Tag: ephesus

  • II Timothy i beloved son of Paul

    To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 2 Timothy 1:2 KJV Timothy, beloved son of an Apostle Paul is about to send Timothy out as his continued Apostolic voice to a next generation of faithful believers. “Dearly BELOVED..” Do any recognize the greeting…

    2 Timothy 1 the Apostle Paul in a prison cell writing to Timothy
  • Three Years in Ephesus with Tears

    Paul has just sent for the Ephesian Elders and is about to address them as at the conclusion of his third missionary journey as the Apostle departs for Jerusalem. Serving the Lord with humility and tears The *apostles’ tearful departure from Ephesus – Let us recall so many close relationships of those brothers and sisters…

    Miletus - ruins of the Roman agora where Paul likely would have met the Ephesian elders as the Apostle returned to Jerusalem
  • a brief Epistle from Paul to Ephesus

    ACTS 20 – a farewell meeting We have recently been reading some of Paul’s early letters to churches. Now the Apostle sends a brief Epistle to Ephesus to set up a parting embrace with the leaders of the Ephesian Church before the apostles sail toward home. Previously we learned that an epistle is not simply…

    Acts 20: 13 But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go by land.