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Begin Typing VigilAfter an extremely brief address (1:1-2), the pastoral opens into the first of its two large sections (1:3-3:19); this is divided by a brief doxology (3:20-21) from the second (4:1-6:20), which concludes with a few lines of personal detail (6:21-24). 1:3-14 is a glowing paragraph of praise, in rhythmical strophes, to God for his complete and gracious revelation to men in Christ, followed by a prayer that the readers may have a perfect knowledge of this open secret in Christ as the head of the church (1:15-23).
Their personal experience of such a salvation is due to grace alone (2:1-10), and as Gentile Christians they should especially realise the gracious union effected by Christ between themselves and the Jewish Christians (2:11-22). Of this gospel for Gentile Christians, Paul is the chosen herald (3:1-13), and the section closes with an impressive prayer for their attainments in the Christian experience (3:14-21, resuming the ideas of 1:15-19).
The second section (4:1 = 2:10) expounds the ethical obligations of this privilege, unity (4:1-16) being set in the forefront. Then follows (4:17 resuming the thought of 4:1) a series of counsels on purity of conduct (4:17-24, 4:24 = 2:10), and the general morals of the new life (4:25-5:2, 5:3-21), concluding with a household table of maxims for wives and husbands (5:22-24, 25-33), parents and children (6:1-4), and slaves and masters (6:5-9). A final word of exhortation on the spiritual conflict (6:10-18) drifts into a brief request for prayer on Paul’s behalf (6:19-20).
The letters attributed to Paul can be found on this timeline. This collection includes Paul's authentic episltes as well as the disputed writings.