Ephesians Chapter 5 Analysis

The Bible is the written Word. It spells out for us what we should do and what we should not do. It is clear in Ephesians Chapter Five, that God wants us to follow what he has told us about the relationship between husband and wife. A relationship that is sacred and should not be taken lightly. It tells us clearly, we are to submit to the person that will become our husband or our wife. Christ Jesus had so much love for the church, for His church. It was an unending love that he has given to us and that is what we are to have when we become one as husband and wife. It is not just “for rich or for poor, for better or worse, in good times and in bad”, it is an unending and never failing love that we are to present to each other. There should be …show more content…
In order to do this, one must understand the background, historical context and many other parts of what was going on when Paul wrote this book. At the time, the apostle Paul was imprisoned in Rome. During this imprisonment, Paul kept in contact with the church at Philippi. Many argue that Paul was actually imprisoned in Ephesus because of the amount of contact he has with the church. The letters written by Paul are very vague and don’t give much information besides what he knew to be happening. Paul is thought to have founded the church of Ephesus which explains the basis on which Paul decided to include the relationship between Christ and his bride, the Church. During the time of Paul’s writing, Ephesus was a blossoming city in the western part of Asia Minor, which would now be Turkey. The beginnings of the city included an identity with the Goddess Artemis. It continued with a conquest by Cryus and was continually under Persian rule until Alexander came in 334 B.C. The city itself held a plethora of places for community and church involvement during Paul 's time