THIS EXPOSITION of the Epistle to the Ephesians was originally undertaken for the periodical Knowing the Scriptures. When about half of it had appeared there, publication of that periodical was discontinued. The part which had already appeared was then reprinted in several successive issues of The Believer’s Magazine, which also published the remainder of the work. For this kindness I am very grateful to Mr. Andrew Borland, M.A., Editor of The Believer’s Magazine. I am further indebted to him and to the publishers of both the periodicals mentioned, Messrs. John Ritchie, Ltd., for granting me their ready permission to have the work reproduced, with slight revisions and expansions, in book form.
The exposition is intended for the general Christian reader who is interested in serious Bible study, not for the professional or specialist student. Textual, linguistic and other critical questions have therefore been touched upon lightly; the main aim has been to bring out the meaning and message of the Epistle.
The Bible text used throughout, except where otherwise indicated, is the Revised Version of 1881. This remains, in spite of many more recent translations (including the New English Bible of 1961) the most helpful English version of the New Testament for purposes of accurate study.
