After Paul warns the Ephesians not to think and live like the world around them in verses 17-19 of Ephesians 4, he then reminds his readers that they did not learn Christ the way the world does its learning. Rather Paul, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, penned a phrase that had never been used before in the Greek language. He says: But that is not the way you learned Christ! Ephesians 4:20 ESV Peter O’Brien, in his excellent commentary on Ephesians, points out that in the Greek Bible and as well as the rest of Greek literature this is the first time that the phrase, learning a person, is used. Thus, Paul is saying it is […]
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