Ephesians 2:1-22

Context

Standard Letter Format

Recall the Greco-Roman letter form that Paul uses in Ephesians:

1. Salutation and Greeting

2. Thanksgiving

3. Body

4. Exhortations/Encouragements

5. Closing/Farewell

You are Here: the Body of the Letter

By the start of Ephesians chapter 2 Paul has clearly begun the body of the letter. This is the “meat and potatoes” of the letter.

We could call chapter 2 a “declarative chapter.” Paul declares the “what” of salvation – what the human condition is and what God has done about it. Sin, grace, salvation, acceptance in the family/body—all of these themes are laid out as…