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Ephesians 1:1

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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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Ephesus was a major port city in Roman Asia Minor, on the western coast of present-day Turkey, known for commerce and the temple of Artemis. Paul addresses believers there as saints in Christ, locating this letter within an established church facing a pagan urban culture.

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