In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit ~Eph. 1:13

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. ~Eph. 2:8-9

Know God (17) 1.Hope (18) 2.Inheritance (18) 3.Power (19) a)Christ (20-23) b)You (2:1-10)

Remember that… you Gentiles… called “the uncircumcision”…

For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ~Eph. 2:14

peace to you who were far off peace to those who were near ~Eph. 2:17

You belong! You stand on a solid foundation! Grow together! You belong to God and God belongs in you! ~Eph. 2:19-22

This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. ~Eph. 3:6

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace... ~Eph. 3:7-10

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. ~Eph. 3:10

“Grace confounds and disarms the forces of darkness.” ~D.A.

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles… ~Eph. 3:1

So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. ~Eph. 3:13

60 A.D. – Ephesians written from prison 62 A.D. – James executed Few years later… Paul executed Peter executed Persecution under Nero

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, ~Eph. 3:14-15

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you… so that you will be a blessing…. and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ~Genesis 12:1-3

Strength Power Love ~Eph. 3:16-19

that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ~Eph. 3:16

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, ~Eph. 3:17

may have strength… to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. ~Eph. 3:18-19

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, ~Eph. 3:20

to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. ~Eph. 3:21