From a foremost authority on the New Testament comes a major new commentary on Ephesians -- a letter of truth, love, and unity to our superficial world. This newest volume in the Pillar New Testament Commentary series provides a rich exposition of Ephesians, one of the most significant documents ever written. Using the fruits of recent biblical research, Peter O'Brien shows how Ephesians sums up God's magnificent plan of salvation in Christ and spells out his divine purpose for believers today. A model of the scholarly excellence characteristic of the entire PNTC series (which now features a striking new jacket design), O'Brien's Ephesians will become the standard work on this profoundly influential book. - Publisher.

This book analyzes Paul's Letter to the Ephesians and demonstrates that the Letter's implied audience heard its individual units as a rich and complex pattern of chiastic structures. It shows that, not only is the entire Letter arranged in fifteen units that function as a comprehensive chiastic structure, but that each of these fifteen units in turn exhibits its own chiastic structure. By attending carefully to the structure and rhetoric of Ephesians, this work demonstrates how the implied audience is persuaded and empowered by the progression of the Letter to “walk in love” and so contribute to the cosmic unity of all things in Christ.

The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.

Table of Contents 1. How Have God’s Children Come into Existence? (Ephesians 1:1-23) 2. Who Is Spiritual in the Eyes of God? (Ephesians 1:1-14) 3. What Is God’s Church? (Ephesians 1:23) 4. The Righteousness of Jesus Christ Fills All in All (Ephesians 1:20-23) 5. Has God Really Saved Us by His Grace? (Ephesians 2:1-5) 6. Jesus Is Our Peace (Ephesians 2:14-22) 7. Jesus Has Broken Down the Wall of Sin That Separated Us from God (Ephesians 2:11-22) 8. Are We Living in Gratitude by Trusting in The Gospel of the Water and the Spirit? (Ephesians 2:1-7) 9. Do Your Spiritual Work Ceaselessly (Ephesians 3:1-21) 10. The Love of Christ Is in Every Saint’s Heart (Ephesians 3:14-21) 11. Lead Your Life of Faith by One Faith and For One Purpose (Ephesians 4:1-6) 12. We Have Put on the Grace of Christ (Ephesians 4:1-16) 13. What a Blessing It Is for Us to Support The Gospel Ministry! (Ephesians 5:1-17) 14. The Relationship between God and His Church (Ephesians 5:22-33) 15. Serving the Lord Is the Way to Be Filled With the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18-21) 16. Serve One Another As You Serve Christ (Ephesians 6:1-9) Today, God has founded His Church on the faith of the believers in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. God's Church is the gathering of those who have been saved by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Therefore, if your hearts now have faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, you can then lead the true life of faith. Such a life of faith is possible only in God's Church. Furthermore, only such faith qualifies us to live forever in the Kingdom of the Lord. Through this faith, we must receive the love of salvation and all the spiritual blessings of Heaven from God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. I give all my thanks to God. The New Life Mission https://www.bjnewlife.org

The national directory addresses the dimensions and perspectives in the formation of deacons and the model standards for the formation, ministry, and life of deacons in the United States. It is intended as a guideline for formation, ministry, and life of permanent deacons and a directive to be utilized when preparing or updating a diaconate program in formulating policies for the ministry and life of deacons. This volume also includes Basic Standards for Readiness for the formation of permanent deacons in the United States, from the bishops' Committee on the Diaconate, and the committee document Visit of Consultation Teams to Diocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation Programs.

The Knowing the Bible series is a resource designed to help Bible readers better understand and apply God's Word. These 12-week studies lead participants through books of the Bible and are made up of four basic components: (1) reflection questions help readers engage the text at a deeper level; (2) "Gospel Glimpses" highlight the gospel of grace throughout the book; (3) "Whole-Bible Connections" show how any given passage connects to the Bible's overarching story of redemption, culminating in Christ; and (4) "Theological Soundings" identify how historic orthodox doctrines are taught or reinforced throughout Scripture. With contributions from an array of influential pastors and church leaders, these gospel-centered studies will help Christians see and cherish the message of God's grace on every page of the Bible. The letter to the Ephesians is a source of great encouragement, clearly proclaiming the mystery of the gospel and the supremacy of Jesus while applying that theology to practical living. Made alive in Christ, believers have received a bountiful inheritance and lavish blessings from God, fueling us for holy living. In this study, Eric Redmond opens our eyes to Paul's teaching about God's astonishing grace—grace that enables us to walk in love, holiness, and wisdom as we become imitators of Christ.