Getting Started

Let’s take a deep dive with a small letter written to a church that was very dear to Paul’s heart. He spent more time in Ephesus than any other city. It will remind you of Corinth, his other headquarters in Europe—a crossroads city with a strong sense of Rome’s presence, layers of polytheistic religion and pagan philosophy, a liberated sense of morality rooted in a mythical spirituality.

How will Paul make his case for morality and virtue in a city like this? What part of the Christian message will he emphasize for this church? Let’s find out!