Ephesians

Introduction. EPHESIANS - Introduction. THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE EPHESIANS. PREFACE. Ephesus was a famous city, the metropolis of Asia Minor, upon the �gean Sea, now called the Archipelago. In it was the temple of Diana, one of the seven wonders of the world. St. Paul had staid there two years, and preached another year thereabouts. See Acts xx. The chief design of this Epistle was to hinder the Ephesians, and others in the neighbouring cities, from being seduced by false teachers, who were come among them. In the first three chapters he extols the grace of God, in mercifully calling the Gentiles. It was written when St. Paul was a prisoner; (see Chap. iv. 1. and vi. 20.) but whether during his first imprisonment, at Rome, an. 62[A.D. 62], or in the latter imprisonment, as others judge about an. 65, is uncertain. (Witham) ---Ephesus was the capital of Lesser Asia, and celebrated for the temple of Diana, to which the most part of the people of the East went frequently to worship. But St.…

• Eph 2:8 — Saved by grace.
• Eph 4:5 — One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
• Eph 5:25 — Husbands, love your wives.
• Eph 5:32 — This mystery is great.

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