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An accessible introduction to the book of Ephesians from New Testament scholar N. T. Wright.

Ephesians presents a wide-ranging panorama of the Christian gospel and its implications. It looks backwards toward the creation of the world, and it looks forward to the time when God will be “all in all.” It foregrounds the work of Jesus the Messiah and the work of the spirit, and it positions the church as central to the purposes of God–a small, working model of new creation. This understanding of the church is central to the New Testament, but nowhere is it clearer than in Ephesians. Paul’s view of salvation is not about being rescued from the world, but about the coming together of heaven and earth in Jesus the Messiah. Against this backdrop, many of the most challenging parts of Ephesians–spiritual warfare, women in the church, powers and principalities, what Paul means by “salvation”–come into sharper focus.

In The Vision of Ephesians, well-known New Testament scholar N.T. Wright offers an accessible introduction that opens the text in a way that helps what may seem dense and allusive become clear, fresh, challenging, and encouraging. Wright works through the letter in nine sections, exploring both apocalyptic insights and bracing challenges for the church, whether in the first century or the twenty-first.

From the Publisher

“Where I lived in Scotland there were many rooms in the house. There’s the kitchen, which gets very busy and hot and we all bump into one another but it’s where important things happen and we couldn’t do without it. That’s Galatians. Then across the corridor there’s a formal dining room with decent furniture and everything laid out properly. That’s Romans. Then there are living rooms and bedrooms which more or less correspond to the Corinthian letters. But,’ I said, ‘there’s a room at the back of the house, looking out south across the Firth of Forth to the Lammermuir Hills forty miles away. If you look to the left, you can sometimes see the sun rising out of the North Sea. And if you look to the right, at the right time of the day and the month, you can see the moon setting over the Lomond Hills. That’s Ephesians. Ephesians, in other words, is a letter of vision. Perhaps we should say, the visionary letter.”

—N. T. Wright, from the preface

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan Academic
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 11, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0310172500
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0310172505
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.67 x 0.65 x 8.65 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #5,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2 in Ecclesiology Christian Theology (Books) #6 in Paul’s Letters (Books) #8 in New Testament Criticism & Interpretation
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