Chapter 19 of the Book of Acts tells us that Paul had visited the city and helped establish the church there, ... (Ephesians 1:18). The “eye of the heart” is a wonderful image indeed, ...

For the sake of us readers, the NRSV renders Ephesians 1:15–23 as four English sentences. Eugene Peterson’s The Message divides these verses into seven sentences—one with an exclamation point (!)—and ...

The first chapter of Ephesians is an introduction to one of those pastoral letters. What strikes me about this letter is how nonspecific it is to a place or situation. The letter addresses issues that ...