Ephesians (KJV)
6 chapters · 155 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Ephesians
Ephesians celebrates God's eternal plan to unite all things in Christ and to form one new people from Jew and Gentile. It then calls believers to live out that calling in unity, holiness, and love.
- Genre
- Epistle
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the apostle Paul
- First audience
- Believers in Ephesus and the surrounding region
How to read it: Read the letter as a whole — its lofty theology (chapters 1-3) grounds its practical exhortations (chapters 4-6); mind the audience and flow.
It opens: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:” (Ephesians 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Ephesians
The verses of Ephesians that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Read Ephesians with a guide
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- Spiritual Warfare & the Armour of God7 days on standing firm in Christ's victory3 of 7 days in Ephesians
- New Believer: Your First 30 Days30 days on the first steps of following Jesus2 of 30 days in Ephesians
- The Church: God's Family7 days on belonging to the people of God2 of 7 days in Ephesians
- The Ten Commandments10 days on God's ten words, read in the light of Jesus2 of 10 days in Ephesians
- Ascension: He Reigns7 days on the risen Jesus who reigns1 of 7 days in Ephesians