Ephesians 6 - Introduction

This chapter Ephesians 6 comprises the following subjects:

(1) An exhortation to children to obey their parents, with a promise of the blessing that would follow from obedience; Ephesians 6:1.

(2) An exhortation to fathers to manifest such a character that children could properly obey them, and to train them up in a proper manner; Ephesians 6:4.

(3) The duty of servants; Ephesians 6:5.

(4) The duty of masters toward their servants; Ephesians 6:9.

(5) An exhortation to put on the whole armor of God, with a description of the Christian soldier, and of the Christian panoply; Ephesians 6:10.

(6) The duty of prayer, and especially of prayer for the apostle himself, that he might be enabled to speak with boldness in the cause of his Master; Ephesians 6:18.

(7) In the conclusion Ephesians 6:21, he informs them that if they wished to make any inquiries about his condition, Tychicus, who conveyed this letter, could acquaint them with his circumstances; and then closes the Epistle with the usual benedictions.