WALK IN LOVEPaul wrote his letter to the Ephesians while under house arrest in Rome around AD 61 or 62. In this section of the letter, Paul explained that believers are to live as Christ did, empowered by the Holy Spirit.The apostle Paul continued the metaphor of "walking" to remind the Ephesians (and us) to walk in love, walk as children of light, and walk wisely in a dark world.Study the Word: K...  Read More

QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEKBeing in prison is not a good thing – every aspect of a prisoner’s life is controlled by another.   Why would Paul refer to himself as a prisoner (vs. 4:1)?  Who is in charge of his life?  Are you     willingly submitting yourself to God? In work? In relationships? In finances?  In your time? If our   good God is in control, can you willingly submit to His leading? Vss. 4:17-...  Read More

Ephesians 5:22-33 (HCSB)Wives and Husbands 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, 23 for 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 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...  Read More

Ephesians 5:15-21 (HCSB)Consistency in the Christian Life 15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise— 16 making the most of 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 actions, but be filled by the Spirit: 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hym...  Read More

Ephesians 5:1-14 (HCSB)5 Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. 2 And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. 3 But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints. 4 Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving than...  Read More

Ephesians 4:17-32 (HCSB)Living the New Life 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts. 19 They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuit...  Read More

Ephesians 4:1-16 (HCSB)Unity and Diversity in the Body of Christ 4 Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, 3 diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us. 4 There is one body and one Spirit —just as you were called to one hope at you...  Read More

Saved By GracePaul wrote his letter to the Ephesians while under house arrest in Rome around AD 61 or 62.  In this section of the letter, Paul explained the key truth that all people can be saved by grace through faith in Christ, and not by works.The second chapter of Ephesians is full of before and after snapshots of the significant differences between being "in Christ" or being without Him.Study...  Read More

QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEKEphesians 2:1-10 contains some deep theology. Verses 8-10 speak of the eternal security of a   believer.  Do you struggle with the idea that salvation is free and forever? Do you ever serve because you feel guilty? On the flip side, believers were created for good works – where do you love serving? The following section (2:11-22) speaks of level ground at the foot of the Cros...  Read More

Ephesians 3:14-21 (HCSB)Prayer for Spiritual Power14 For this reason I kneel before the Father 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. 16 I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit, 17 and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly est...  Read More

Ephesians 3:1-13 (HCSB)Paul’s Ministry to the Gentiles 3 For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— 2 you have heard, haven’t you, about the administration of God’s grace that He gave to me for you? 3 The mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have briefly written above. 4 By reading this you are able to understand my insight about the mystery of th...  Read More

Ephesians 2:17-22 (HCSB)17 When the Messiah came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with ...  Read More