Paul's Letter To The Saints

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Perhaps few verses of scriptures are more relevant to the body of believers today, than those found in Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. In his letter to the saints, Paul details the responsibility of the home, the church, and spiritual leadership in engaging in spiritual warfare to see the glory of God lived out in everyday life. It is within this great letter of exhortation, encouragement that readers find one of the most applicable and needed passages in the entire New Testament. In the sixth chapter, verses ten through twenty, Paul makes real, the active war going on between the people of God and the Christian enemy. The Apostle Paul writes to the saints to reveal God-given tools to fight in the battle. This makes this scripture extremely

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