Ephesians

No. 553 Ephesians 4:25-32
Paul is describing the concrete shape of a life remade by Christ, and he runs through a series of changes: put away lying and speak truth, deal with anger before the sun sets on it, let no corrupt talk come...
No. 823 Ephesians 2:1-10
Paul begins with a diagnosis that leaves no room for self-help. You were dead, he tells the Ephesians, dead in your trespasses and sins, walking in step with the world and the spirit of disobedience, living by...
No. 1443 Ephesians 5:22-33
Paul writes to husbands and wives, and lifts marriage up into something larger than itself. Wives are to be subject to their husbands as to the Lord; husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church...
No. 1812 Ephesians 1:15-23
Paul prays for the Ephesians, that God would give them a spirit of wisdom and revelation to know him better, the eyes of their hearts enlightened to grasp three things: the hope of his calling, the riches of...
No. 2112 Ephesians 6:1-8
Paul gives instructions for various relationships, and to servants he says something that reshapes the meaning of ordinary work. Serve, he says, not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as...
No. 2494 Ephesians 4:17-24
Paul draws a hard line between the old life and the new. Do not go on walking as those who live in the futility of their minds, he says, darkened, callous, given over to their cravings. That is not how you...
No. 2832 Ephesians 6:9-24
Paul closes Ephesians. First a word to masters: treat your servants the same way, and stop threatening them, for you both answer to the same Master in heaven, who shows no partiality. Then the great charge. Be...
No. 2835 Ephesians 2:11-22
Paul tells the Gentile believers to remember what they once were: separated from Christ, strangers to the covenants, with no hope and without God in the world. But now, he says, in Christ Jesus you who were...
No. 2938 Ephesians 1:1-14
Paul opens Ephesians with a single, soaring rush of praise: blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ. He chose us before the foundation...
No. 2983 Ephesians 3:1-13
Paul, a prisoner for the sake of the Gentiles, explains the mystery that was revealed to him: that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers together in the promise of Christ through...
No. 3038 Ephesians 5:15-21
Paul urges care in how we live: watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. And...
No. 3129 Ephesians 5:6-14
Paul warns against being deceived by empty words, and then names a change of identity: you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; so walk as children of light, whose fruit is all goodness,...
No. 3186 Ephesians 3:14-21
Paul bows his knees before the Father and prays, not for the Ephesians' comfort or circumstances, but for their inner strengthening: that God would strengthen them by his Spirit in the inner being, that Christ...
No. 3475 Ephesians 4:1-8
Paul urges believers to walk worthy of the calling to which they have been called, and he spells out at once what that looks like in relationships: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with...
No. 3811 Ephesians 4:9-16
Paul describes how the ascended Christ gives gifts to his church, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, and the purpose is not to create a passive audience but to equip all the saints for the...
No. 4129 Ephesians 5:1-5
Paul gives a lofty and beautiful command: be imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. As children...