Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Follow the thematic arc of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians

• Compare the traditional view on Paul’s ideas to the new perspective

• Connect concepts like spiritual adoption to the heart

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Introductory Issues

• The Message of Ephesians

• Authorship: Questions and External Evidence

• Authorship: Literary Evidence

• Investigating Historical Issues in Ephesians with the Bible Book Guide

• Authorship: Theological and Historical Concerns

• Authorship: Pseudonymity

• The Purpose of Ephesians

• Ephesians and the New Perspective on Paul

• Paul’s Imprisonment: Part 1

• Paul’s Imprisonment: Part 2

• Paul’s Imprisonment: Part 3

• The Date of Ephesians

• The Ephesians

Unit 2: Adopted by God (Eph 1)

• Eulogy

• Verbs, Participles, and Prepositions

• Predestination

• Grammatical and Semantic Roles Associated with the Verb “to Predestine”

• God’s Holy People

• The Mystery of Salvation

• Researching Mystērion with the Bible Sense Lexicon

• In Christ

• Sealed by the Spirit

• Adoption to Sonship

• Prayer: Part 1

• Prayer: Part 2

• Using the Exegetical Guide to Analyze the Syntax of Tē Ekklēsia

Unit 3: No Longer Strangers (Eph 2)

• Oneness in Christ: Part 1

• Oneness in Christ: Part 2

• Justification and Works

• Kingdom Work

• Christ Our Peace

• The Dividing Wall

• The Dividing Law

Unit 4: The Mystery of the Gospel (Eph 3)

• Building Rapport

• A Prisoner and Servant

• Mystery

• The Global Church

• Glory in Christ

• Paul’s Second Prayer

• God’s Fullness

Unit 5: Equipped for Ministry (Eph 4)

• Theology within Ethics

• The Characteristics of a Christian

• Grace and God’s Gifts

• Spiritual Gifts

• A Difficult Quotation

• Searching the Pauline Epistles for Old Testament Quotations and Allusions

• The Work of the Church

• Made New

• Practical Advice

• Helping Those in Need

Unit 6: Imitating God (Eph 5:1–21)

• Christian Community

• Canceling Debt

• God’s Economy

• Walk as Christ Walked

• Love and Suffering

• Exposing Evil Deeds

• Paul’s Hymn and Isaiah

Unit 7: Household Codes (Eph 5:22–6:9)

• The Social World of the Ephesians

• Hermeneutics and the Household Codes

• The Institution of Slavery

• Using the Passage Guide to Research Household Codes in Ephesians 5:21–6:9

• Submission

• The Head and the Body

• Performing a Manual Word Study on Kephalē in Ephesians 5:23

• The Oneness of Marriage

Unit 8: Special Topic: Marriage in the New Testament

• Graeco-Roman Marriage Ideals

• Jewish Marriage Ideals

• Divorce

• Marriage Customs in the First Century

• Marriage in the New Testament

Unit 9: The Armor of God (Eph 6:10–24)

• Preparing for Attack

• The Armor

• God’s Own Armor

• Paul’s Closing Remarks

• Using the Concordance to Search for Tychicus in the Bible and Commentaries

Conclusion

• Course Summary

Details

• Title: NT343 Book Study: Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians

• Instructor: Lynn H. Cohick

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2015

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 8