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Not Even to be Named

December 29, 2021 By Peter Krol

John Piper is simply a master at observing the grammar and logic of a passage to discern its argument. Here is an example, where he looks at Ephesians 5:3-7, asking the questions:

  1. What does it mean for these sins not to be “named”?
  2. How does the phrase “as is proper among the saints” fit into the sentence’s logic?
  3. How are we to apply these things today?

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