Bible Studies

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All quotations were taken from the New American Standard Bible, 1995 edition, unless otherwise noted. Sometimes I make comments in the middle of quotations using brackets [ ] or [[ ]] to make them more obvious. I am using straight quotation marks ("), hyphens (-) instead of dashes, and a few other things like this because some of the internet sites where I post these articles require it. Cf., e.g., means compare, for example

I believe the book of Ephesians is one of the most important books in the New Testament. All of the papers, articles, and discussions I mention in this paragraph are available on my internet site (Google to Karl Kemp Teaching): Ephesians chapters 1 and 4 are discussed verse-by-verse. "Ephesians 4:17-32 and Righteousness and Holiness." "Ephesians 1:3, 4, 7; Holy and Blameless; Redemption and 'Aphesis.' " Ephesians 2:1-10; 3:14-21; and 6:10-20 are discussed (on pages 77-80, 53-55, and 55-56) in my "A Paper on Faith." Ephesians 6:1-3 are discussed on page 21 of my paper, "The Christian, the Law, and Legalism." Ephesians 1:7; 5:3-8; and 5:22-33 are discussed (on pages 151-153, 186, and 174-178) in my book "Holiness and Victory Over Sin: Full Salvation Through the Atoning Death of the Lord Jesus Christ" and in my recently published e-book, "Righteousness, Holiness, and Victory Over Sin." (Both books are available at amazon.com.)

"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved [born-again] children [[To be imitators of God as beloved children is quite a high calling, isn't it? It certainly includes being dead to sin and walking in the truth, righteousness, holiness, and love of God by the enabling grace of God in Christ (cf., e.g., Eph. 2:1-10), through the atoning death of Christ (cf., e.g., Eph. 1:7; 2:5, 6, 15; 5:2, 25-27), and by the indwelling Holy Spirit (cf., e.g., Eph. 1:13; 2:18; 3:16; 4:3, 4, 23 [I would translate, "be renewed by the Spirit in your mind/way of thinking

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