I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me. Philippians 4:13 NABRE Paul writing to another of the communities he has led and still nurtures, writes about how doing and trusting in God we receive true life. Paul feels confident in what he is doing and how he…
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up with the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 NABRE Paul addresses relationships in the family, speaking about how spouses should love one another and then how the patriarch of the family is responsible for the up…
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So [also] husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Ephesians 5:28 NABRE Paul speaks of love in this somewhat famous passage about Christ’s love for the community and addresses the love between husband and wife. For Christ, the bond of marriage…
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that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, Ephesians 3:16 NABRE Paul is praying for those who read his words. He begins, I kneel before the Father and asks God to bring strength…
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To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ, Ephesians 3:8 NABRE Paul in a letter to the community at Ephesus speaks about the grace he received to preach, and in particular to preach to…
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