Ephesians
Ephesians outlined:
Chapters 1-3
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Prescribed beliefs
Chapters 4-6
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Prescribed behaviors
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Children: obey & honor your parents
(Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)
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“God’s promise is based on the
presumption that obedience to
parents leads to order and
stability. This promise applies to
the community and is not a
guarantee to the individual.”
–Klyne Snodgrass
Proverbs 23:22
(NET Bible)
22 Listen to your father who
begot you, and do not despise
your mother when she is old.
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Children: obey & honor your parents
(Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)
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Children: obey & honor your parents
(Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)
Parents: train your children
(Ephesians 6:4, NET Bible)
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“This involves avoiding attitudes,
words, and actions which would
drive a child to angry exasperation
or resentment…”
–Andrew Lincoln
United by Lordship
Children: obey & honor your parents
(Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)
Parents: train your children
(Ephesians 6:4, NET Bible)
United by Lordship
Children: obey & honor your parents
(Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)
Parents: train your children
(Ephesians 6:4, NET Bible)
Employees: benefit your employers
(Ephesians 6:5-8, NET Bible)
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“Modern readers need to free themselves
from a number of assumptions about firstcentury slavery, including the assumptions
that there was a wide separation between
the status of slave and freedperson, that all
slaves were badly treated, and that all who
were enslaved were trying to free
themselves from this bondage….For
example, slaves of Greek owners could
own property, including their own slaves…”
–Andrew Lincoln
United by Lordship
Children: obey & honor your parents
(Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)
Parents: train your children
(Ephesians 6:4, NET Bible)
Employees: benefit your employers
(Ephesians 6:5-8, NET Bible)
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Children: obey & honor your parents
(Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)
Parents: train your children
(Ephesians 6:4, NET Bible)
Employees: benefit your employers
(Ephesians 6:5-8, NET Bible)
Employers: respect your employees
(Ephesians 6:9, NET Bible)
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•Read/study Ephesians 6:10-17.
•How do you obey and/or honor your
parents?
•Do you work hard as though serving
the Lord?
•Are you a gentle instructor for your
children and employees?