I have fully entered, elsewhere, into the place the "ifs” hold in the Word in connection with our journey towards the glory, not with our place in Christ. This made me think that in Ephesians, in contrast with Colossians where a hope is laid up for us in heaven, there would be no "if" in Ephesians, for there we are sitting in heavenly places in Christ—and so it is. We get helps “till we all come"—the "whole armor of God," that we "may be able to stand" where we are, but no " if " as to the result of the course. This difference from the Colossians confirms strongly the general view.
The one loaf is better than the twelve.