| Ephesians, Letter of Paul to the, New Testament
writing once thought to have been composed by Paul in prison but more likely
the work of one of Paul's disciples, who probably wrote the text sometime
before AD 90 while consulting Paul's letter to the Colossians. The words
"in Ephesus" are lacking in the earliest manuscripts and
citations. The letter declares that the Christian mystery (gospel) of
salvation, first revealed to the Apostles, is the source of true wisdom
(perhaps an indirect repudiation of Gnostic claims to esoteric knowledge of
the supernatural) and that salvation through Christ is offered to Jews and
Gentiles alike. The writer affirms that there is but "one Lord, one
faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all" (4:5-6), who united
all things in Christ, through whose death all men are redeemed. The author
exhorts his readers--parents and children, masters and slaves--to lead
exemplary Christian lives and to arm themselves with the "shield of
faith," "the helmet of salvation," and "the sword of the
Spirit, which is the Word of God" (6:16-17), in order to resist the
wiles of the devil. |
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