#Ephesians bible study full#

Moule quotes Chrysostom: 'This Epistle is full to the brim of thoughts and doctrines sublime and momentous.

Whosoever would see Christianity in one treatise, let him 'read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest' the Epistle to the Ephesians.' (Spurgeon) In the first chapter you have the doctrines of the gospel in the next, you have the experience of the Christians and before the Epistle is finished, you have the precepts of the Christian faith. 'The Epistle to the Ephesians is a complete Body of Divinity. 'If Romans is the purest expression of the gospel (as Luther said), then Ephesians is the most sublime and majestic expression of the gospel.' (Lloyd-Jones) Lloyd-Jones also said of Ephesians: 'It is difficult to speak of it in a controlled manner because of its greatness and because of its sublimity.' Paul there is none greater than this, nor any with a character more entirely its own … There is a peculiar and sustained loftiness in its teaching which has deeply impressed the greatest minds and has earned for it the title of the 'Epistle of the Ascension.' (Salmond) 'Among the Epistles bearing the name of St.

'It sums up in large measure the leading themes of the Pauline writings … But it does more than that it carries the thought of the earlier letters forward to a new stage.' (Bruce) Ephesians has been called 'the Queen of the Epistles,' 'the quintessence of Paulinism,' 'the divinest composition of man' and even 'the Waterloo of commentators.' Some say that Ephesians reads 'like a commentary on the Pauline letters' and probably it has been best termed 'the crown of Paulinism.' (Bruce) The elevated themes of Ephesians make it highly praised and prized by commentators. Like Romans, Ephesians was not written so much to address problems in a particular church more so, it was written to explain some of the great themes and doctrines of Christianity. Paul's letter to the Ephesians is different compared to many of the other New Testament letters he wrote. The character and themes of Paul's letter to the Ephesians.Ī. Introduction to Paul's letter to the Ephesians.ġ.