2023-Q3-L01: Paul and the Ephesians

Read for This Week’s Study: Acts 18:18-21; Acts 19:13-20:1; Acts 20:17-38; Eph. 1:1, 2; Eph. 6:21-24; Eph. 3:13; Eph. 1:9, 10.

Memory Text: “Making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth” (Ephesians 1:9, 10, ESV).

Notes

• Great disturbances.

SUNDAY. Paul, Evangelist to Ephesus

MONDAY. A Riot in the Amphitheater

TUESDAY. Hearing the Letter to the Ephesians

In conjunction with the outline of the letter below, read through the entire epistle, preferably out loud (it will take about 15 minutes to do so). What themes echo through the letter as a whole?

1. Opening Greeting (Eph. 1:1, 2)
2. Introductory Blessing (Eph. 1:3-14)
3. Praying for Believers to Receive Christ-Focused Wisdom (Eph. 1:15-23)
4. Once Spiritually Dead; Now Exalted With Christ (Eph. 2:1-10)
5. Christ’s Creation of the Church Out of Jews and Gentiles (Eph. 2:11-22)
6. Paul as Preacher of Christ to the Gentiles (Eph. 3:1-13)
7. Praying for Believers to Experience the Love of Christ (Eph. 3:14-21)
8. Hold On to the Spirit-Inspired Unity of the Church (Eph. 4:1-16)
9. Live the New, Unity-Nurturing Life (Eph. 4:17-32)
10. Walk in Love, Light, and Wisdom (Eph. 5:1-20)
11. Practice Christ-Shaped Life in the Christian Household (Eph. 5:21-6:9)
12. Stand Together: The Church as the Army of God (Eph. 6:10-20)
13. Closing Greeting (Eph. 6:21-24)
    

WEDNESDAY. Ephesians in Its Time

THURSDAY. Ephesians: A Christ-saturated Letter

FRIDAY. Further Thought: