[1][2] This chapter contains the greeting, followed by a section about "The Blessing of God" and Paul's prayer.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are: The greeting of this epistle follows the typical of Paul's usual address format, "X to Y, greeting" (in Greek style) or "peace" (in Jewish style).

[6][a] See the section on the place, date, and purpose of the writing of the letter in the article on Epistle to the Ephesians for more details.

Theologian James Dunn considers this section "one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible" among Christian praise, "unlike anything else in Pauline letters".

[13] This section contains the thanksgiving and prayer for the receivers of this epistle, concerning their "faith in the Lord Jesus" and the love of all believers, followed by a hope in "the working of the great might of God".