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Ephesians

Ephesians. Paul’s Soterology in One Sentence. soteria (soteria), salvation. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. Why does Paul repeat “by grace you have been saved”

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Ephesians

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  1. Ephesians

  2. Paul’s Soterology in One Sentence soteria (soteria), salvation For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.

  3. Why does Paul repeat “by grace you have been saved” Why does he add “through faith” Repeats grace: Scripture repeats to add strength, add emphasis, and add clarity. Because God’s work of grace is Paul’s primary point since 1.3. The letter is not evangelical. Paul doesn’t urge his reader to believe the gospel; their faith is assumed. He simply acknowledges it. Adds through faith: To deliberately link grace & faith as the inseparable components of the salvation relationship (His love/our love). To affirm that salvation by grace comes only to those of vv. 1.3 who believe the gospel. To confirm that salvation is by faith alone, not works (stated next verse).

  4. GRACE FAITH 1.2: Grace to you and peace from God 1.6: the glory of His grace 1.7: according to the riches of His grace 2.5: made us alive with Christ (Grace) 2.7: surpassing riches of His grace 3.2: stewardship of God’s grace 3.7: the gift of God’s grace 3.8: this grace was given 4.7: to each one of us grace was given 4.29: let your words give grace 6.24: grace be with all who love our Lord 1.1: (you) are faithful in Christ Jesus 1.12: we…the 1st to hope in Christ 1.13: (you) having believed 1.15: I heard of your faith in the Lord 1.19: power toward us who believe 3.12: access to the Father via faith 3.17: Christ…in your heart via faith 4.5: one faith 4.13: ‘till we attain to unity of faith 6.16: take up the shield of faith 6.23: peace, love, w/faith to brethren grace, God’s favor toward us faith is our response but this is worthless without this SALVATION, all of God

  5. …and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God… neuter pronoun cannot modify grace or faith exclusively (feminine nouns) can only modify the entire phrase: by grace you have been saved through faith THIS IS GOD’S GIFT!

  6. For by grace (thi gar cariti). Explanatory reason. "By the grace" already mentioned in verse 5 and so with the article. Through faith (dia pistewv). This phrase he adds in repeating what he said in verse 5 to make it plainer. "Grace” is God's part, "faith" ours. And that (kai touto). Neuter, not feminine tauth, and so refers not to pistiv (feminine) or to cariv (feminine also), but to the act of being saved by grace conditioned on faith on our part. Paul shows that salvation does not have its source (ex umwn, out of you) in men, but from God. Besides, it is God's gift (dwron) and not the result of our work. Robertson’s Word Pictures in the NT, A. T. Robertson

  7. Faith is not a “Work.” It does not merit salvation; it is only the means by which one accepts God’s free salvation. Paul elaborated, “And this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” Much debate has centered around the demonstrative pronoun “this” (touto). Though some think it refers back to “grace” and others to “faith,” neither of these suggestions is really valid because the demonstrative pronoun is neuter whereas “grace” and “faith” are feminine. Also, to refer back to either of these words specifically seems to be redundant. Rather the neuter touto, as is common, refers to the preceding phrase or clause. …Thus it refers back to the concept of salvation (2:4-8a), whose basis is grace and means is faith. This salvation does not have its source in man (it is “not from yourselves”), but rather, its source is God’s grace for “it is the gift of God.” THE BIBLE KNOWLEDGE COMMENTARY, pg. 624, A. Skevington Wood

  8. An Additional Observation What Paul understands as the gift of God, is that which is not by works. Paul has not argued that faith is by faith apart from works or grace is by faith apart from works but salvation is by faith apart from works

  9. Salvation is God’s gift, not a result of our works This statement reflects Paul’s favorite doctrine: Salvation by faith alone, apart from works. God’s gift in contrast to man’s works is a parallel to Romans 6.23: The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life. a wage is what is owed for work free gift is unmerited favor GRACE Romans 4.4-5: Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness…

  10. For we are HIS workmanship… The work of God, of which we are His workmanship, is His entire program of salvation prepared for and presented to the ungodly who would believe the gospel of His Son. CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. Do we emphasize this as much as we do this?

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