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Ephesians 4:1-16

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... his or her personal rights or be assertive at the expense of others. Stott notes how humility and gentleness go together by drawing upon an insight from R. W. Dale: “For ‘the meek man thinks as little of his personal claims, as ... 2, ed., F. L. Cross (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1964), pp. 535–45. 4:11 An old but valuable discussion can be found in J. B. Light-foot, “The Christian Ministry,” in Philippians (London: Macmillan, 1898), pp. 181–269. On the offices, cf. K. H. Rengstorf, “apostolos,” ...

2. The Lord Commands Joshua

Joshua 1:1-18

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... “I create” or “I will be present”; Exod. 4:14). See the discussion in R. G. Boling and G. E. Wright, Joshua (AB 6; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1982), pp. 118 ... self-introduction formula in Exod. 6 and Ezek. 20 (W. Zimmerli, I Am Yahweh [ed. W. Brueggemann; trans. D. W. Stott; Atlanta: John Knox, 1982], pp. 1–16). Excursus: Joshua ... with certainty is that Shittim was located in the once-forested hills of Moab (see J. C. Slayton, “Shittim,” ABD 5:1222–23. The forces of the camp were organized by ...

3. The following resources were used for John's letters.

1 John 5:13-21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... . New York: Harper, 1946. Grayston, Kenneth. Johannine Epistles. New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. Houlden, J. L. A Commentary on the Johannine Epistles. 2nd ed. Black’s New Testament Commentary. London: A & C ... Commentary. Waco: Word, 1984. Smith, D. Moody. First, Second, and Third John. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1991. Stott, John R. W. The Letters of John: An Introduction and Commentary. 2nd ed. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, ...

4. Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Ephesians 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... to promote a doctrine of “universalism” that teaches that all humanity ultimately will be saved (see Stott, God’s New Society, pp. 42–45; Caragounis, The Ephesian Mysterion, pp. 143ff.; Hanson, on ... W. Evans, “Sealing as a Term for Baptism,” The Baptist Quarterly 16 (1955–56), pp. 171–75; J. Ysebaret, Greek Baptismal Terminology (Nijmegen: Dekker & Van de Vegt, 1962), pp. 182ff. On water and Spirit baptism, see G. R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament (London: Macmillan, 1962); J ...

5. God’s Love and Ours

1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... R. Law, The Tests of Life (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1914, 3d ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 1968), p. 16; Marshall, Epistles; Smith, First John; Stott ... , pp. 1162–63; L. Morris, The Biblical Doctrine of Judgment (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960), and W. Schneider, “Judgment,” NIDNTT, vol. 2, pp. 361–68. In the Gospel of John, ekeinos is ... A. Trites, The New Testament Concept of Witness (Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1977), and J. M. Boice, Witness and Revelation in the Gospel of John (Grand Rapids: Zondervan ...

6. Faith in the Son of God

1 John 5:1-12, 1 John 4:7-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

7. Walking in the Light

1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... is that we “cut ourselves off from what he has to say to us” (J. B. Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English, p. 500). Literally, the text says, “ ... teaching is “heretical.” See W. Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in ... claimed to be prophetically inspired by the Spirit (4:1–2; R. A. Culpepper, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Knox Preaching ... Moses, but to the new day of grace and truth in Jesus Christ (John 1:17). Stott points out that the new command was and remains new in emphasis (the whole Torah hangs ...

8. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 1:5--2:14

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

9. Living as Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... and Ephesians is provided by Mitton, p. 159, and by Stott, God’s New Society, pp. 177–78. 4:18 Robinson supports the translation “blindness.” See his lengthy discussion on the word pōrōsis in his commentary, pp. 264–74. 4:20 Barth, ... Unchristian? A Note on eutrapelia in Eph. v. 4,” in Miscellanea Neotestamentica, Supplements to NovT, vol. 48, ed. T. Baarda, A. F. J. Klijn, and W. C. van Unnik [Leiden: Brill, 1978], 163–77). 5:8 Cf. disc. on Colossians 1:11–12, pp. 23–25. Extensive studies ...

10. One in Christ

Ephesians 2:11-22

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... with issues in this chapter: W. Barclay, “The One, New Man,” in Unity and Diversity in New Testament Theology, ed. R. A. Guelich (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, ... he fulfilled in his life (cf. the Sermon on the Mount, esp., Matt. 5:17–48). Stott mentions that although Jesus did not abolish the moral law “as a standard of behavior,” he ... which the future building will be gauged” (p. 115). This view is also supported by R. J. McKelvey, “Christ the Cornerstone: Eph. 2.11–22,” NTS 8 (1962), pp. 352–59 ...

11. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... word is actually singular here (“the whole command,” kol-hammiṣwâ, as also in 6:1; 11:22; and 19:9, where ... “Lord’s Day,” see Carson, Lord’s Day, and Beckwith and Stott, Day. 5:16 Honor is the strong word kabbēd, lit. “to ... despise me will be disdained. “Likewise, in Lev. 19:3, the verb yārēʾ (“to fear, respect”), which even more commonly is used of God, is ... in Israel and the wide range of scholarship on the issue, see C. J. H. Wright, God’s Land, ch. 6, pp. 183–221. It is also ...

12. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Ephesians 1:15-23

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... in R. P. Martin’s “The Composition of I Peter in Recent Study,” Vox Evangelica, 1 (1962), pp. 29–42. See also J. Coutts, “ ... : Clarendon, 1956); W. Carr, Angels and ... Stott, God’s New Society, pp. 62–65. More specialized studies include P. Benoit, “Body, Head and Plērōma in the Epistles of the Captivity,” RB 63 (1956), pp. 5–44; A. R. McGlashan, “Ephesians 1:23,” ExpT 76 (1965), pp. 132–33. This last article led to a reply from R. Fowler, “Ephesians 1:23,” ExpT 76 (1965), p. 294. R ...

13. Children of God

1 John 2:28--3:10

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... eschatology of the Fourth Gospel, see Brown, Gospel, I–XII, pp. cxv–cxxi; W. F. Howard, Christianity according to St. John (London: Duckworth, 1943), pp. 109–15 ... the him in v. 3 is a reference to God (Epistles, p. 397). Bruce, Epistles, p. 88, and Stott, Letters, pp. 124–25, defend “Christ” as the intended referent; and Smalley, 1, 2, 3 John, p. 149 ... –305; J. D. G. Dunn, Christology in the Making (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980), pp. 12–64. On its use in the Gospel of John, see R. Schnackenburg ...

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