1. The Letter to the Ephesians
God’s plan to bring redemption

2. Author, Date, and Situation
Our author is Paul who was likely in prison at the time of composition
It would have been written between A.D.

3. Recipients
The letter was addressed to the Christians in Ephesus (Turkey.)
Likely this letter was “encyclical” meaning that it was intended to be shared among other churches in Asia Minor

4. Ephesus Ephesus is an ancient city which is now in modern day Turkey.
It was mainly a Greek city, but it became Roman in 129 B.C.E.
Estimates say that the population may have been 33,600 to 56,000 people in the Roman period.

5. Ephesus
Ephesus was a major commercial center, and a key location in the early church
Paul started this church during his third missionary journey and stayed there for about 3 years, longer than any other church