Ephesians outlined: Chapters 1-3=Prescribed beliefs Chapters 4-6=Prescribed behaviors Ephesians...

Ephesians outlined:

Chapters 1-3 = Prescribed beliefs

Chapters 4-6 = Prescribed behaviors

Ephesians outlined:

Chapters 1-3 = Prescribed beliefs

Chapters 4-6 = Prescribed behaviors

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Children: obey & honor your parents (Ephesians 6:1-3, NET Bible)



“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

“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.


Parents: train your children (Ephesians 6:4, NET Bible)




“This involves avoiding attitudes, words, and actions which would drive a child to angry exasperation or resentment…”

–Andrew Lincoln

“This involves avoiding attitudes, words, and actions which would drive a child to angry exasperation or resentment…”

–Andrew Lincoln




Employees: benefit your employers (Ephesians 6:5-8, NET Bible)





“Modern readers need to free themselves from a number of assumptions about first-century 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

“Modern readers need to free themselves from a number of assumptions about first-century 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





Employers: respect your employees (Ephesians 6:9, NET Bible)




Employers: respect your employees (Ephesians 6:9, NET Bible)


•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?

•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?


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