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Ephesians: An Introduction and Commentary (Bock) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Unlike Paul’s letters to the Galatians or the Corinthians, the letter to the Ephesians contains almost no clues about the situation and issues its recipients faced. Nevertheless, the letter vividly depicts how God’s will revealed in Christ reorients believers’ lives toward unity, mutual respect, submission, and love—in short, new life in Christ, relying on his power and strength. In this Tyndale...

teaching because it touches on many of these themes, expressing them in very focused and summarized forms. For example, salvation by grace that produces a quality life appears in Ephesians 2:8–10, and another core theme that is a result of the gospel, reconciliation bringing Jew and Gentile together into unity, shows up in 2:11–22. The letter originally served as an exhortation to a region of the church about what salvation is and what to do with that salvation as a result. It examines where the
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