InEphesians 5:23, Jesus and husbands are called “heads” of bodies. For the husband is the head (kephalē) of the wife as Christ is the head (kephalē) of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour. The example of Jesus as “head” and saviour of his “body,” the chur...
The Jews had been living under the Law sincethe days of Moses. The Law was a set of expectations for God’s people: commands that, when followed, would distinguish Israel from all other nations as a people that belonged to God. However, Israel couldn’t keep the Law. Nobody could: eve...
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Paul wrote the letter of Ephesians to this church. Timothy led the church for a time. While Timothy was there, Paul wrote the letter of I Timothy to him. John himself, it seems, lived in or near Ephesus both before and after his exile in Patmos. John may well have written his Gospel...