The first three chapters of Ephesians focused on what God has done for us in Christ. Chapter 4 now turns toward how we should live because of that grace. Paul moves from identity to conduct and urges believers to live with humility, unity, maturity, truth, and a changed character. “I therefore, a prisoner for the…
Ephesians 3 continues Paul’s explanation of what God has done through Christ. After showing in chapter 2 that Jews and Gentiles have been brought together into one new people, Paul now explains that this was part of God’s plan all along. He calls it a mystery—not something unknowable, but something once hidden and now revealed.…
Ephesians 1 showed us who we are in Christ: chosen, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, and sealed by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 2 now shows us just how great that salvation really is by reminding us where we came from. Paul begins with a hard truth: apart from Christ, we were spiritually dead and unable to rescue…
