The
Book of Ephesians is a letter (epistle) which was written by the Apostle
Paul to the people being holy and believing in Christ Jesus – these were
the holy-people (Christians), and it was circulated to many churches
throughout Asia. [The words "at Ephesus" are not in most of the Greek
texts.]
This
letter is relevant to all Christians living today!
It
gives great emphasis to God's grace, and to the unfolding of the
"mystery." It shows the beauty and depth of God's glory, of all that we
Christians have in Christ and how we are to behave ourselves during our
everyday lives as we await Christ's coming to gather us all together
with him.
This
letter may have been written during Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea
(Acts 23:33-27:2) or it may have been written about 62/63 AD when Paul
was a prisoner in Rome and stayed in his hired-house (Acts 28:16-31).