Letter to the Ephesians

Paul’s letter to the Church at Ephesus was written while Paul was a prisoner at Rome around 62 AD. He had spent two years in Ephesus teaching at first in the synagogue and later in the school of Tyrannus (Acts 19:9). In the first century, the skyline at Ephesus was dominated by the huge temple, erected for the worship of the pagan goddess Diana. The silversmiths became angry because their lucrative trade of making silver idols of the goddess was suffering as many people turned to the Lord.