Prison Letters

{EPHESUS, COLOSSAE, PHILIPPI}

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{EN FRANÇAIS}
  1. Un Seul Esprit, Un Seul Peuple - {Copie PDF} - (Par sa Mort et sa Résurrection, Jésus a formé une communauté d'alliance - “Un Seul Homme Nouveau” - basée sur la foi en lui - Éphésiens 2: 11-22)

{COLOSSIANS}
  1. Beginning and Firstborn - {PDF Copy} - (To the Colossians, Paul emphasized the exalted position of Jesus that he attained through his death and resurrection – Colossians 1:18-19)
  2. God's One Household - {PDF Copy} - (The promises, types, and shadows of the Hebrew Bible are fulfilled in the Son of God and Messiah of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth)

{PHILIPPIANS}
  1. Until the Day of Christ - {PDF Copy} - (Paul exhorts the church to pursue perfection, a process that will culminate in the resurrection on the Day of Christ)
  2. The Suffering Servant - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples are summoned to adopt the same mind that Jesus had when he poured out his life unto death for the sake of others – Philippians 2:5-11)
  3. The Mind of Christ - {PDF Copy} - (The submission of Jesus to an unjust death is the paradigm for the love and service to others that disciples are summoned to manifest – Philippians 2:5-11)

{EPHESIANS}
  1. One Spirit, One People - {PDF Copy} - (By his death and resurrection, Jesus formed one covenant community - One New Man - based on faith in him, not ethnicity or nationality – Ephesians 2:11-22)
  2. Warfare in the Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (Disciples wage spiritual warfare with Satan through right conduct, acts of love and mercy, and by proclaiming the Gospel)
  3. God's One Household - {PDF Copy} - (The promises, types, and shadows of the Hebrew Bible are fulfilled in the Son of God and Messiah of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth)
  4. One New Man - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus, through his Death and Resurrection, formed one covenant community - “one new Man” - based on faith in him)

Greek ruins photo by Caglar Araz on Unsplash
[Greek ruins photo by Caglar Araz on Unsplash]