Ephesians 81-82_11a Ephesians 2:1-3
Ephesians 1981-82 Corps Teachings. Lesson 8 Part 1: Ephesians 2:1-3 EPHESIANS 2:1-3 December 9, 1981 Tonight we’re into the great second chapter of Ephesians, please. There’s a record here in Ephesians 2, verse 1 and verse 5, I just want to read to you the King James. Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Verse 5. Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath [God—past] quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) I want to handle the phrases, “dead to sins” and “dead in sins.” Here in Ephesians 2:1 the King James Version has the phrases, “who were dead in trespasses and sins.” And in 2:5, “when we were dead in sins.” Now in Aramaic, the word for “transgression” is spelled s-c-l-o-t-’. The word for “sin” is k-t-h-’. Sclot’, kth’. In other words, these are the Aramaic words. In Greek the word for “transgression” is paraptōma, p-a-r…p-t-o-m-a (long ō). Now put these words one right under the other, your Aramaic and your Greek. While the word for “sin” is hamartia, h-a-r…h-a-m-a-r-t-i-a. In Ephesians chaper 1, in verse 7, we read in the King James: Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood,… Then it’s the remission, “the remission of sins,” and this is the Aramaic word k-t-h’, while in the Greek (Am I right on this Walter?) it’s the word paraptōma. [Walter Cummins] That’s right. [Dr. Wierwille] (Okay, you better come sit up here with me a minute. Because I really want to be sure that I don’t miss any of this and you and I have…we’ve all talked this out.) Working this so minutely and so beautifully, so accurate and so beautiful, and Aramaic is more accurate than Greek here, which we’ll show you the reason for it. And this is why here in 1:7 it…it’s the word sins. Now in chapter 2, verse 5: Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins,… Is again this Aramaic word, spelled k-t-h’, but it is the Greek word for transgression, paraptōma, is used there. We do not believe that the Greek is the accura
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: AUDIO Publication Date: 1981-82 Victor Paul Wierwille was a Bible scholar and teacher for over four decades. By means of Dr. Wierwille's dynamic teaching of the accuracy and integrity of God's Word, foundational class and advanced class graduates of Power for Abundant Living have learned that the one great requirement for every student of the Bible is to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Thus, his presentation of the Word of God was designed for students who desire the in-depth-accuracy of God’s Word. In his many years of research, Dr. Wierwille studied with such men as Karl Barth, E. Stanley Jones, Glenn Clark, Bishop K.C. Pillai, and George M. Lamsa. His formal training included Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from Mission House (Lakeland) College and Seminary. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton Theological Seminar