Ephesians

This is a word study using the Concordant Literal New Testament. I am using the Greek-English Keyword Concordance to illuminate each word of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. The Bold words are the actual English Scripture word and the Plain text are the definations on the Key Words from the New Testament. Please with any comments or questions about this study.

PAUL TO THE (EPHESIANS)

            Paul (a name given to Saul of Tarsus after his separation to a special ministry of justification, conciliation and the present secret administration are all associated with this new name), an apostle (commissioner)of Christ (corresponding to the Hebrew Messiah, a title applied to priests, kings and prophets after their official consecration by means of anointing with oil. Especially used of the Anointed, Whose exultation places Him above the rest) Jesus (Hebrew for Jehovah-Saviour the first name of Hoshea, Salvation, was changed to Jehoshua, Jehovah-Saviour, because he was the Saviour provided by Jehovah. Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua. This is the personal name of our Lord in the earthly state of His humiliation, to which it usually refers, while Christ is the Greek equivalent of the Anointed, indicating His exaltation to the office of Messiah.) through the will (form a decision, choice or purpose) of God (Placer answering usually to Elohim of the Hebrew, literally Disposer or Arbiter, Who is God of space and force, as Jehovah is of time.),  to all the saints (holy, that which is consecrated or set apart, when used of persons, a saint. The common designation of a creature who is in touch with God)who are also believers (of testimony, faithful, by association, of service) in Christ Jesus:

Grace (an act producing happiness, a benefit bestowed on the one who deserves the opposite, sometimes better rendered favor) to you and peace (a state of quietness, tranquility, without disturbance or agitation) from God, our Father (Spiritually, it is applied to God to reveal His care, provision and affection for those who are brought into relationship to Him), and the Lord (master, one who has authority over others, the opposite of slave. As a title of Christ it refers to His authority, and relates to service. It is used for the Hebrew Jehovah and Adonai in the Septuagint) Jesus Christ.           

Blessed (well said)be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who blesses (well says) us with every spiritual (having the qualities of spirit. A man is spiritual or fleshly or soulish according as his spirit, his flesh or his soul rules his life.) blessing (well saying) among (into, midst, out, through, under, with) the celestials (ON-heavens, that part of the universe which is ON, or higher than and may be seen through the heavens. With the subterranean and terrestrial, it completes the universe. In the dative, that located above the heavens telling you of bodies as the One such those who are wearing image of), in Christ, according (connective, forasmuch as) as He chooses (single out, prefer, select) us in Him before the disruption (of the world or cosmos, prefiguring the result of sin; physiologically, the discharge of seed from the ovaries. God loves Christ saints chosen in Christ blood of Christ foreknown) of the world (an orderly arrangement, adornment (of women), especially the constitution of human society in a given period of time called an eon. There was a world before the disruption, another was destroyed at the deluge, the present world has continued since then. The worlds and the eons synchronize) , we to be holy and flawless (unspotted and blameless) in His sight in love (a complex emotion arousing appreciation or delight in and desire for the presence of its object, as well as to please and promote its welfare; to be distinguished from affection, fondness, which is aroused by the qualities of its object, while love may go out to the utterly unworthy) designating (specify, make clearly visible to the mind. Declare, determine, limit, ordain) us beforehand for the place of a son (adoption legally into the place belonging to a son, as a mature male represents his father’s character and inherits his dignities and wealth) for Him through Christ Jesus; in accord with the delight (have a favorable opinion, seem well) of His will, for the laud (ON-PRAISE to commend or praise) of the glory (a highly favorable opinion and that which impresses it on the senses or the mind) of His grace, which graces us in the Beloved (the object of love): in Whom we are having the deliverance (clear, extricate, free, give, -up, grace, hand, nullify, pay, rescue, including the full fruition of a ransom or redemption) through His blood (the circulating fluid of an animal body which conveys the vital elements from the food and from the air to the flesh. It is associated with the soul as the body is linked with the soil and the spirit with the breath. Therefore it figures sensation, especially suffering) , the forgiveness (Pardon, by executive authority, from let, a word of wide usage, denoting broadly let off or away, omit actions, leave pardon sins by executive authority remits debts, forgive offenses against the feelings) of offenses (that which wounds the feelings.)in accord with the riches of His grace, which He lavishes (superabound, exceed) on us; in all wisdom (the faculty which makes the highest and best application of knowledge) and prudence () making known to us the secret () of His will (in accord with His delight, which He purposed in Him) to have an administration () of the complement of the eras (), to head up all in the Christ – both that in the heavens () and that on the earth ()– in Him in Whom our lot was cast also, being designated beforehand according to the purpose of the One Who is operating all in accord with the counsel of His will, that we should be for the laud of His glory, who are pre-expectant in the Christ.

            In Whom you also – on hearing the word of truth, the evangel of your salvation – in Whom on believing also, you are sealed with the holy spirit of promise (which is an earnest of the enjoyment of our allotment, to the deliverance of thatwhich has been procured) for the laud of His glory!