Final Exegetical PaperUsing the assignments from your chosen Ephesians passage, along with the feedback from your professor, you will produce your final exegetical paper. The paper is an opportunity f

Final Exegetical PaperUsing the assignments from your chosen Ephesians passage, along with the feedback from your professor, you will produce your final exegetical paper. The paper is an opportunity f
Interpretive Exercise and Ephesians Word Study Tiffany Crudup BIB-220A-ON254-SP22 03/05/2022 Interpretive Exercise and Ephesians Word Study Interpretive Exercise According to Duvall and Hays, interpreting the Bible is independent of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit does not interpret it to happen automatically. They use the analogy of a baby learning to walk. At first, the parents will help the child walk, but after some time, the kid learns to walk without the help of the parents. As the child learns to walk even in the presence of parents, so are Christians required to interpret the Bible without relying on the Holy Spirit to do so (Weeks, 2017). There should be proper interpretive methods and good use of the mind for accurate Bible interpretation. Although the Spirit was working in the inspiration of the Bible, so were the human writers. This implies that humans are directly involved in the bible interpretation by reasoning and thinking aloud. The Holy Spirit is meant to serve as a guide and not the sole driver and doer of the human bible study. In Bible study, the Spirit does not create a piece of new information or meaning in the Bible since the law of the Bible is closed. Hence the Spirit by itself can’t do the work of adding verses or chapters in the Bible. By saying so, Hay and Scott mean that the Spirit helps provide a deeper understanding of the information already in the Bible (Weeks, 2017). The knowledge in the Bible has to be sought and not brought easily to our faces by the Holy Spirit. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to help the reader bear in information read. Firstly, the Spirit convinces the reader that the Bible is a word of God, the Spirit then directs the reader to understand the message in the scripture by accepting that it is God who is speaking directly through the Bible, and finally, the Spirit helps us to accept the words of the scripture to our hearts. Ephesians Word Study In reading the book Ephesians, one encounters a common work which is an adjective, the word “every.” The word is usually translated to whole or all in the other Bible like New International Version Bible. The word is used more than fifty times in the Ephesians and describes Paul’s concern on the letter outlook and the inclusivity purpose. Among the verses in which the word is applied include; (1:8), which says that the believers have been lavished in all wisdom insight by God himself. Another verse says that the purpose of God in Jesus Christ is in uniting all things from earth and heaven to him (English Standard Version Bible, 2001, Ephesians, 1:10), and verse eleven adds that He works all things in accordance with his will. Verse fifteen of chapter one teaches that Paul has heard the readers’ faith and love for all saints. Chapter one, verse twenty-one, has both all and every user. It states that Jesus Christ is in heaven seated above all the authority and rule and on top of every name. God has put all things under the feet of Christ and given headship in all the things in church and fulfillment of all and all by Him. This verse is from verses twenty-two to twenty-three of chapter one (English Standard Version Bible, 2001). In chapter three of the twentieth verse, the scripture says that God can do more than all the things we think or ask Him, and He remains to be the Only God and a Father of all in over all and through all and all. References English Standard Version Bible. (2001). ESV Online. https://esv.literalword.com/ Weeks, S. (2017). Grasping God’s Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible, written by J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel HaysLiving God’s Word: Discovering Our Place in the Great Story of Scripture, written by J. Scott Duvall and J. Daniel Hays. Vetus Testamentum, 67(3), 493-493. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341304-06
Final Exegetical PaperUsing the assignments from your chosen Ephesians passage, along with the feedback from your professor, you will produce your final exegetical paper. The paper is an opportunity f
The Historical Background of EphesiansThe primary purpose of this essay is to understand the historical background of the book ofEphesians. In order to get more information about the book, we need to study the city of Ephesus,which is the center of the book of Ephesians. We need to understand the significance of the textPaul was writing and the audience that included the people of Ephesus. Ephesus is symbolized by apagan temple that symbolizes immortality through the goddess Diana, who representedprostitution. Paul used the temple and the concept of being holy and being committed to the wordof the Lord to bring out how the gods’ powers can work wonders in creating a new version ofpeople who are dedicated to God’s mission.From the Bible, the book of Ephesians was directed to address the people of the Lord whowere held in the city of Ephesus. The city of Ephesus was a city in Asia Minor, which is presentlyknown as Turkey. The city had a port, which characterized its commercial element. It wasgeographically located near a sea called the Aegean Sea at the mouth of a river named the Cayster.The city stood along a major route used during trading and was also referred to as a “gateway” toAsia (Soper, 2015). Another historical characteristic of the city of Ephesus was that it wascharacterized by pagan worship because of the presence of a temple that worshiped a Greekgoddess called Artemis, also known as the Roman goddess Diana. The city also had a largepopulation of Jews, who had built a synagogue in the town. The temple of the Greek goddess wasconsidered one of the Seven Wonders of the World in the ancient era, and many people visited thecity to view the temple (Soper, 2015).Despite the presence of the temple of the goddess Diana, the city also showed other paganpractices of magic and the worship of Sapris and Isis, who were gods in Egypt. Some of the2 important historic structures found in the history of the apostle Paul are the temple of Artemis, alsoknown as the temple of the goddess Diana (Ralph, 2022). It was a massive structure mainlycomposed of marble as a foundation and a huge theater that Apostle Paul used during his ministryafter facing challenges in the Jewish synagogue.Apostle Paul, who is the author of the book of Ephesians, wrote the book around 60 ADwhen he established his evangelistic ministry. In 53 AD, Paul first discovered the city of Ephesusduring his journey from Corinth to Jerusalem. On the way back from Ephesus, Paul stopped by theJewish synagogue and left his two followers there as he continued with his journey to Jerusalem.On his way back, he established his ministry by re-baptizing the twelve disciples who hadpreviously been baptized by the apostle John. Apostle Paul spent several months in the Jewishsynagogue trying to pass the message of the LORD (Soper, 2015). Still, soon after the Jewishreligious leaders rejected him, he further established his teachings at a lecture hall for two years,where his handkerchief and clothes were taken to the sick, and they got healed. These acts angeredthe blacksmiths at the temple of the Greek goddess, who came to riot against Paul. Apostle Paulsoon after left for Macedonia and never returned.3