Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Part 1
1. Salutation (1:1-2)
2. A doxology (1:3-14)
2a. The mystery of God’s eternal purpose (1:4-12)
2b. The unity of Jew and Gentile in Christ (1:13-14)
3. A prayer for wisdom (1:15–2:10)
3a. God’s power in the raising of Christ from the dead (1:19-23)
3b. God’s power in the raising of those who were dead in sins (2:1-10)
4. The Gentiles made heirs of the promises (2:11-22)
5. The prayer for wisdom resumed (3:1-13)
5a. The mystery of Christ (3:2-7)
5b. Paul’s stewardship of the mystery (3:8-13)
6. The prayer for wisdom concluded (3:14-19)
7. A doxology (3:20-21)
1. Unity in diversity in the body of Christ (4:1-16)
2. The old life and the new contrasted (4:17-24)
3. Precepts of the new life (4:25–5:2)
4. Old darkness and new light (5:3-21)
5. The Christian household (5:22–6:9)
5a Wives and husbands (5:22-33)
5b Children and parents (6:1-4)
5c Servants and masters (6:5-9)
6 The panoply of God (6:10-20)
7 Final greetings (6:21-24)