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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At my first defense no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them! 2 Timothy 4:16 NABRE Paul writes to Timothy, a fellow worker in Christ, expressing gratitude and expecting a visit from him, so he asks him to bring some items.…
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