Ambrosiaster

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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On Ephesians

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  1. Ephesians 6:20
    This prayer God hears gladly. The apostle is being despised. God’s own mission is under challenge. So God will certainly not withhold his gifts from one who is upholding God’s own cause. Custom and law forbid the infliction of harm on human ambassadors. So would it not be presumptuous and rash to bring on the ambassadors of God not only harm but death?

    EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 6.20.3

  2. Ephesians 6:21
    Through Tychicus the Ephesians would learn how the apostle is faring, and he would ascertain how things are going in Ephesus. There was no doubt in their minds that the apostle’s actions were godly. But the people at Ephesus needed to know more detail about how he was acting in response to idolatrous charges and ploys. And from the Ephesians Paul needed to know whether or not they were growing.

    EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 6.22

  3. Ephesians 6:21
    So that they might be happy to obey and listen to Tychicus Paul calls him a most beloved brother and a useful servant of God.

    EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 6.22

  4. Ephesians 6:23
    He prays for peace, which is the door of love, to be with the family of God. Having come into this family through the peacemaking of God, he prays that they may abide in the love that comes from faith. For this faith is the gift of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.

    EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 6.23

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