SALUTATION
23 What a balm this benediction brings! Peace, love, faith-may these be the portion of all who read these lines!
GRACE BE WITH ALL
24 Here we have the true test-those who truly love our Lord. May favor, indeed, be theirs!
Verse 23. _PEACE BE TO THE BRETHREN_] If the epistle were really sent to the _Ephesians_, a people with whom the apostle was so intimately acquainted, it is strange that he mentions no person by name....
PEACE BE TO THE BRETHREN - The Epistle is closed with the usual salutations. The expression “peace to you,” was the common form of salutation in the East (see the Matthew 10:13 note; Luke 24:36 note;...
7. THE CONCLUSION CHAPTER 6:21-24 In the preceding verses the great apostle asked the prayers of the saints for himself Thereby he testified in a practical way to the great truth of the body of Chris...
CLOSING WORDS. The bearer, Tychicus, will give full information as to the writer's present condition. Peace to the brethren and grace be with all who in incorruptibility love the Lord Jesus. EPHESIAN...
CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Ephesians 6:1-4)...
Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will provide you with all information, that you too may know how things are going with me, how I do. That is the very reason that I sent...
PEACE. See Ephesians 1:2. The seventh and last occurance in the Ep. of grace and peace. LOVE. App-135. Tenth and last OCC in Eph. FAITH. As Ephesians 6:16, but without article. FROM. App-104. FATH...
Benediction 23. _Peace_ The Apostle returns to his opening benedictory prayer. See on Ephesians 1:2 and note. We may remark here that the phrase "Grace and peace," in apostolic salutations, though no...
ΕἸΡΉΝΗ. Universal in opening salutations (see Ephesians 1:2) occurs in the closing paragraph in 2 Thessalonians 3:16; Galatians 6:16; cf....
23, 24. THE CLOSING BENEDICTION...
(6:23,24) Note that "faith" is from "God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." This is an important statement. "Peace and love" are declared to be their due as saints. "Peace" is their standing befor...
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. LOVE WITH [ meta (G3326 )] FAITH. Faith is presupposed: he prays that love may accompany it (Galatians...
RULES FOR THE FAMILY. THE CHRISTIAN'S AEMOUE 1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation between children and parents....
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 6 6:1-4 ~ CHILDREN AND PARENTS V1 Children, you must obey your parents. This is because the *Lord has...
PEACE BE TO THE BRETHREN... — In the conclusion of the Epistle, as at the beginning, St. Paul gives the double benediction, “Peace and grace be with you all.” But it. is impossible not to notice the d...
(6. CONCLUSION (Ephesians 6:10). (1) FINAL EXHORTATION to put on the whole armour of God, in order to stand fast in the struggle, not against flesh and blood, but against unearthly powers of evil (Ep...
Closing Benediction....
εἰρήνη τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς καὶ ἀγάπη μετὰ πίστεως : _peace be to the brethren and love with faith_. Paul's benedictions are usually addressed _directly_ to the reader, μεθʼ ὑμῶν or some similar form being e...
“FINALLY, BE STRONG IN THE LORD” Ephesians 6:13 Many would be strong, but fail because they forget that they can be effectively so only “in the Lord, and in the strength of His might.” Paul had a ver...
The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children are to yield obedience, and thus be set free from all care...
Concluding Remarks Tychius was a Christian from Asia (Acts 20:4), who carried this letter as well as the one to Colosse (Colossians 4:7). He may also have born the letter to Titus as well as doing som...
(23) Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (24) Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. Written from Rome unt...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
I. INTRODUCTION A. Tonight we conclude our study of the book of Ephesians. 1. We have seen how a Christian is supposed to live his/her life drastically different than the world! 2. Proper, Biblical...
23._Peace be to the brethren. _I consider the word _peace, _as in the salutations of the Epistles, to mean _prosperity. _Yet if the reader shall prefer to view it as signifying _harmony, _because, imm...
But it is not only that there is a line of conduct to follow, a model to imitate, a Spirit with whom one may be filled, it is not only relationships between oneself and God, and those in which we stan...
PEACE [BE] TO THE BRETHREN,.... The members of the church at Ephesus, who stood in a spiritual relation to each other; meaning all prosperity outward and inward, temporal, spiritual, and eternal; espe...
Peace _be_ to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 23. _Peace be to the brethren_] These only be the children of peace, Luke 10:10. The wicked are li...
_Peace be to the brethren_ That is, all prosperity in matters temporal and spiritual; _and love_ To God, one another, and all the saints, arising from God's love to you; _with faith_ In God, in Christ...
PEACE BE TO THE BRETHREN AND LOVE WITH FAITH, FROM GOD THE FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST....
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND GREETING....
PARENTS AND CHILDREN (vs.1-4) Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lord, that is, as subject to the Lord's authority. False...
CHAPTER 6 ______________ must obey their parents. Parents must give direction that is in the __________. This is God's plan from the creation and it is __________. Children are to __________ their p...
“Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” Concerning the expression _love with faith_ consider Galatians 5:6 and 1 Corinthians 13:6....
19-24 The gospel was a mystery till made known by Divine revelation; and it is the work of Christ's ministers to declare it. The best and most eminent ministers need the prayers of believers. Those p...
He prays for their continuance and increase in these graces, which already were begun in them....
Ephesians 6:23 Peace G1515 brethren G80 and G2532 love G26 with G3326 faith G4102 from G575 God G2316 Father...
‘Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' ‘Peace' was a regular greeting in Biblical times and denoted a desire for the well being of the recipien...
Ephesians 6:23. PEACE TO THE BRETHREN, etc. This double greeting is quite peculiar: it is in the third person, although Ephesians 6:21-22 were in the second; ‘peace' comes before ‘grace' (Ephesians 6:...
VI. CONCLUSION. Personal Intelligence by Tychicus (Ephesians 6:21-22); closing benedictions, peace and grace (Ephesians 6:23-24)....
LOVE AND FAITH (αγαπη μετα πιστεως). Love of the brotherhood accompanied by faith in Christ and as an expression of it....
Ephesians 6 I. The Apostle compares the struggles of a Christian against the enemies of his soul to the warfare of a soldier against the enemies of his country. What are the spiritual truths, the Chri...
Ephesians 6:10. _Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might._ Everything depends upon that. Whether you are called upon to work, or to wait, or to watch, or to suffer,...
CONTENTS: Domestic life of Spirit-filled believers. Warfare of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Satan, Tychicus. CONCLUSION: The Christian life is a warfare, a struggle not o...
Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents,_ because they are your parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond affection in all your tender years. Their age and experience quali...
MAY GOD. "I give you my benediction and blessing, to the church at Ephesus and to all the others who read this!" This Letter was certainly intended for all the churches in Asia....
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:21 Conclusion. Paul concludes his letter (vv. Ephesians 6:21) and gives a final blessing (vv....
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:23 Paul closes his letter the way he began it (Ephesians 1:2): with a benediction of PEACE, love
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 6:23. PEACE, LOVE, AND FAITH.—A worthy triad, and the greatest of _these_ is love. Ephesians 6:24. GRACE BE WITH ALL THEM THAT LOVE OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 6:1 CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD: FOR THIS IS RIGHT. The first duty of children is obedience, and "in the Lord," _i.e. _in Christ, this duty is confirmed. The ἐν Κυρ...
Now parent-child relationships, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right (Ephesians 6:1). That "in the Lord" I think is important. If your parents are not godly and if your parents...
1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Peter 5:14; 1 Samuel 25:6; 1 Timothy 1:14;...
Peace — This verse recapitulates the whole epistle....
Our apostle being now come to the close and conclusion of this excellent epistle, he shuts it up with very fervent and affectionate wishes and prayers for them. 1. He wishes the brethern, the convert...