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Iowa, in 1942-3.) One of her wonderful hospitality traditions: Every year Mother put on a “Christmas Tea” at our house for my father’s co-workers and also
“When you read, you may understand my knowledge” (Eph 3:4). The gospel of Christ, here identified as “the mystery of Christ,” was made known to Paul by direct revelation of Jesus Christ (cf Gal 1:11-12). Paul wrote down these things for the Ephesians with the understanding that...
According to the most popular view, Paul wrote the Captivity Letters (Ephesians, Colossians, Philippians, and Philemon) during this first Roman imprisonment. One tradition of the early Church also presupposes that Paul was set free after two years. Clement of Rome in his Epistle to the ...