Reading for May 26th

Read Ephesians 3.1-21 Paul's imprisonment and ministry.
In verse 1 the prayer (vv. 1, 114-21) is interrupted by vv. 2-13 (see Col 1.23-27)
clarifying Paul's work on behalf of gentiles.
On Paul as prisoner, see 2 Cor 6.5; 11.23; Philem 1.9; Phil 1.13-14.
In verse 2 commission, a management or stewardship position.
In verse 3 as I wrote above, uncertain, but possibly the mission to the gentiles
(2.11-12) or Christ's revelation (1.9-10).
In verse 10 the church manifests the wisdom of God's plan of reconciliation.
In verses 14-21 the prayer resumes in a single sentence (vv. 14-19)
and closes with a doxology (vv. 20-21).
In verse 14 a play on father ("patera") and family ("patria").
In verses 16-19 the goal is the fullness of God by way of the love of Christ.
In verses 20-21 the doxology recalls the emphasis on power and abundance (1.19-20; 2.7).
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