Consulted Commentaries

Consulted Commentaries

John Stott, God’s New Society: The Message of Ephesians (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1979).

• John Stott was a magnificent writer, a hard-working theologian, and a possessed a brilliant mind. This pastoral commentary (from the series, “The Bible Speaks Today”) is very insightful and worth reading.

F.F. Bruce, The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984), 249.

A. Skevington Wood, “Ephesians,” in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Ephesians through Philemon, ed. Frank E. Gaebelein, vol. 11 (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1981).

Francis Foulkes, Ephesians: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 10, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1989).

Not read yet

Harold W. Hoehner, Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002).

• We have not read this entire commentary, which clocks in at 800+ pages (!!). But we thoroughly enjoyed Hoehner’s defense of Pauline authorship (pages 2-62). Hoehner’s commentary is routinely considered to be the best commentary on Ephesians in print today. Maybe someday we will read all 800 pages (!!).

Terry Wilder, Ephesians, vol. 31, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1991).

• We really wanted to read this volume. We committed to read all the way through the New American Commentary series for the NT. However, this volume from the NAC was not published as of 2022. We like the NAC for its high view of inerrancy, as well as typically being an excellent blend of pastoral and technical insights. It seems that we won’t be seeing this commentary until 2024.

Peter T. O’Brien, The Letter to the Ephesians (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1999).

• O’Brien’s commentary is widely regarded as one of the top commentaries on Ephesians. However, this commentary was taken out of print by the publisher after indictment regarding plagiarism. All the manuscripts were refunded or destroyed.