Ephesians Part 2 (Introduction to the Letter)

Intro: In the last message we were introduced to this letter by way of looking at the historical city of Ephesus, Paul's trip to Ephesus and a brief overview of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Today we will begin looking at the introduction of the letter as found in Ephesians 2:1-2.

B. Introduction of the Letter (1:1-2)

1. Epistolary

In the epistolary we have information regarding the writer and the recipients of the letter. If we did not have this first word of this letter, the name of the writer, we would still be wondering who actually wrote the letter as we do with the letter to the Hebrews. Now there are more clues that Paul wrote Ephesians than there are that he may have written Hebrews. Nevertheless, the epistolary of the letter in verse one eliminates any kind of need for us to determine who actually wrote the letter. Now there are still some critics who argue that Paul did not write this letter but it is not worth spending time with them.