Ephesians Quotes

“The reality of the ordinary progress of Christian understanding should not escape our notice: early believers "know no answers"; immature believers "know all the answers"; and mature believers "know the limits of our answers.”
― Bryan Chapell, Ephesians

“What a difference it makes in my life and yours when we believe that the trials as well as the accomplishments, the difficulties as well as the joys, are not simply the products of brute forces in the universe but actually are all part of God’s eternal plan for his glory and our good. Do we have any assurance that such astounding truths do apply to us? Yes.”
― Bryan Chapell, Ephesians

“Because of Christ’s resurrection power at work in us, greater is he that is in us than the Evil One who tempts us (1 John 4:4).”
― Bryan Chapell, Ephesians

“knowledge of our unchanging relationship grants us the will to fight and to reenter the fray when we have fallen,”
― Bryan Chapell, Ephesians

“It takes no special skill to see what is wrong with people, and to criticize them. But to see people robed in a righteousness not their own and to encourage them on this basis to be more of what they should be powerfully communicates the heart of Christ.”
― Bryan Chapell, Ephesians

“Yet when our eyes see the full rainbow in Scripture—the completeness of God’s plan—and know by faith that our lives are a part of God’s design no matter what happens, then we can take whatever comes because we know that we are for the praise of his glory.”
― Bryan Chapell, Ephesians

“God says that despite knowing that sin makes you impure before him, and that to cleanse you he would have to sacrifice his Son, and to equip you he would have to provide his Spirit, nonetheless it gives him pleasure to reveal to you the mystery of Jesus. When there was no goodness or ability in us, God loved us and enabled us to know his love. This too is a precious mystery that even a child can know.”
― Bryan Chapell, Ephesians