"We long to belong. We crave unity. We want to be loved and accepted by others. Paul's letter to the Ephesians is about uniting all things in Christ. Here we learn how to break down what separates us from God, one ethnic group from another, husband from wife, parent from child and employer from employee.

Ephesians is the gospel of the church. It sets forth God's eternal purpose to create through Jesus Christ a new society which stands out in bright relief against the somber background of the old world . . . At the same time, the realities of the lovelessness and sin in so many churches are enough to make one weep, for they dishonor Christ.

Paul’s letter focuses on what God did through the historical work of Jesus Christ and does through his spirit today, in order to build his new society in the midst of the old. The entire letter is a combination of Christian doctrine and Christian duty, Christian faith and Christian life, what God has done through Christ and what we must be and do in consequence."
                                                                                         — John Stott