

2. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   A Preliminary Discourse to Catechising cites Eph 3:17

   …It is semen fidei, the seed of faith. Psa 9:10. It is radix amoris, the root of love. Eph 3:17. ‘Being rooted and grounded in love.’ The knowledge of principles conduces to the making…

3. Communion with God · John Owen

   That the saints have communion with God cites Eph. ii. 12

   …between us? Men in such a condition have neither Christ, nor hope, nor God in the world, Eph. ii. 12; “being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them,” chap. iv.…

4. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Salvation by Faith cites Eph. 2:4

   …(Rom. 4:5). To the same effect are the words both preceding and following the text (Eph. 2:4ff.): “God, who is rich in mercy, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us…

5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   Obedience cites Eph 1: 6

   …(5) Obedience must be in and through Christ. ‘He has made us accepted in the beloved.’ Eph 1: 6. Not our obedience, but Christ’s merits procure acceptance. In every part of worship we…

6. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Introduction cites Eph. iii. 17

   …we are distinctly taught that Christ is “in us.” (Rom. viii. 10; Gal. ii. 20; iv. 19; Eph. iii. 17; Col. iii. 11.) But we must be careful that we understand what we mean by the expression.…