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NASB | Ephesians 1:20 which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 1:20 which He produced in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, |
Subject: How does this order of authority work? |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, Thank you for your participation. You have written that there are two verbs in Ephesians 2:6. However, in your literal Greek long sentence the "sat us together" lacks a pronoun. I would see four nouns and pronouns for the verse. The NKJ reads, "and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus..." I believe that we agree that there are four occurances of Deity in the verse. The NASB has four occurances but we would say that the pronouns should be placed with the verbs. I think you would agree with, "and He raised us up together, and He sat us together in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus." So, positionally believers are in Christ Jesus but we just aren't "with Him" yet. We are blessed with every spiritual blessing which He bestows on us, having been predestined to adoption as sons. Compare Ephesians 2:6 with Colossians 2:12. Colossians 2:12, "having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead." Also Colossians 3:2, "Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory." I want to express comparisons besides Eph 1:3 that would suggest a pronoun (or a verb?) for Ephesians 2:1, but not now. Later? From the heart, Ray |