A call to unity
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope
A life worthy of the calling
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one
God of more than enough
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him [be] glory in
Rooted and Grounded in Love.
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what [is] the width
Strength in the Inner Man
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, Ephesians 3:16(NKJV) God lives inside us.
Family Identity
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. Ephesians 3:14-15 (NIV) The Greek word for family is patria
Free Access
In Whom, because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness (courage and confidence) of free access (an unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear).
The same offer is available to all.
The mystery is that people who have never heard of God and those who have heard of him all their lives (what I’ve been calling outsiders and insiders) stand on
The Secret revealed
In past times human beings were not told this secret, but God has revealed it now by the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets. The secret is that by
A home for God
all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.All of us who have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior are God’s temple.