The Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on the New Testament - Ephesians

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In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul elaborates on, in a most wonderful way, the God-given, Christ-secured, Holy Spirit-applied privileges of the Christian life. Here, perhaps more than anywhere else in the New Testament, we are brought face to face with the "unsearchable riches of Christ" (3:8). Step by adoring step, Paul introduces us to the spiritual blessings that are the predestined, blood-bought privileges of all who have put their self-abandoning trust in Jesus Christ. His letter to the Ephesians is a spiritual Mount Everest, turning us away from ourselves and placing the spotlight of God's great salvation wholly on Christ.

Table of Contents:
1. Paul's greeting (1:1-2) 2. So great a salvation (1:3-7) 3. God's ultimate plan (1:8-10) 4. Spirit-sealed inheritance (1:11-14) 5. Prayer for the church (1:15-19) 6. The power that resides in the church (1:20-23) 7. What we all once were (2:1-3) 8. 'But God' (2:4-7) 9. Amazing grace (2:8-10) 10. Transforming unity (2:11-16) 11. The preaching Jesus (2:17-18) 12. No longer strangers (2:19-22) 13. Revealed mystery (3:1-6) 14. Unsearchable riches of Christ (3:7-13) 15. Prayer for strength (3:14-19) 16. Inevitable doxology (3:20-21) 17. Unity of the Spirit (4:1-6) 18. Christ's gifts (4:7-11) 19. Perfect manhood (4:12-16) 20. New life in Christ (4:17-24) 21. Living the life (4:25-32) 22. Be like God (5:1-2) 23. Live differently (5:3-16) 24. Filled with the Spirit (5:17-21) 25. Wives and husbands (5:22-24) 26. Husbands and wives (5:25-33) 27. Children and parents (6:1-3) 28. Fathers and children (6:4) 29. Bondservants and masters (6:5-9) 30. The enemy (6:10-12) 31. The whole armour of God (6:13-18) 32. Praying in the Spirit (6:18-20) 33. Greetings and grace (6:21-24)

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Author:

Ian Hamilton is minister to Cambridge Presbyterian Church in Cambridge England and author of The Erosion of Calvinist Orthodoxy.

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