Keith Essex
Ephesians

Keith Essex's correlating video lecture(s) from The Master's Seminary:

• Lecture 23: Themes of Ephesians; and
• Lecture 24: Purpose, Structure, and Interpretive Issues of Ephesians.

12. The Prison Epistles (continued)
    2. Ephesians [MSB, 1770-71; ESVSB, 2257-61; NIVZSB, 2394-98; RSB, 2023-6; RFW 155-60; DPL, 238-49; BTINT, 267-83]
       1. Introduction [CCC, 657-66; CMINT, 480-87; 492-94]
          1. The History of Interpretation [DTIB, 187; ACCSNT, vol. VIII; RCSNT]
          2. The Writer: Paul (Eph 1:1; 3:1) [GNTI, 496-528]
          3. The Readers: The Church in Ephesus (Eph 1:1) [see DPL, 249-53]
       2. Major Themes [CCC, 672-78; CMINT, 494-96]
          1. The Church (Eph 1:22; 3:10, 21; 5:23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 32)
             1. The Body (Eph 1:23; 2:16; 3:6; 4:4, 12, 16; 5:23, 30)
             2. Saints (Eph 1:1, 15, 18; 2:19; 3:18; 4:12; 5:3; 6:18)
             3. Other Pictures:
                • Building (Eph 2:21-22);
                • New Man (Eph 2:15);
                • God's Household (Eph 2:19)
          2. The Gentiles (Eph 2:11; 3:1, 6, 8; 4:17)
          3. The Christian Walk (Eph 2:10; 4:1, 17; 5:2, 8, 15; cf. Eph 2:2)
          4. Love (19x)
             • noun Eph 1:4, 15; 2:4; 3:17, 19; 4:2, 15, 16; 5:2; 6:23;
             • verb Eph 1:6; 2:4; 5:2, 25, 28, 33; 6:14 [DPL, 575-78]
          5. The Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13-14; 2:18; 3:5, 16; 4:3, 4, 30; 5:18; 6:17)
       3. Purpose:
          • Gentile Christians were shown their place in the purpose of God for the Church and urged to show the outworking of their call in their conduct [see CCC, 666; GNTI, 528-35; CMINT, 490-91]
       4. The Literary Structure: see outline [CCC, 667-72; CMINT, 479-80; VOCNT, 49]
          EPHESIANS

          1. The Prologue (Eph 1:1-14)
             1. The Salutation (Eph 1:1-2)
             2. The Doxology: Paul's Praise to God for Redemption in Jesus Christ (Eph 1:3-14)
                1. Chosen by the Father (Eph 1:3-6)
                2. Redeemed by the Son (Eph 1:7-12)
                3. Sealed by the Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13-14)
          2. The Body: The Calling and the Conduct of the Church (Eph 1:15-Eph 6:20)
             1. The Calling of the Church (Eph 1:15-Eph 3:21)
                1. The Position of the Church in Jesus Christ (Eph 1:15-Eph 2:10)
                   1. Paul's Petition to the Father for the Knowledge of Its Calling, Glory and Power in the Church (Eph 1:15-23)
                   2. The Salvation and Seating of Believers in Christ (Eph 2:1-10)
                2. The Oneness of Jew and Gentile in the Church (Eph 2:11-Eph 3:21)
                   1. The Union of Believers in God's Household (Eph 2:11-22)
                   2. Paul's Revelation of the Mystery: The Co-equality of Gentile and Jew in the Church (Eph 3:1-13)
                   3. Paul's Petition to the Father for Power, Comprehension and Fullness in the Church (Eph 3:14-21)
             2. The Conduct of the Church (Eph 4:1-Eph 6:20)
                1. The Preservation of the Unity of the Spirit (Eph 4:1-16)
                2. The Walk of the Believer in Jesus Christ (Eph 4:17-Eph 6:9)
                   1. A Walk in Righteousness and Holiness of the Truth (Eph 4:17-32)
                      1. The Old Man (Eph 4:17-19)
                      2. The New Man (Eph 4:20-32)
                   2. A Walk in Love (Eph 5:1-6)
                   3. A Walk in Light (Eph 5:7-14)
                   4. A Walk in Wisdom (Eph 5:15-Eph 6:9)
                      1. The Filling by the Holy Spirit (Eph 5:15-21)
                      2. The Relationships of the Believer (Eph 5:22-Eph 6:9)
                         1. Wives and Husbands (Eph 5:22-33)
                         2. Children and Parents (Eph 6:1-4)
                         3. Slaves and Masters (Eph 6:5-9)
                3. The Stand of the Believer in the Full Armor of God (Eph 6:10-20)
          3. The Epilogue (Eph 6:21-24)
       5. Bibliography
          1. Exegetical:
             • *Arnold, Ephesians (ZECNT).
             • *Hoehner, Ephesians.
             • Thielman, Ephesians (BECNT).
          2. English Interpretation:
             • *O'Brien, The Letter to the Ephesians (PNTC).
          3. Expositional:
             • MacArthur, Ephesians (MacNTC).
       6. Selected Interpretive Issues
          1. The Destination of the Letter [MSB, 1770; ESVSB, 2262; GNTI, 528-35; CMINT, 488-90]
             1. The Church at Ephesus [Arnold; Hoehner; Thielman; BKC]
             2. The Churches of Asia (i.e. a circular letter) [O'Brien; MacArthur (?); EBC1; EBC2]
             3. Hierapolis and Laodicea (cf. Col. 4:16)
          2. "The gift of God" (Eph 2:8) [MSB, 1774; ESVSB, 2265; NIVZSB, 2402; RSB, 2093]
             1. Grace
             2. Saved
             3. Faith [MacArthur]
             4. Salvation – by grace through faith (Eph 2:4-8a, specifically Eph 2:8a) [Arnold; Hoehner; Theilman; O'Brien; EBC1; EBC2; BKC; cf. Calvin]
          3. "The lower parts of the earth" (Eph 4:9) [MSB, 1778; ESVSB, 2268; NIVZSB, 2405; RSB, 2097]
             1. The Depths of the Earth [Arnold; Theilman]
             2. The Lower Parts which Is the Earth
                1. The Incarnation [(and death) O'Brien; MacArthur; EBC1 (?)]
                2. Christ as the Spirit at Pentecost [EBC2 (?)]
             3. The Earth's Lower Part (i.e., the grave) [Hoehner; EBC1 (?); BKC]
       7. Preaching Ephesians

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