And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. Ephesians 5:21 + 22 The verb is ὑποτάσσω [hupotassō] But there is only one verb. Strong’s Definition: to subordinate; reflexively to obey: …
Word Study Gems
Bible Gem 653 – Playing Spiritual Cluedo – Solving the “Mystery” (Eph 3:9-10)
I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning. God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display His wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen …
Bible Gem 632 – An Advanced Pledge (a down payment) of Our Inheritance (Eph 1:14)
who is a pledge given in advance [adjectival relative clause relating to the Spirit] of our inheritance [the first of a series of linked phrases describing the inheritance mentioned before] to the redemption [second in the series] of the purchased possession [third in the series. …
Bible Gem 624 – Going according to plan (Eph 1:9-10)
God has now revealed to us His mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfil His own good pleasure. And this is the plan: At the right time He will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. Ephesians 1:9-10 …
Bible Gem 1655 – Experiencing the God of the Bible (Acts 14:24-28)
Then they traveled back through Pisidia to Pamphylia. They preached the word in Perga, then went down to Attalia. Finally, they returned by ship to Antioch of Syria, where their journey had begun. The believers there had entrusted them to the grace of God to …