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Building Up the Body | Ephesians 4:7-14

https://youtu.be/ltjQfk-SSqI But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the …

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Walk in a Manner Worthy | Ephesians 4:1-6

https://youtu.be/clsoFH1fVVU I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body …

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Interlude: This Ordinary, Cosmic War

https://youtu.be/D5MEi4jh9L4 Rather than proceeding directly into Ephesians 4, as I originally had planned to do. I believe that a brief interlude would be helpful for us before launching into the second half of the book. As I have noted before, the plan is to study Ephesians in three sections: chapters 1-3 were called Kingdom Come …

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Now to Him Who Is Able | Ephesians 3:14-21

https://youtu.be/LI0BiELASCM For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through …

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The Unsearchable Riches of Christ | Ephesians 3:7-13

https://youtu.be/iTlwM1oVrwU Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring …

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The Mystery of Christ | Ephesians 3:1-6

https://youtu.be/b82YnhPPH3E For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. When you read this, you can perceive …

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A Holy Temple | Ephesians 2:19-22

https://youtu.be/RNzPw5o0zqw So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the …

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Killing the Hostility | Ephesians 2:11-18

https://youtu.be/rT_QNsjdBlE Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and …

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Chosen in Christ | Ephesians 1:3-4

https://youtu.be/L-ptbrB7D_0 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. Ephesians 1:3-4 ESV Verses 3-14 of chapter …

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By Grace You Have Been Saved | Ephesians 2:1-10

https://youtu.be/oZZoEHwIkYU And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of the flesh, carrying out …

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