Glory be to Jesus Christ!
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Ephesians II, 4, 5, 7 - 'ἡμᾶς' - 'emas' - 'us'.
This reading is preceded by the one I wrote about here:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/25092023.html
A general deep theological reading in which Paul writes about God's intention for the world, how salvation is accomplished, what it is witnessed to, and what God calls people to.
Some parts of the reading overlap with the other readings we have already looked at.
For more on verse 5, see the parallel passage in Colossians II, 13, which is referred to here:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/30102023.html
For verse 7 there is a parallel passage in Ephesians I, 7, which is referred to here:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/21092023.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/22092023.html
Verses 8-9 in particular are discussed in detail in the Epistle to the Romans (Romans III and others), see the following links:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/17062023.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/24062023.html
When it is said in verses 6-7 that God raised us up together with Christ
and seated us in glory to reveal His design, it is primarily about the human nature of Jesus Christ, which all people have, so that all people in Christ are saved, delivered, redeemed, raised, lifted up, and the riches of God's goodness are revealed to all.
But it also means that through Christ, human beings themselves, the hypostases of human nature, are included in this God's purpose of salvation and the Kingdom of God.
See also:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/25052023.html
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/15072023.html
Luke X, 30 - 'ἡμιθανῆ' - 'emithane' - 'half-dead'.
Luke X, 36 - 'ἐμπεσόντος' - 'empesontos' - 'caught, taken into the hands'.
I wrote earlier about the parable of the Good Samaritan, see here:
https://www.facebook.com/Oleksandr.S.Zhabenko/
See also:
https://oleksandr-zhabenko.github.io/en/commentaries/04102023.html
Glory be to Thee, our God, glory be to Thee!