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Ephesians: Complete Study
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ISBN13: 9798185773697
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 5 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.27 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 5 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.27 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Epistle to the Ephesians, usually shortened to Ephesians, is the tenth book of the New Testament. It is attributed to Paul of Tarsus in Rome for his followers in the Church of Ephesus (in Asia Minor) around the same time he wrote the Epistle to the Colossians, and both texts have many points in common and were probably both carried by Tychicus, a disciple of Paul.
From 1792 onwards, some scholars have defined it as deuteropaulin, that is, written with the name of Paul by a later author who has been influenced by his thinking, but this is not shared by all because the letters were copied and the copyists without changing the text put their own stamp on it, without losing the spirit of the letters.Why should we study the Bible in its entirety? There are errors and additions that we must understand and learn to clarify and discern. Let's look at an example:
Interpreting or reading the Bible without considering it as the true scripture, what the writer (God, the author) actually intended to convey, leads to numerous doctrinal errors. Some time ago, it was reported that a Christian pastor in Kentucky, USA, died after being bitten by a venomous snake and refusing medication. This person was one of the so-called snake handlers, a small group of American evangelicals who, in their religious gatherings, handle the dangerous reptiles with their bare hands, attempting to demonstrate their genuine belief in Jesus and their lack of fear of snakebites. Thus, as CNN en Español reported, the staunch Pentecostal believer said he believed a passage in the Bible suggested that venomous snakebites would not harm believers as long as they were anointed by God. The passage he cited was Mark 16:17-18, which in the Reina-Valera 1960 version reads:
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.
One of the problems that arises with this particular case, besides the man's recklessness (to put it mildly), is not that the passage should be read metaphorically or symbolically instead of literally-which was the initial comment some people made about the incident-but rather that it has long been known that this passage was not in the original Gospel of Mark. That Gospel ends at Mark 16:8: And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Here the Gospel of Mark ends; the rest is a much later addition.
Interpreting or reading the Bible without considering it as the true scripture, what the writer (God, the author) actually intended to convey, leads to numerous doctrinal errors. Some time ago, it was reported that a Christian pastor in Kentucky, USA, died after being bitten by a venomous snake and refusing medication. This person was one of the so-called snake handlers, a small group of American evangelicals who, in their religious gatherings, handle the dangerous reptiles with their bare hands, attempting to demonstrate their genuine belief in Jesus and their lack of fear of snakebites. Thus, as CNN en Español reported, the staunch Pentecostal believer said he believed a passage in the Bible suggested that venomous snakebites would not harm believers as long as they were anointed by God. The passage he cited was Mark 16:17-18, which in the Reina-Valera 1960 version reads:
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.
One of the problems that arises with this particular case, besides the man's recklessness (to put it mildly), is not that the passage should be read metaphorically or symbolically instead of literally-which was the initial comment some people made about the incident-but rather that it has long been known that this passage was not in the original Gospel of Mark. That Gospel ends at Mark 16:8: And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Here the Gospel of Mark ends; the rest is a much later addition.
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