AIM Commentary
Death to Life
Ancient Lens
What can we learn from the historical context?
The letter
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians is a general letter, probably intended for wider distribution and use among the various churches around Ephesus. As such, there is no particular crisis or pressing issue being dealt with; rather, the letter focuses on what God did through Jesus Christ and continues to do by the Holy Spirit to create and build God’s new society—the single new humanity of Jews and Gentiles reconciled to God and to one another. In short, Ephesians is a letter to the church about the church as it combines “Christian doctrine and Christian duty, Christian…
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