Eph-80-81 - Lesson 27 - Ephesians 4: 1-3
Teacher: Rev. Walter Cummins: Well, greetings and God bless you and let's go to Ephesians chapter four. Last week, Dr. Wierwille finished up the great doctrinal section of this tremendous Book, the greatest wisdom in the world that's ever been revealed , the tremendous knowledge that God made available in six short chapters... what we know as six chapters. And boy, it' s just jammed packed. And I think you've seen perhaps that Ephesians, for one thing, is loaded with figures of speech and particular kinds of figures of speech. There was quite a few polyptotons and dual genitives and a few other things. You know that there are a number of dual genitives throughout the New Testament; we've talked about dual genitives. But there' s fourteen of them jammed packed in Ephesians. I think it's fourteen, isn't it John? [That' s what I found] Fourteen of them and ten of those... [Ten of those are in the first three chapters].. .in the first three chapters , the dual genitives. And they' re very significant in emphasizing certain things in the Book of Ephesians. By the way, that one in Colossians, we were looking at today. According to the Christ in you, [Riches of the Mystery] Right, the riches of the glory of the Mystery, which is Christ in you. The riches of the glory...the riches of the glory of the Mystery. See, dual genitive, to really emphasize that particular statement. But here we go in chapter four now, and this begins the great practical section of Ephesians, four through six. And it says ... 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, :2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; :3 Endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. It starts out with these words ' I therefore.' And in the Greek, as well as the Aramaic, you have that word ' therefore.' And it sets this in correspondence with that which went before. Whenever you see a ' th
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Tweet Format: mp3 Publication Date: 04-08-1981 Victor Paul Wierwille (December 31, 1916 – May 20, 1985) dedicated his life to the research and teaching of the Bible. In his quest for truth he consulted and worked with some of the most outstanding individuals in Biblical studies and Christian living; including Karl Barth, Joseph Bauer, Glenn Clark, Karl J. Ernst, Joseph Friedli, Louis C. Hessert, Elmer G Homrighausen, E. Stanley Jones, George M. Lamsa, Richard and Reinhold Niebuhr, K. C. Pillai, Paul Tillich, Ernst Traeger, and many others. Dr. Wierwille received his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from present day Lakeland College, and conducted graduate studies at the University of Chicago and Princeton Theological Seminary. It was at Princeton that Wierwille earned the Master of Theology degree in Practical Theology. He later completed his Doctor of Theology degree at