Prison Letters

Editor:
{EPHESUS, COLOSSAE, PHILIPPI}

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{EN FRANÇAIS}
  1. Un en Jésus-Christ - {Copie PDF} - (Par sa Mort et sa Résurrection, Jésus a formé une nouvelle communauté d'alliance - Un Nouvel Homme - basée sur la foi en lui - Éphésiens 2: 11-22)
  2. Sa Mort Obéissante - {Copie PDF} - (Paul a appelé les croyants à adopter le même état d'esprit que Jésus avait lorsqu'il a donné sa vie jusqu'à la mort pour les autres - Philippiens 2: 5-11)
  3. Achèvement et Résurrection - {Copie PDF} - (Paul exprime son objectif d'aller jusqu'au bout, un processus qui aboutira à la résurrection corporelle lorsque Jésus arrivera dans la gloire)

{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. Completion and Resurrection - {PDF Copy} - (Paul expresses his goal of going on to completion, a process that will culminate in bodily resurrection when Jesus arrives in glory)
  2. He Humbled Himself - {PDF Copy} - (Paul summoned believers to adopt the same mind that Jesus had when he poured out his life unto death for 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)
  4. The Suffering Servant - {PDF Copy} - (Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled the role of the ‘Suffering Servant’ described in the Book of Isaiah. Unlike Adam, he did not attempt to grasp the “likeness of God")

{EPHESIANS}
  1. One New Man - {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)

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