“Ephesians is rightly regarded as one of the most significant letters of human history.
As grandiose as that may sound, adulation for the letter to the Ephesians can hardly be overstated.
It is, in its own way, majestic, profound, exhilarating, and—if its message is taken seriously—nothing short of earth-shattering.
Its scope is cosmic, addressing the whole of creation—including physical and spiritual realms—and eternal, addressing the mission of God before the foundation of the world through to its ultimate fulfillment in the age to come.
It presents a cosmic Christ who is the central figure of the universe and the One through whom God is bringing all things together.
He is supreme over all competing powers and yet operates intimately in the hearts and lives of human beings.
God has caused a people to be raised from the dead with Christ and to be seated with him in the heavens, making him the reconciling centerpiece of God’s plans for humanity and everything else.
He is the head of his body, the church, which is now to live out its noble calling by the power of God in Christ.
The presence of Christ pervades the full sweep of existence from the lofty reaches of the universe through to domestic household relationships.
He dwells in and with his people, transforming them into a new creation and a new humanity, all to the praise and glory of God.”
–Constantine R. Campbell, The Letter to the Ephesians, ed. D. A. Carson, Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023), 1.
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