Ephesians 1:1-23

[1.

Introduction to the Epistle (Ephesians 1:1).

(1) SALUTATION (Ephesians 1:1).

(2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR —

(a)

The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the predestinating love of the Father, to holiness, grace, and glory (Ephesians 1:3);

(b)

this election depending on Redemption, in virtue of unity with Christ as the Head of all created Being (Ephesians 1:7);

(c)

and being manifested doubly, in the calling and faith, first of the Jewish, then of the Gentile Christians (Ephesians 1:11).

(3)

PRAYER for their fuller knowledge of the hope, glory, and spiritual reality of their inheritance, manifested in the Resurrection, Ascension, and Royalty of Christ, the Head of the Church (Ephesians 1:15).]