Content, structure, genre, style
Relation to Colossians and the rest of the Pauline corpus
Authorship, pseudonymity, canon
Setting and purposes
The thought of Ephesians
Prescript
Blessing of God for his salvation in Christ
Thanksgiving with prayer for believers' knowledge of God and their awareness of the church's significance
God's gracious salvation as resurrection and exaltation with Christ
The gaining of the Gentiles' privileges of participation in God's new Temple through Christ's reconciliation
Paul as minister of the mystery to the Gentiles
Further prayer : for the completeness of the readers' experience of God : with doxology
The church's calling to maintenance of the unity it already possesses
Exhortation to live according to the new humanity rather than the old
Practical injunctions about the old and new life
From darkness to light
Wise and Spirit-filled living
Household relationships : wives and husbands
Household relationships : children and parents
Household relationships : slaves and masters
Concluding appeal to stand firm in the battle against spiritual powers
Postscript