Walking in Wisdom – Ephesians 5:15–21
Read the Passage: Ephesians 5:15-21 Walk Carefully (5:15–16) Paul begins his encouragement about walking in wisdom with this exhortation, “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as […]
The Worthy Walk – Ephesians 5:1–14
Read the Passage: Ephesians 5:1-14 Exhortation (5:1–2) Earlier, at Eph. 4:1, Paul exhorted his readers to “walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.” In the rest of […]
Sanctification – Ephesians 4:17–32
Read the Passage: Ephesians 4:17-32 The Old Man (4:17–19) Earlier, as Paul began the application section of the book of Ephesians, he exhorted his readers toward sanctification, instructing them to […]
Saved by Grace – Ephesians 2:1–10
Read the Passage: Ephesians 2:1-10 The Need of Salvation (2:1–3) In Eph. 1:3–14 Paul wrote about several themes relating to salvation as he addressed predestination, adoption, redemption, and sealing by […]
Paul’s Prayer – Ephesians 1:15–23
Read the Passage: Ephesians 1:15-23 Declaration (1:15–16) This passage contains the first of two prayers that Paul gives in the book of Ephesians, the other being at Eph. 3:14–21. Initially, […]
Sin and Righteousness – Romans 6
Read the Passage: Romans 6 Dead to Sin (6:1–14) Having explained the doctrine of justification in Rom. 3:21–5:21, beginning in Rom. 6:1 Paul unfolds the doctrine of sanctification as he […]
The Fall of Babylon – Revelation 17–18
Read the Passage: Revelation 17-18 Reminder: The book of Revelation is structured around seven parallel sections, each describing the time between Jesus’ first and second comings. These sections can be […]
Exhortations to Godliness – 2 Timothy 2
Read the Passage: 2 Timothy 2 A Good Soldier (2:1–13) As he had done at 1 Cor. 4:17, 1 Tim. 1:2, and 2 Tim. 1:2, so here at 2 Tim. […]
Introduction to 2 Peter – 2 Peter 1:1–11
Read the Passage: 2 Peter 1:1-11 Authorship and Date – The book of 2 Peter is one of the general epistles and was written by the apostle Peter (cf. 2 […]
