Ephesians Introduction
Ephesians, written by Paul,
is the first of the prison epistles.
Written in the early 60’s A.D., perhaps around 62 A.D., and was written
while Paul was in Rome.
Although the words ‘to
the Ephesians’ are not included in some of the early manuscripts, this letter
is general in nature, whose subject is the ‘true’ or ‘body’ of the Church,
meaning the whole of Christianity.
This letter was carried
concurrently with Colossians and Philemon, by Tychicus, to the various local
churches in the region. Col. 4 mentions
a letter to the Laodiceans, and this could possibly have been that letter.
The general concepts laid
out in this letter are, the positional truths of the Church through grace, the
truth concerning the body of Christ, and life lived in accordance with that
position.
Ephesians Outline (New Unger's Bible Dictionary)
I. Salutation (1:1-2)
II. The believer's position in Christ (1:3-3:21)
A. The elements of his
position (1:1-14)
B. Prayer for knowledge
and faith to appropriate the power of the position (1:15-21)
C. Christ the Head of the
church (1:22-23)
D. Method of Gentile
salvation (2:1-10)
E. Union of Jew and
Gentile in Christ (2:11-18)
F. The church as a temple
inhabited by the Spirit (2:19-22)
III. The church as a special divine
revelation (3:1-12)
A. Hidden in past ages (3:1-6)
B. Revealed especially to
the apostle Paul (3:7-12)
C. Second prayer for
knowledge and faith to appropriate the power of the position (3:13-21)
IV. The walk of the believer in Christ (4:1-6:9)
A. The walk worthy (4:1-3)
B. The walk as an
expression of doctrinal unity (4:4-6)
C. The walk as a ministry
of gifts (4:7-16)
D. The walk as a
regenerated man (4:17-29)
E. The walk of the
believer indwelt by the Spirit (4:30-32)
F. The walk as a child in
God's family (5)
G. The walk of children
and servants (6:1-9)
V. The warfare of the Spirit-filled believer in Christ (6:10-22)
A. His power (6:10)
B. His armor (6:11)
C. His foes (6:12-17)
D. His resources (6:18-22)
VI. Benediction (6:23-24)
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