Ephesians 1:2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (KJV)
- Grace – G5485, charis. It is used 155 times. It means grace but it is used also as a gift and various associated ideas.
- To you – hymin G4771,
- Peace – G1515, Eirene. It is used 92 times. It means peace but has other uses like safety and health.
- From – apo G575,
- Father – G3962, pater. It is used 413 times. It is used for God and man.
- Of us – hemon G1473, our
- Lord – G2424, kyrios
- Christ – G5547, Christos
Ephesians 1:1 and 1:2 is Paul’s greeting to the Church. Please, do not gloss over these two verses, I have been guilty. Paul puts interesting information in his greetings. (There are many books, posts, and pages that do detailed breakdowns of these introductions, so I will not.) I will ask you to compare this greeting to what the Lord says about the Ephesians in Revelations 2. The elapsed time between the two may be 30 to 50 years, timelines vary. Take a Muse Moment and reflect on your own life. How does your spiritual condition compare and contrast from the beginning to now?
A little history– When Paul wrote Ephesians there was still an earthly Temple and Jerusalem. When John wrote Revelations. The Temple and Jerusalem had been destroyed. Paul was dead and John was very old and in prison at the writing of Revelations.
A study task – Paul will use many of these words again. Look, highlight, circle, or underline God, Father, Lord, Jesus, and Christ in the first two chapters.
Use the links below to explore all of the words in the passage in Ephesians.
Ephesians 1 MOUNCE – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the – Bible Gateway
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