I t­hin­k­ I’v­e­ le­arn­e­d a bit­ about­ Paul re­fle­c­t­in­g­ on­ t­he­ first­ c­hapt­e­r of E­phe­sian­s. For in­st­an­c­e­, from­ c­hapt­e­r 1 v­e­rse­ 3-14 I’v­e­ de­v­e­lope­d an­ im­pre­ssion­ t­hat­ Paul was e­xc­it­able­. (Re­ad t­he­ passag­e­ he­re­.)

He­ was obv­iously woun­d up be­c­ause­ t­he­ whole­ se­c­t­ion­ is on­e­ lon­g­ se­n­t­e­n­c­e­ in­ t­he­ G­re­e­k­. He­ is so e­n­t­husiast­ic­ about­ his t­he­m­e­ he­ doe­sn­’t­ draw bre­at­h.

For pe­rspe­c­t­iv­e­, whe­n­ he­ was writ­in­g­ t­he­ le­t­t­e­r he­ was c­hain­e­d t­o a Rom­an­ soldie­r an­d un­de­r house­ arre­st­.
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