Eph-80-81 - Lesson 28 - Ephesians 4: 1-8
Bless you. Take your Bibles tonight and we are in Ephesians four. Ephesians chapter four. Last week I was in Tinnie, New Mexico, so I did not hear the teaching, nor did I. ..I wasn't involved in it. But after I got home, I got the tape and Walter taught so beautifully. And he handled the first three verses of Ephesians chapter four. But he did not give you the literal according to usage, nor the expanded translation of it. So tonight, the first thing I'd like to do is to give you the literal and then the expanded translation of verses one, two, and three. Verse one, the literal is: Therefore, I, a prisoner of the Lord, lovingly implore you that you walk worthy of the calling wherewith you are called. The expanded one is: Therefore, I, a sold-out prisoner in the Lord and for the Lord, lovingly beg you that you walk and live in such a manner as the standard requires of called saints. That' s verse one. Verse two, literal according to usage: In all lowliness of mind and quietness with patience, holding one another up in love. With patience holding one another up in love. And this is the expanded one: Which is in all humility of mind, serving God and one another in meekness with great patience, holding up and sustaining one another in the love of God in the renewed mind in manifestation. Verse three, literal according to usage: And diligently safeguarding the unity of the spirit in the bond which is peace. The expanded one according to usage of verse three: And diligently and watchfully endeavoring to safeguard the unity of the spirit, staying spiritually unified, being bound together by that which makes for peace. I think that's a tremendous translation. And diligently and watchfully endeavoring to safeguard, to safeguard the unity of the spirit, staying spiritually unified, being bound together by that which makes for peace. You see, Corps, unity without humility is impossible. Whenever somebody gets an egotistical, or a something of a self-importance idea, you cannot
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Tweet Format: mp3 Publication Date: 04-15-1981 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