notes for Ephesians

Ephesians

Ephesus was no fishing village. On the west coast of Turkey, this Greek city of 500,000 second only to Rome, had Temple, Library, theatre for 25,000, baths and aqueducts.

Usually people stood when they prayed. Praying on one's knees signified especially fervent praying

Frequent mention is made in the Jewish writings of the family of the holy angels, and of the family above, and the family below, to which here may be some reference.

The church, the dimensions of which are given, as opposed to God who has no limits.

More than one-sixth of Paul's references to love in his 13 epistles occur in Ephesians. This also shows that he wanted to promote Christian unity in the church.

The result of this request is that Christ may be "at home" in the personality of the believer. He indwells every Christian but is at home in the lives of those believers who let Him be first in their attitudes and activities.

When believers accept Jesus Christ's revelation of the mystery of the church, they are able to comprehend that God's love is broad enough to embrace both Jews and Gentiles in the church.

This is one of the clearest passages in the New Testament that sets forth the eternal subordination of the Son to the Father