Letter To The Ephesians Analysis

Ephesians; Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians Ephesians is the tenth book of the new testament. It is also the fifth letter Paul wrote to various groups of people. It is an intense, in depth letter about how important the church is for the christian faith. Paul was targeting the Gentiles and Jews to bring their beliefs and differences together. It is highly debated as well if Paul actually wrote this letter or was it an imitator. The importance that Paul chose to write this letter to Ephesus, was how popular Ephesus was growing. It was growing to be the gateway port in the middle east and becoming very wealthy. Paul has spent his fair share of time in Ephesus. Paul also wrote this letter different than the others, and he addressed it to a person …show more content…
“The apostle Paul, therefore, when he penned the letter, left a blank in the preface (1:1) which was to be filled in by Tychicus as he distributed copies to the various churches.”(David Alan Black, The Peculiarities of Ephesians and The Ephesian Address).
Paul purposely did not put his name into the letter, for someone else to get the credit. Tychicus was to make an oral report of the letter according to the words of Paul’s letter. Techies took this quest very seriously, and he felt important. This proves that Paul maybe did not have an as big of a personal concern for the Epistles. These are the two passages that Paul uses to tell Tychicus his expectations. “21 Tychicus, the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing. 22 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.” (NIV Bible). Paul was attending the Church of Ephesus for a while before this letter was sent to the Ephesians. Paul was closer to the Ephesians, then what the letter seemed like was there was no relationship between them. There was no greeting from Paul to the Ephesus