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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