Ephesians

New Testament · Pauline Letters · 6 chapters

Saved by grace through faith, believers are united in one body; the letter then describes how to live out that unity.

Context

Genre

Letter

Authorship

Traditionally attributed to PaulSome scholars question Pauline authorship; others defend it.

Date

c. 60–90 CE

Audience

Communities of Asia Minor.

Original language

Greek

In the original

μυστήριονmysterion — mystery, secret

Related texts

Colossians 1–4 · a very close letterActs 19 · Paul in Ephesus

Text note

“In Ephesus” (1:1) is missing from some early manuscripts.

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