Paul explains that we are made fully alive as followers of Christ, and so live now with a new identity in Jesus’ name (vs. 4-10). There is then a significant outworking of what that means to our lives: Paul helps us to understand the unity of life and love that our identity in Christ gives. […]

Paul begins his letter in a familiar way as he gives thanks to God for the way in which he has called and blessed His people. Paul goes into detail about the context and significance of that blessing (vs. 4-14), then moves on to encourage the Ephesians to keep living with the knowledge and confidence […]