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2009-01-24 20:39:29

2009-01-28 23:17:39

Central Idea : Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, reinforced by the repeated purpose of bringing about the praise of God's glory (v.3). Hoehner: Verse 3 is the main sentence and summary of the eulogy. He argues for "Blessed is God" rather than "Blessed be God. He agrees with my separation of verse 3 saying, "The reason God is to be praised is because he blessed us" (165). Hoehner (v.4) : He understands kathws to be causal - "because, inasmuch, or since". I disagree because it seems evident to me that it is describing the means of His choosing. Issue (v.4) : I currently have arced "in love" with God's predestination of "us". I have not consulted secondary sources yet, but it seems to fit better there than with our appearing before the Lord (not sure how love would function in that particular case, but that does not mean it is not a possible option). If "in love" does go here, I am curious then to what degree God is motivated in His predestination of us by His love for us and to what degree is He motivated by His glory. Issue (v.4): "holy and blameless" - see Ephesians 5:27 - present infinitive Hoehner: The predominant use of agaph is love between humans (57/75 in Paul's letters, 6/10 in Ephesians). He dismisses associating the prepositional phrase with "He chose" because it is too far removed from the verb. He says, "One does not need "in love" to modify "He predestined" in order to show that God's predestination is based in love; the very act of predestination is a demonstration of God's love" (183). This seems to make a more convincing argument for putting it with God's predestination of us, though he is attempting to discredit that stance. Hoehner (v.8) : When Paul says "all" wisdom and insight it refers to the extension and not the intensity. i.e. "every kind of, all sorts of" Issue (7-10) : I am not content with calling the relationship between verse 7 and 8-10 "Idea and Explanation". It does not seem to adequately define what Paul is saying. Issue (8-10) : Relationships in verses 8-10 proved difficult to sort out. Ultimately I decided that the making known of the mystery was the means by which God overflowed grace on "us" AND that the overflowing of grace was done in order to sum up all things in Christ. In my diagram, which disagrees with this, I put "to sum up" in apposition to the mystery. I now read it more as purpose than explanation. Hoehner (12) : The first to hope: (1) some scholars think the "we" in the previous phrase refers to Jews and the "you" in verse 13 refers to Gentile Christians. Within this view, it could be Jews before Christ who had put their hope in a Messiah or Jewish Christians who heard before Gentile Christians. Hoehner believes the "we" is Paul and those with him and the "you" are Ephesian believers. He thinks the pro simply indicates that the believers reading the epistle had already experienced redemption as shown in previous verses. Issue (13-14) : I currently have arced "you were sealed" as an inference from the "having heard" and "having believed" aorist participles. I did have them as temporal propositions, but felt Paul was making a stronger point. Their hearing and believing were the grounds for him stating that they had been sealed. Issue : I am struggling to land on how I think the three sections relate (each ending in an "eis painon" phrase. I decided to separate them this way because of verse 3, but that may not be appropriate. The first of the three seems to focus on God's choosing of us, while the last two seem to articulate the results of His work. Hoehner: The first strophe revolves around the first person of the Trinity, God the Father and ends with, "to the praise of the glory of His grace. (v.6)" The second ends in verse 12 and revolves around the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ. The third ends in 14 and focuses on the Spirit. Steller: Even if you divide the three sections that "focus" on the three parts of the Trinity, the Trinity is present in the entire passage. Note the "Triune Conspiracy".

10000000004165 4165 Notes 2009-01-24 20:39:29 2009-01-28 23:17:39 Central Idea : Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, reinforced by the repeated purpose of bringing about the praise of God's glory (v.3). Hoehner: Verse 3 is the main sentence and summary of the eulogy. He argues for "Blessed is God" rather than "Blessed be God. He agrees with my separation of verse 3 saying, "The reason God is to be praised is because he blessed us" (165). Hoehner (v.4) : He understands kathws to be causal - "because, inasmuch, or since". I disagree because it seems evident to me that it is describing the means of His choosing. Issue (v.4) : I currently have arced "in love" with God's predestination of "us". I have not consulted secondary sources yet, but it seems to fit better there than with our appearing before the Lord (not sure how love would function in that particular case, but that does not mean it is not a possible option). If "in love" does go here, I am curious then to what degree God is motivated in His predestination of us by His love for us and to what degree is He motivated by His glory. Issue (v.4): "holy and blameless" - see Ephesians 5:27 - present infinitive Hoehner: The predominant use of agaph is love between humans (57/75 in Paul's letters, 6/10 in Ephesians). He dismisses associating the prepositional phrase with "He chose" because it is too far removed from the verb. He says, "One does not need "in love" to modify "He predestined" in order to show that God's predestination is based in love; the very act of predestination is a demonstration of God's love" (183). This seems to make a more convincing argument for putting it with God's predestination of us, though he is attempting to discredit that stance. Hoehner (v.8) : When Paul says "all" wisdom and insight it refers to the extension and not the intensity. i.e. "every kind of, all sorts of" Issue (7-10) : I am not content with calling the relationship between verse 7 and 8-10 "Idea and Explanation". It does not seem to adequately define what Paul is saying. Issue (8-10) : Relationships in verses 8-10 proved difficult to sort out. Ultimately I decided that the making known of the mystery was the means by which God overflowed grace on "us" AND that the overflowing of grace was done in order to sum up all things in Christ. In my diagram, which disagrees with this, I put "to sum up" in apposition to the mystery. I now read it more as purpose than explanation. Hoehner (12) : The first to hope: (1) some scholars think the "we" in the previous phrase refers to Jews and the "you" in verse 13 refers to Gentile Christians. Within this view, it could be Jews before Christ who had put their hope in a Messiah or Jewish Christians who heard before Gentile Christians. Hoehner believes the "we" is Paul and those with him and the "you" are Ephesian believers. He thinks the pro simply indicates that the believers reading the epistle had already experienced redemption as shown in previous verses. Issue (13-14) : I currently have arced "you were sealed" as an inference from the "having heard" and "having believed" aorist participles. I did have them as temporal propositions, but felt Paul was making a stronger point. Their hearing and believing were the grounds for him stating that they had been sealed. Issue : I am struggling to land on how I think the three sections relate (each ending in an "eis painon" phrase. I decided to separate them this way because of verse 3, but that may not be appropriate. The first of the three seems to focus on God's choosing of us, while the last two seem to articulate the results of His work. Hoehner: The first strophe revolves around the first person of the Trinity, God the Father and ends with, "to the praise of the glory of His grace. (v.6)" The second ends in verse 12 and revolves around the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ. The third ends in 14 and focuses on the Spirit. Steller: Even if you divide the three sections that "focus" on the three parts of the Trinity, the Trinity is present in the entire passage. Note the "Triune Conspiracy". notes

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εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

ὁ εὐλογήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ

(because) He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ

καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world

εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ

in order tha t we be holy and blameless before him

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ἐν ἀγάπῃ προορίσας ἡμᾶς εἰς υἱοθεσίαν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς αὐτόν κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ

( in that ) He predestined us , in love, to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of His will

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εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἧς ἐχαρίτωσεν ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ

i n order that the glory of His grace, which He blesses us in the beloved, be praised.

actionpurpose

ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν παραπτωμάτων κατὰ τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace

ἧς ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ φρονήσει

which he overflowed to us in all wisdom and knowledge

γνωρίσας ἡμῖν τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ ἣν προέθετο ἐν αὐτῷ εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώματος τῶν καιρῶν

( in that ) He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He put forth in Him unto the stewardship of the fulfillment of the times

ἀνακεφαλαιώσασ τὰ πάντα ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ τὰ ἐπὶ τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐν αὐτῷ

( in order ) to sum up all things in the Messiah, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth in Him

ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν

in whom also we have received an inheritance

προορισθέντες κατὰ πρόθεσιν τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐνεργοῦντος κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ

( in that ) we have been predestined according to the plan of the working of all things according to the purpose of His will

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εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης αὐτοῦ

in order that we be to the praise of His glory,

τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ

we who were the first to hope in the Messiah

ideaexplanation

ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν

( When ) you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation

ἐν ᾧ καὶ πιστεύσαντες

and ( when ) you believed in Him

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ἐσφραγίσθητε τῷ πνεύματι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τῷ ἁγίῳ ὅ ἐστιν ἀρραβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν

( At that time ) you were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance

temporal

εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῆς περιποιήσεως εἰς ἔπαινον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ

in order that the possession be redeemed to the praise of His glory

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10000000004165 4165 Arc 2009-01-24 20:39:29 2012-11-28 22:26:20 editing Ephesians 1 3 1 14 Ephesians 1:3-14 49 NT tisch mine i138579 i138561 εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ i138580 i138581 i138582 i138583 i138562 ὁ εὐλογήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ (because) He has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ i138584 i138563 καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world i138564 εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ in order tha t we be holy and blameless before him actionresult 2 comparison 1 i138565 ἐν ἀγάπῃ προορίσας ἡμᾶς εἰς υἱοθεσίαν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς αὐτόν κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ( in that ) He predestined us , in love, to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of His will actionmanner 1 i138566 εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἧς ἐχαρίτωσεν ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ ἠγαπημένῳ i n order that the glory of His grace, which He blesses us in the beloved, be praised. actionpurpose 2 i138585 i138586 i138587 i138567 ἐν ᾧ ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ τὴν ἄφεσιν τῶν παραπτωμάτων κατὰ τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace i138588 i138589 i138568 ἧς ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ καὶ φρονήσει which he overflowed to us in all wisdom and knowledge i138569 γνωρίσας ἡμῖν τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ ἣν προέθετο ἐν αὐτῷ εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώματος τῶν καιρῶν ( in that ) He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He put forth in Him unto the stewardship of the fulfillment of the times actionmanner 1 i138570 ἀνακεφαλαιώσασ τὰ πάντα ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ τὰ ἐπὶ τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐν αὐτῷ ( in order ) to sum up all things in the Messiah, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth in Him actionpurpose 2 i138590 i138571 ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἐκληρώθημεν in whom also we have received an inheritance i138572 προορισθέντες κατὰ πρόθεσιν τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐνεργοῦντος κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ ( in that ) we have been predestined according to the plan of the working of all things according to the purpose of His will actionmanner 1 series i138591 i138573 εἰς τὸ εἶναι ἡμᾶς εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης αὐτοῦ in order that we be to the praise of His glory, i138574 τοὺς προηλπικότας ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ we who were the first to hope in the Messiah ideaexplanation 1 actionpurpose 2 i138592 i138593 i138594 i138575 ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν ( When ) you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation i138576 ἐν ᾧ καὶ πιστεύσαντες and ( when ) you believed in Him progression i138577 ἐσφραγίσθητε τῷ πνεύματι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τῷ ἁγίῳ ὅ ἐστιν ἀρραβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν ( At that time ) you were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance temporal 1 1 i138578 εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῆς περιποιήσεως εἰς ἔπαινον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ in order that the possession be redeemed to the praise of His glory actionpurpose 2 series situationresponse 2 1 1 1 1 tisch 25 mine 25 a 50 discourse