Ephesians

🗺️ Overview

Ephesians is a rich and theological letter celebrating the believer’s identity in Christ and the unity of the Church. Paul emphasizes God’s eternal plan to reconcile all things through Christ, calling believers to live worthy of their calling — in love, holiness, and spiritual strength.

💡 Ephesians calls believers to embrace their new identity in Christ and live in light of God’s eternal purpose. The Church is a united body, saved by grace and called to love, purity, and spiritual strength as it reflects the glory of Christ in the world.

• Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis

  Ephesus was home to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — the Temple of Artemis — making it a center of pagan worship and cultural influence.

  📚 Source: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary

• The Mystery of the Gospel

  Paul repeatedly refers to the “mystery” — God’s long-hidden plan to unite Jews and Gentiles into one body through Christ.

  📚 Source: The Bible Project

📊 Book at a Glance

📝 Author

Paul the Apostle

📅 Date

c. AD 60–62 (written from prison)

📖 Chapters

6

🏷️ Genre

Epistle

📍 Location

Written to the church in Ephesus, a major cultural and religious city in Asia Minor

🧵 Main Themes

Union with Christ and spiritual blessings, The Church as Christ’s body and bride, Unity across ethnic and social lines, God’s grace and salvation by faith, Living a life worthy of the gospel, Spiritual warfare and the armor of God

📚 Outline

• Spiritual Blessings and Identity in Christ (Ch. 1–3)
• Living in Unity, Purity, and Love (Ch. 4–5)
• Spiritual Warfare and Final Instructions (Ch. 6)

📖 Key Stories

🧠 Key Verses

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. — Ephesians 2:8–9

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. — Ephesians 2:10

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility. — Ephesians 2:14

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. — Ephesians 3:20–21

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. — Ephesians 4:32

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. — Ephesians 6:11

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