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Come Follow Me 2023: Ephesians

Ephesians

October 2–8
“For the Perfecting of the Saints”

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Ephesians 2

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(8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

(8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves but the gift of God.

(11) Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

(11) Wherefore, remember that ye were in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

Ephesians 3

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(1) For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

(1) For this cause, I, Paul, am the prisoner of Jesus Christ among you Gentiles,

(2) If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

(2) For the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

(3) How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

(3) As ye have heard that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery of Christ, as I wrote before in few words,

Ephesians 4

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(4) There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

(4) In one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;

(10) He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

(10) He who descended is the same also who ascended up into heaven, to glorify Him who reigneth over all heavens, that he might fill all things.

(13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

(13) Till we in the unity of the faith all come to the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

(21) If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

(21) If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

(22) That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

(22) And now I speak unto you concerning the former conversation by exhortation, that ye put off the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

(23) And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

(23) And be renewed in the mind of the Spirit.

(26) Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

(26) Canye be angry and not sin? Let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

(28) Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

(28) Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands for the things which are good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Ephesians 5

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(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.

Reading Resources

Ephesians

Lynne Hilton Wilson, "Ephesians," Come Follow Me: The New Testament, 2019.

Thomas A. Wayment, “Internal Divisions: Ephesians in Historical Context,”Shedding Light on the New Testament: Acts–Revelation, ed. Ray L. Huntington, Frank F. Judd Jr., and David M. Whitchurch (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 153–70.

Matthew O. Richardson, “Ephesians: Unfolding the Mysteries through Revelation,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 130–144.

Philip Abbot, New Testament Renditions: The Epistle to the Ephesians: A New Rendition, Provo, UT: BYU New Testament Commentary, 2019.

Amy Blake Hardison, “Unity and Atonement in Ephesians,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 114–129.

David A. Bednar, “Gather Together in One All Things in Christ,” General Conference October 2018.

Brian M. Hauglid, “Joseph Smith’s Inspired Commentary on the Doctrine of Calling and Election,”Shedding Light on the New Testament: Acts–Revelation, ed. Ray L. Huntington, Frank F. Judd Jr., and David M. Whitchurch (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 209–27.

Grant Underwood, “The ‘Same’ Organization That Existed in the Primitive Church,” in Go Ye into All the World: Messages of the New Testament Apostles, 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002), 167–186.

Lavell Edwards, “Take Upon Yourself the Whole Armor of God,” BYU Speeches April 2001.

Tad R. Callister, “What Is the Blueprint of Christ’s Church?” CES Devotional for Young Adults January 2014.

Russell M. Nelson, “Thus Shall My Church Be Called,” General Conference April 1990.

Spencer W. Kimball, “Men of Example,” Teaching Seminary: Preservice Readings.

Background to the Pauline Epistles:

  • Frank F. Judd Jr., “The Epistles of the Apostle Paul: An Overview,” in New Testament History, Culture, and Society: A Background to the Texts of the New Testament, ed. Lincoln H. Blumell (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2019), 419-445.
  • Eric D. Huntsman, “The Occasional Nature, Composition, and Structure of Paul’s Letters,” in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 190–207.