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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