- SAINT PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS
- EDITORIAL NOTE
- PREFACE
- POSTSCRIPT TO PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION TO THE EPISTLE
- I. TEXT.
- II. TITLE AND DESTINATION.
- III. DATE AND PLACE OF WRITING.
- IV. CANONICITY AND EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF AUTHORSHIP.
- V. INTERNAL EVIDENCE OF AUTHORSHIP.
- VI. STYLE AND LANGUAGE.
- VII. RELATION TO THE COLOSSIAN EPISTLE.
- VIII. RELATION TO OTHER PAULINE DOCUMENTS.
- IX. RELATION TO OTHER APOSTOLIC WRITINGS.
- X. HISTORIC FACTS OF THE GOSPEL TO WHICH REFERENCE IS MADE IN ‘EPHESIANS.’
- XI. CHARACTERISTICS.
- XII. PLAN OF THE EPISTLE.
- COMMENTARY
- A. The unity and universality of the Church, eternal facts now at last revealed (Eph. 1-3).
- I. A Hymn of Praise to GOD for the redemption and consummation of things created in Christ (Eph. 1:3-14).
- 2. The bestowal of the blessing (4-14)
- Additional Note on 1:1. The words ejn jEfevsw/.
- II. Thanksgiving for faith realized: prayer for deeper knowledge: general exposition of the work of Christ for men (Eph. 1:15-2:22).
- 1. Thanksgiving for the faith of the Ephesians (1:15, 16a).
- 2. Prayer for their fuller enlightenment (1:16b-21).
- 3. The work of God for men in Christ,—overcoming personal disqualifications (1:22-2:10).
- 4. Union of Jews and Gentiles in one Divine Body (2:11-22).
- III. The grandeur of the revelation made to St Paul. Prayer for fuller understanding in those who receive it (Eph. 3).
- 1. Revelation to St Paul of the central truth, or ‘mystery,’ of the universality of the Gospel (1-13).
- 2. Prayer that those who receive it may be enabled to apprehend its lessons (14-19).
- Doxology (20, 21).
- B. The Christian Life (Eph. 4:1-6:20).
- I. The ground, the growth, the character of the Christian Life (Eph. 4:1-24).
- 1. The correspondence of life and faith (1-3).
- 2. The unity and harmonious growth of the Christian Society, that Body of which Christ is the Head (4-16).
- 3. CONTRAST OF THE OLD LIFE AND THE NEW (17-24):
- (A) THE OLD LIFE (17-19),
- (b) the new life (20-24).
- Additional Note on the reading of Eph. 4:21.
- II. The outward manifestation of the Christian Life, personal and social (Eph. 4:25-6:9).
- 2. Cardinal social relationships (Eph. 5:15-6:9).
- (a) Social conduct and temper in general (15-21).
- (b) Wives and husbands (22-33).
- (c) Children and parents (6:1-4).
- (d) Servants and masters (5-9).
- Additional Notes on Eph. 5:14, 5:30, and 5:31.
- III. The Christian conflict (Eph. 6:10-20).
- Epilogue.
- Personal message (Eph. 6:21, 22).
- Blessing (Eph. 6:23, 24).
- USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE EPISTLE.
- EPISTULA AD EPHESIOS LATINE INTERPRETE HIERONYMO E CODICE AMIATINO
- INCIPIT EPISTULA AD EPHESIOS.
- EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS.
- APPENDIX
- HEADS OF DOCTRINE IN THE EPISTLE
- THEOLOGY OF THE EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS
- God the Father. (Eph. 1:2.)
- Christ.
- The Holy Spirit.
- Doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
- The Will of God.
- The World (oJ kovsmo", oJ aijwvn).
- Creation.
- Man:—Body— Soul— Spirit.
- The Heart (kardiva).
- The Unseen World.
- The devil (oJ diavbolo").
- Sin.
- Predestination and Divine Purpose.
- Redemption.
- Atonement (Reconciliation).
- Forgiveness.
- Grace (cavri").
- Peace (eijrh nh).
- Righteousness (dikaiosuvnh).
- Truth (ajlh qeia).
- Revelation (ajpoka luyi").
- Knowledge and Wisdom.
- Faith (pivsti").
- Hope (ejlpiv").
- Love (ajga ph).
- Light (fw'").
- Life (zwhv).
- Good Works.
- Thanksgiving (eujcaristiva).
- Prayer (proseuchv).
- The Church.
- The Communion of Saints.
- Christian Sacraments—
- Baptism.
- Holy Communion.
- The Christian Ministry.
- ADDITIONAL NOTES.
- On the expression ta; ejpouravnia.
- Wisdom and Revelation (Eph. 1:17).
- Intellectual claims and gifts of the Gospel.
- The Sacrament of Baptism.
- On ‘Sin’ in the Pauline Epistles.
- The Fall of Man.
- The Kingdom of God—Kingdom of Christ.
- The Christian Society and the Apostolic Ministry.
- ‘The Church’ in the Epistle to the Ephesians.
- Use of the word ajpokavluyi" in the N.T.
- On the use of the term musthvrion in the N.T.
- On the phrases ejn Cristw'/, ejn Cristw'/ jIhsou', ejn tw'/ cristw'/.
- The expression ta; pa nta.
- JH dovxa in the Epistle to the Ephesians.
- Words in the New Testament denoting Resurrection or Raising from Death: ejgeivrein, ajnasth'nai, ajna stasi".
- On the meaning of kubeiva (Eph. 4:14).
- Spiritual Powers.
- Use of kata; c. acc. in the Epistle to the Ephesians.
- Use of the phrase ejn sarki
- Prophets of the New Covenant.
- Ruskin on Eph. 4:17, and on Conflict with Evil.
- ‘The world, the flesh, and the devil.’
- Use of the Old Testament in ‘Ephesians.’