“the gospel of peace” (6:15) we come to know that hope and that calling, then we must lead a life worthy of it (4:1), performing peace and one new humanity in the church and displaying it to the world. Ephesians is part of the canon, part of that story. The community reads with discernment when it reads any part (and every part, including Ephesians) in the light of that story. It is the story we love to tell—and long to live. That is the key. It is our story, the church’s story. The Christian community
Page 9