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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