This document discusses Paul's letter to the Ephesians while imprisoned. It references his exposition on finding peace in Christ and how his sufferings were for their glory. Paul revealed the mystery of God's will through Christ and was the agent to confront worldly powers with the new ecclesial reality of the church.

4. “This Ephesians exposition of the
mature life in Christ in which peace
has the prominent place is written
out or dictated in a prison cell”.
Eugene Peterson
Practice Resurrection

6. Surely you have heard about the
administration of God’s grace that
was given to me for you (2)………..
I ask you, therefore, not to be
discouraged because of my
sufferings for you, which are your
glory. (13)

8. “He did this when he revealed to us
the mystery of his will, according
to his good pleasure that he set
forth in Christ”
Ephesians 1:9

9. “Paul’s own role has been to be the
specific agent through whom this
new work comes about,
confronting the powers of the
world with the new ecclesial
reality”
N.T. Wright
The New Testament in Its World