In our book entitled The Testimony of the Lord’sPrisoner, the literary structure of Ephesians is preceded by a diagram in the form of a pair of balances, wherein is poised on the word ‘worthy’ (Eph. 4:1) the sevenfold doctrinal portion (Eph. 1:3 to 3:13) in correspondence with the sevenfold practical section (Eph. 4:1 to 6:20). The doctrinal portion is assessed in the language of chapter 2:6 ‘seated together’, while the practical section is summed up under the words of chapter 4:15 ‘growing up unto Christ’.
This balance of subject matter we have also set out in the form of a fruit tree* having seven branches on either side, and bearing three fruits on each branch (for each branch, the fruits: (a), (b), and (c), are exhibited on page 7). The tree is seen to be ‘rooted and grounded in love’, and is culminated by the prayer that leads on to ‘all the fulness of God’.
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(From IN HEAVENLY PLACES page 17).
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