Ed Hindson and Elmer Townes describe the book of Ephesians as “personal and pastoral‚ theological and practical” (p 451). The book of Ephesians was a letter‚ written to the people of Ephesus‚ by Paul. It was packed with advice and encouraging tones‚ on what a Christian church should look like and how the Christians should behave. Paul writes this letter during his Roman imprisonment which was around AD 61-62. Because of the lack of personal greetings‚ many speculate that the message was intended
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The book of Ephesians in the New Testament was written by the Apostle Paul during his imprisonment between 60 and 62 A.D.. Though Ephesians is considered one of Paul’s prison Epistles‚ they were established with the thought of people he knew and loved. His authorship within the Old Testament references to numerous theological connections within the New Testament. The experience of the Old Testament abundantly enhances the richness found in the scriptures of the New Testament. His wisdom allowed him
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The authenticity of the Book of Ephesians has been challenged over the course of history in terms of both authorship‚ and destination. For this writing‚ we will assume that Paul‚ while imprisoned in Rome around A.D. 61‚ wrote the letter. The issue regarding Paul’s intended recipient exist because the words‚ ‘to the Ephesians’ are not contained in the earliest manuscripts such as the Chester Beatty papyrus from A.D. 200. Additionally‚ notable fourth century scholars including Origen‚ Basil‚ and
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INTRODUCTION The epistle to the Ephesians is believed to have been written after many churches had already been founded and that could have been after Paul had had an opportunity to ponder the meaning of the new organism that had come into being‚ called the church. When talking about church‚ we should be able to know exactly what we mean as the word “Church” means the church universal (catholic)‚ rather than the local grouping of people. From the contents of this Epistle‚ we can see that this epistle
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Ephesians is an epistle from the Apostle Paul to the church of Ephesus. Ephesians is an epistle which means it has a three part structure: 1.) Introduction‚ indicating the sender‚ the receiver of the letter‚ and a greeting‚ 2.) body‚ 3.) and a conclusion‚ which usually ends with a farewell prayer. The literary context of Ephesians is that it seems to have any confrontation on regards to any heresy within the church like Colossians. Paul writes to the Church of Ephesus to encourage them to be united
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Exegetical Paper of Ephesians 2:14-22 In Ephesians 2:14-22‚ Paul writes a letter to the people of Ephesus both Jews and Gentiles of the time‚ telling them that Christ had broken down the wall of hostility so that they can live in peace and unity. Within this paper‚ there will be an extensive exegetical look at the history of the passage; what the significance of this passage is to the biblical audience‚ and the differences between the biblical audience and today’s audience. By studying this passage
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of Ephesians‚ at least two passages are found to support the Gentile audience claim. The first‚ by the prophet Joel‚ which is the quotation that Peter addressed the crowd on the day of Pentecost as a sign of Jesus’s divinity (Joel 2.28–32; Acts 2.14–21). The second is by Jesus‚ promising the Holy Spirit (Lk 24.49; Jn 14.26; Acts 1.4–5).
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Ephesians 1 New International Version (NIV) 1 Paul‚ an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God‚ To God’s holy people in Ephesus‚[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ‚ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in
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Introduction to Ephesians Saturday Bible School Click Clickicon iconto toadd addpicture picture Introduction to Ephesians The city of Ephesus was situated in Lydia on the River Cayster‚ about forty miles from Smyrna. It was a place of considerable commerce and also noted for its magnificent temple of Artemis‚ which was from very ancient times the center of the worship of that goddess. Introduction to Ephesians This temple was burnt down by Herostratus 355 B.C.‚ but rebuilt at immense cost
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Ephesians is one of the several letters in the New Testaments written by Paul. At the time of Paul writing this letter‚ he was in prison in Rome. This was most likely written around 60AD- 62AD during his second missionary journey. He wrote this letter to the Gentiles (non-Jewish) followers of Christ- most likely the church in Ephesus to. Paul wrote this letter to encourage the Gentile believers. He wanted to make it clear that Jews and Gentiles have been brought together as part of the body of Christ
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