The closing chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians has three main sections:
- The continuation, from Chapter 5, of properly structured relationships, specifically between a child and parent, and between a servant (employee) and a master (employer), and to our relationship with the Lord our God in the context to our relationship to the great Enemy of God,
- The great admonition about putting on the full armor of God, and
- Closing remarks and benediction.
Pasted in below is a four page study of these points. The study begins with Chapter 5:15 which establishes the idea that what follows is about the “walk”–our proper journey–of a Christian, for whom God has done the great, unmerited work described in the great opening sentence of Ephesians. Also, Chapter 5 addresses the first of the properly structured relationships: the husband and wife, but in the context and parallel of Christ and His church.
Several elements are highlighted in the below charts:
- “AS,” in all caps, is the translation of a Greek connecting word that has, here, special significance. At the bottom of page 4 of the below charts is some additional background on such word and where it is used in this passage.
- All the verbs that are in the “imperative” mood–i.e., the form of a command–are shown in bold italics. This shows the contrast with the great sentence from Ephesians 1 (shown on the top half of page 3 below) which does not have a single imperative verb (all the verbs are in the “indicative” mood, which is the statement-of-fact mode of expression).
- The positional truths expressed in the great sentence from Ephesians 1 (page 3) are underlined.
- The four-time proclaimed purpose of such positional truths in Ephesians 1 is highlighted in red font.
