diff --git a/50-eph/05.md b/50-eph/05.md index 48b158a..f6a0971 100644 --- a/50-eph/05.md +++ b/50-eph/05.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Paul wanted Christians to live in a way that honors God (see: 4:17-32). Paul tol Christians imitate God by loving all people. Paul used a Greek word for a certain type of love. When someone loves in this way, they want to do good for the people they love without wanting anything from them. This is how Christians should love one another. Jesus loves all people with this type of love, and he showed it by dying for all people. Christians are to love all people in the same way Jesus loves all people. -See: Atone (Atonement) +See: [Atone (Atonement)](../articles/atone.md) ### Why did Paul tell Christians to love all people? @@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ Paul told Christians to love all people. This is because: 1. Christians must love all people because Jesus loves them. Jesus loved other people by serving them and even dying for them. In the same way this made God happy, it will also make God happy when Christians love in the same way Jesus did. (see: 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13; Romans 3:21-26). -See: Adopt (Adoption) +See:[Adopt (Adoption)](../articles/adopt.md) ### What is fragrant aroma? -See: Fragrant Offering (Aroma) +See: [Fragrant Offering (Aroma)](../articles/fragrantoffering.md) -What warnings did Paul write to Christians? +### What warnings did Paul write to Christians? Paul wrote many warnings to Christians. He wrote about the things Christians are not to do or say (see: Colossians 3:5-8; Galatians 5:19-21). @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Paul wrote many warnings to Christians. He wrote about the things Christians are 1. Paul also told Christians that “impurity”(ἀκαθαρσία/g0167) of any kind is not to be found in them. That is, they are never to do things that dishonor God. Instead, God wants all Christians to honor him by their actions (see: 1 Thessalonians 4:7-8). He wants Christians to be holy because he is holy (see: 1 Peter 1:16). They are not even to talk about impure things. -1. Paul said that Christians must not talk using “obscenity”(αἰσχρότης/g0151), [foolish talking”](μωρολογία/g3473), or “harmful ridicule”(εὐτραπελία/g2160). Some scholars think this means making jokes about sex in ways that dishonor God or joking about doing anything that dishonors God. Other scholars think that Paul did not want Christians to talk in any way that does not help another person. That is, speech that insults or mocks another person does not honor God. Instead, Paul wrote that Christians need to live a life that gives ‘thanks”(εὐχαριστία/g2169) in the way they talk and what they do. That is, they are be thankful to God and live in a what that shows God they are thankful. Paul also wrote about the difference between gratitude and doing what does not honor God in the Book of Romans (see: Romans 1:21). +1. Paul said that Christians must not talk using “obscenity”(αἰσχρότης/g0151), [foolish talking”](μωρολογία/g3473), or “harmful ridicule”(εὐτραπελία/g2160). Some scholars think this means making jokes about sex in ways that dishonor God or joking about doing anything that dishonors God. Other scholars think that Paul did not want Christians to talk in any way that does not help another person. That is, speech that insults or mocks another person does not honor God. Instead, Paul wrote that Christians need to live a life that gives ‘thanks”(εὐχαριστία/g2169) in the way they talk and what they do. That is, they are thankful to God and live in a way that shows God they are thankful. Paul also wrote about the difference between gratitude and doing what does not honor God in the Book of Romans (see: Romans 1:21). ## 5:5 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Paul wrote that a person who does any of these things worships an idol. That is, Paul wrote “for you can be sure of this” to make Christians give special attention to what happened to those who did not follow his warnings in 5:3-4. Some scholars think Paul wrote these words because he wanted them to remember what he already told them while he was with them. Other scholars think Paul really was giving a command to these Christians. Paul wanted them to obey what he wrote. -See: Idolatry (Idol); Inherit (Inheritance, Heir); Sexual Immorality; Kingdom of God +See: [Idolatry (Idol)](../articles/idolatryidol.md); [Inherit (Inheritance, Heir)](../articles/inherit.md); [Sexual Immorality](../articles/sexualimmorality.md); [Kingdom of God](../articles/kingdomofgod.md) ## 5:6-7 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Paul used the metaphor of darkness to talk about the things that those who do no Paul then talks about Christians as “light in the Lord” and “children of light.” Paul told Christians to think about things and to do things that show others God's light. That is, Christians follow God's commands to show others God’s light. When Christians follow God’s commands, the light of God is shown in their lives in three ways: -1. “Goodness”(ἀγαθωσύνη/g0019)- This means that a believer in Jesus does only what is good, honors God, and they give to others. This is the opposite of non-Christians. That is, people who are sexual immoral, impure, or greedy in other ways are in darkness (see: 5:3). +1. “Goodness”(ἀγαθωσύνη/g0019)- This means that a believer in Jesus does only what is good, honors God, and they give to others. This is the opposite of non-Christians. That is, people who are sexually immoral, impure, or greedy in other ways are in darkness (see: 5:3). 1. Living in the right way- This means that Christians do the things God wants. This is the opposite of people who do impure or covetous things (see: 5:3 and 5:5). 1. Truth- This means that a believer in Jesus only says what is true, and they do everything God says. Christians are to speak and act in the way God wants them to live. This is the opposite of people who lie and do not do what God wants (5:6). @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Paul also said that the believer in Jesus is a person who “find out” the thi Paul wrote that Christians must not do the things that those who are in darkness do. That is, they must not do things that do not honor God. Also, Paul said that they must “expose” the things that those in darkness do, that is, they make them known. Some scholars think that Christians expose these things by always following God's commands. These scholars think Paul was saying that when non-Christians see the things Christians do and do not do, they see that the things they are doing themselves are wrong. Other scholars think that what Christians say or do not say also exposes the things that those in darkness do. These scholars also think that Paul wanted to talk about Christians who have gone back to doing the things that dishonor God. -See: Metaphor; Sexual Immorality; Light and darkness (metaphor) +See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md); [Sexual Immorality](../articles/sexualimmorality.md); [Light and Darkness (Metaphor)](../articles/lightdarkness.md) ### How does Paul speak about sleeping and death? @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ In 5:14, some scholars think that Paul used the metaphors of sleep and death to Other scholars think Paul used the metaphors of sleep and death to talk about Christians. That is, Christians who do things that do not honor God need to wake up and stop sinning, because sin makes them like dead people (see: 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6). -See: Metaphor; Sleep (Death) +See:[Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md); [Sleep (Metaphor)](../articles/sleepmetaphor.md) ## 5:15-20 @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Paul told Christians not to get drunk because this will make them do things that Next, Paul wrote commands in 5:19-6:9 for the person filled by the Holy Spirit to follow. -See: Filling of the Holy Spirit +See: [Filling of the Holy Spirit](../articles/fillingholyspirit.md) ## 5:21 @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ See: Filling of the Holy Spirit Paul wrote that Christians need to “submit”(ὑποτάσσω/g5293) to one another. That is, Christians are to willingly obey one another. Also, Paul wanted Christians to know that they all need to obey, worship, and respect Jesus. So, Christians are willing to obey each other because they want to do the things that Jesus told them to do. -See: Submit (Submission) +See: [Submit (Submission)](../articles/submit.md) 5:22-24 ### What did Paul write to wives? @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Paul’s final instructions for marriage are found in 5:33. He again commanded h Some scholars think Paul’s instructions came directly from 5:31-32. That is, Jesus has made Christians a part of his body in the same way that a husband and wife become one person when they marry. A husband is to love his wife in the same way that he loves himself because she is now a part of his own body in the same way Christians are a part of the body of Jesus. And, in the same way that all Christians are to honor Jesus, the head of their Christian body, the wife is to honor her husband, the head of their joined body. -See: Marriage; Body of Christ; Children of God +See:[Marriage](../articles/marriage.md); [Body of Christ](../articles/bodyofchrist.md); [Children of God](../articles/childrenofgod.md) ### Why did Jesus sacrifice himself? @@ -150,12 +150,11 @@ Paul said that Jesus cleanses and sanctifies all Christians by washing them with Finally, Paul wrote that Jesus did these things so that all Christians will be with God. Jesus will take them for a great and beautiful gift at the end of the world. God wanted to do this for those who trust in him, even before the beginning of the world (see: 1:4). -See: Gospel; Clean and Unclean; Atone (Atonement) +See: [Gospel](../articles/gospel.md); [Clean and Unclean](../articles/cleanunclean.md); [Atone (Atonement)](../articles/atone.md) -## -What did Paul say about marriage in 5:31-32? +## What did Paul say about marriage in 5:31-32? In 5:31-32, Paul said that God created marriage to be like the love Jesus has for all believers. He also said that in the same way Jesus is joined to all believers, a man and woman join together in marriage.