Harvest Community Church of Huntersville

Paul continues his teaching on how believers are to live as Christ followers in their relationships and in their homes.

Paul has been teaching the Ephesians how to live as followers of Christ individually. Now he turns his attention to how that looks in their homes.

Paul continues his teaching on living a life worthy of the call to follow Christ as he instructs the Ephesians to live as imitators of God.

Paul urged the Ephesians to live a life worthy of the call to follow Christ. Now he teaches them that this means having a lifestyle different from those who do not follow Jesus, and different from their own life before Christ.

After teaching how amazing the gospel of Christ is in chapters 1-3, Paul now transitions to teaching believers how to live as Christ followers.

Paul prays for believers to experience what he taught about in chapters 1-2: the power of Christ and God's great love for sinners.

After teaching the Ephesians that Jews and Gentiles are one in Christ, Paul elaborates on this mystery that brings all believers together as one body.

Paul has been explaining how we cannot save ourselves—it is a free gift of God through the finished work of Jesus.