Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. (Colossians 1:1-2 ESV) Opening Paul’s epistle to the Colossians, we see a familiar greeting and claim of authorship (likely with Timothy […]
As we turn a chapter in our study of Philippians, we are greeted with simple yet powerful words of encouragement. It’s also a good time to remember that verses and chapter markers were added to the Bible long after it was first written, and sometimes these can break up a single thought. So for context, […]
Last week we looked at Apostle Paul’s instruction to believers to pray at all times in the Spirit and also to pray for other Christians, especially for their faith and spiritual protection (Eph 6:18). In the same thought, Paul continued by asking the Ephesian believers to pray specifically for his ministry: and pray on my […]
As the Apostle Paul rounds out what we know as chapter 3 of Ephesians (fun fact: the first Bible to be versified was the Geneva translation in 1560), he continues his encouragement to the church with the pinnacle of his exhortation in this passage. He writes: Now to Him who is able to do far […]