Download Audio Ephesians Chapter 3, verses 2-6 Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery […]
Download Audio Ephesians Chapter 2, verses 8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. Commentary After outlining for us what God’s love and mercy have done, Paul now gives center stage to the […]
Download Audio Prayer that God enlighten the Ephesians to see his gracious power Ephesians Chapter 1, verses 15-23 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking […]
Download Audio PART TWO God’s Eternal Plan of Salvation (1:3–3:21) Paul’s letters tend to divide roughly into two major parts. Although it is a bit simplistic, it is nonetheless useful to remind ourselves of this fact. In the first half of his letters, he usually shares some important points of doctrine. Then in the second […]
Download Audio INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS The apostle Paul wrote this letter to the Christians in Ephesus while he was a prisoner in Rome, about the year A.D. 61. Although these traditional assumptions have been challenged by modern critics, they still seem very plausible. Author and date The author identifies himself as “Paul, an apostle of […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 PART SIX Conclusion (6:11-18) In our day, writing material is readily available. It was not always so. Among the ancients, writing materials, such as parchment, vellum, and papyrus, were […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 Galatians Chapter 5, verses 22-24 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 PART FIVE Paul Explains Sanctification—How the Justified Sinner Is to Live before God (5:1–6:10) As we begin this third major part of Paul’s letter, it may be useful to […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 Free from the law: the example of the Galatians’ own conversion The letter to the Galatians is an example of rapid and wide mood swings. Recall that this section […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Galatians by Armin J. Panning, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1997 Christians are free from the law Using the everyday example of how the inheritance system works, Paul has illustrated that God’s plan of salvation, “duly established” in his covenant […]