New Testament · Letters of Paul · World English Bible
Ephesians
"He is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation."
— Ephesians 2:14 
The Reading LensEvery verse pulled to the top of a book is chosen by three questions: Where is God’s heart here? Who is He protecting? Who is being saved by the action? It marks the place where those answers come into clearest focus — a “look at this, in this book.”
About the Letter
The most general of the letters carrying Paul’s name — several early manuscripts lack the words “in Ephesus” in the opening line, which suggests it was written to circulate rather than to address one congregation’s problems. Its authorship is among the more debated in the New Testament.
The structure is unusually tidy: three chapters on what is true, three on what follows from it, with the turn at “I therefore… beg you to walk worthily.”
Its recurring theme is the two made one — the wall of hostility pulled down and a single new humanity built in its place.
6 Chapters
Chosen
The opening blessing runs as one sentence in the Greek — chosen, adopted, redeemed, sealed. Then a prayer that the eyes of their hearts would be enlightened.
The Wall Pulled Down
Dead in transgressions and made alive by grace, not by works, so no one may boast. Then the second half: those who were far off brought near, and the dividing wall of hostility broken.
The Mystery
His commission to make known what had been hidden — that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body. A prayer to grasp the breadth and length and height and depth.
One Body
The hinge. One body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Gifts given to equip the saints for the work — and do not let the sun go down on your anger.
Walk in Love
Imitators of God. Darkness and light. Making the most of the time. Then the household passage, read very differently across the centuries, and opening as it does on mutual submission.
The Armor
Children and parents, slaves and masters — with masters told to stop threatening, since the same Master is over both. Then the armour piece by piece, and a request for prayer that he might speak boldly, as an ambassador in chains.