“just as he chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and without blame before Him in love” (Eph 1:4) We have dug around this verse but we can dig deeper yet. You can always go deeper with the Word …
E-Sword Gems
Bible Gem 594 – Ephesus – The City (Eph 1:1)
Ephesus (Éphesos, “desirable”): A city of the Roman province of Asia, near the mouth of the Cayster river, 3 miles from the western coast of Asia Minor, and opposite the island of Samos. With an artificial harbor accessible to the largest ships, and rivaling the …
Bible Gem 593 – The Introduction to Ephesians (Eph 1:1)
Use E-Sword and choose <ISBE> in the Dictionary window. Type “Ephesians” in the search slot and choose “Ephesians, Epistle to the” and you will get 9 computer screens of info about the Epistle. But you will have to download the ISBE from the website first …
Bible Gem 592 – Starting the Book of Ephesians (Eph 1:1-6:24)
Before we begin with the text of Ephesians we will spend some time looking at the background to Paul’s letter to the Ephesian church and how it fits together with the history of contact recorded for us in Acts. Acts is known by some as …