I believe the next passage is Ephesians 1:3-14, based on the for this reason in verse 15.

After verse 3, do you see any marks of a start of another passage? Like in verse 3, the topic changes from the opening of the letter to talking about who God is. Sometimes there also will be a complete change of subject. Key words for these transitions might be therefore, now, for, or finally. We are watching for a change in topic or thought. Try not to rely on what the translators decided would be where the passage breaks are. Leaving our preconceived ideas and what we might automatically regurgitate as we approach a familiar passage of scripture, we get to decide what the next passage is.

We could have a giant arrow and sticker that says, вЂњYou are here!вЂќ We donвЂ™t know what Paul is saying yet, and we do not know what he meant. No interpretation yet certainly no application yet. Here is our hermeneutic order of business. We always have a chance to try again!) and read through the whole book again, what do we do next? Do you remember? We begin by creating our observation worksheet. ThatвЂ™s ok, we will develop better habits and reliance on God. We never want to lose sight of the forest as we analyze one of the trees.ДЄll right, fellow student of the Word, after we PRAY (I hope youвЂ™re relying on the Lord as you sit down to study each timeвЂ“I know itвЂ™s easy to get excited and overlook a seemingly mundane activity. If you can, as we study, keep bringing the whole book in front of your brain. I listened to Ephesians read out loud a number of times and I was stunned how much more I recognize the whole of the context. Well, that didnвЂ™t work very well, especially the first few nights with how loud the quiet was. This week he was gone on a business trip so I was on my own for falling asleep. When I go to sleep at night, my beloved almost always reads out loud to me. I recommend you take time before moving on to each subsequent passage to read or at least have the scripture read over you. If youвЂ™ve been studying and working through the process with me, I bet itвЂ™s been a few days or maybe a week since you read through the letter from start to finish. I hope you are encouraged that this is do-able and are having fun like I am. How does it feel to have slowed down and pondered a passage of scripture? Being able to slow down is what is often talked about, but how? Read slower? Having a plan and a structure to follow allows us to be constructive in our slowness and labor.

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