Exploring Galatians and Ephesians by George R. KnightMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
The two books are back-to-back in the New Testament, but they represent the earliest and one of—if not the—last epistles that the Apostle Paul wrote to the churches that stress theology and then living ethically. Exploring Galatians & Ephesians: A Devotional Commentary by George R. Knight explains how these two books each focus on a particular element of the theology of salvation and how to live as a Christian.
Knight divided both Galatians and Ephesians into 25 segments each, allowing him to not only explain each passage within the context of the specific book but within the rest of the Bible as well providing commentary about what the passage means for us today. Throughout Knight stresses throughout Galatians Paul’s message of justification by faith and how we are to live with that knowledge all after defending his original message and apostleship; while focusing on Ephesians Knight notes Paul’s emphasis how God’s grace for an individual’s salvation is equal for everyone and thus puts all believers into a new community, they must live up to no matter their position while on Earth. Though Knight doesn’t emphasize this, Galatians as the first of the epistles reveals Paul’s insistence on the basics of the faith while Ephesians as potentially Paul’s final message is that for a mature believer thus providing an interesting symmetry.
Exploring Galatians & Ephesians is an excellent commentary and devotional by George R. Knight that gives an in-depth understanding of two of Paul’s most important epistles and how their contents apply to us today.
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