Analysis Of Ephesians

Ephesians is comprised of six chapters and is considered a Deutero-Pauline epistle meaning that it is considered dispute. In other words, Ephesians is thought to perhaps not been written by the apostle Paul. The audience that this book is directed towards are the people of Ephesus who are already considered to be following Christ (Ephesians 1:1). Later, in Ephesians 2:11, the author states that the audience was previously considered to be Gentiles but had since been converted into followers of Christ.

The letter form that Ephesians is written in presents itself as a prayer as well. The author explains who the Ephesians should consider themselves in God’s eyes, so to speak, “according to the kind intention of His will” (Ephesians 1:5). The author also explains God’s forgiveness for our sins (Ephesians 1:7). The author explains an “inheritance” (Ephesians 1:11). The author knows that the people he is speaking to already have faith in Christ and he gives thanks for that (Ephesians 1:15-16). The author knows that

The author goes on to say that God has “made us alive together with Christ” (Ephesians 2:4-5). The author states that God’s mercy is a gift “not as a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). The audience was previously “far off” but has since been “brought near by the blood of Christ” (Ephesians 2:13). The author talks about the “Law of commandments contained in ordinances” (Ephesians 2:15). He speaks of the audience now being a part of “God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets” (Ephesians 2:19-20). In summary of Ephesians Chapter 2, the author speaks of the knowledge of what is right, God’s gift of mercy, the Law, and God’s foundation to build knowledge of Him and His Son through apostles and