{"id":61678,"date":"2025-12-01T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61678"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:39:37","slug":"best-commentaries-on-ephesians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-ephesians\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Ephesians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Matt Erickson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Erickson serves as the Senior Pastor of Eastbrook Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Chrysostom, \u201cHomilies on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians.\u201d In Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, edited by Philip Schaff, vol. 13, 49-172 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2004).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harold W. Hoehner, Ephesians: An Exegetical Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew T. Lincoln, Ephesians, WBC (Dallas, TX: Word Books, 1990).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. 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