Major Themes in the Book of Ephesians
- The glorious position of Christ
- The holy calling of God’s people
- The equipping of God’s people to do what God has appointed them
- God’s general purpose for the church and the believers
- The means God displays His glory
- The transition between the Old and New Covenants
- Paul’s authority to speak the Gospel
- The meaning and implications of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
- The Holy Spirit’s work in the lives of His people
- The innate sinful nature of mankind
- The nature and means of salvation
- The transformation that takes place in His people (from sin)
- The unique lifestyle of God’s people
- Unity among God’s people
- The ability of God’s people to withstand Satan and his forces
- The importance and style of prayer needed for the welfare of the church
Consistency in the Christian Life
5:15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— 16 making the most of the time,[Lit buying back the time] because the days are evil. 17 So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit: 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives and Husbands
22 Wives, submit[Other mss omit submit] to your husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[Or having cleansed] her with the washing of water by the word. 27 He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, 30 since we are members of his body.[Other mss add and of his flesh and of his bones] 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.[Gn 2:24] 32 This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
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5:15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— 16 making the most of the time,[Lit buying back the time] because the days are evil. 17 So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit: 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives and Husbands
22 Wives, submit[Other mss omit submit] to your husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing[Or having cleansed] her with the washing of water by the word. 27 He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, 30 since we are members of his body.[Other mss add and of his flesh and of his bones] 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.[Gn 2:24] 32 This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
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