I. τ. ΠΑΥΛΟΣ "ἀπόστολος “Inood Χριστοῦ] "διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ, κ 4 σοτεῖ. t: ο
τοῖς “ἁγίοις τοῖς” οὖσιν ἐν ᾿Εφέσῳ ὃ καὶ
i,1; Titus i. 1; also Rom.i.1; Gal. i. τ; Phil. i. 1.
i. 1; also Rom. xv. 32; 2 Cor. viii. 5. Rom. i. 7; Heb. iii. 1. dc
Ce ie ο 1 Tim. i, 1; 2 Tim. b xr Cor. i. 1; 2 Cor.i. 1; Col.i. 1; 2 Tim.
πιστοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ
; ς Col. 1.2; Phil. i.1; also Dan. vii. 18; Acts ix. 13, 32, 41; ol. i. 1; also Wisd. iii. 9; Acts x. 45; 1 Tim. ν. 16; Rev. xvii. 14.
1 |yoov Χριστου, TR with SAFKL, etc., Vulg., Syr.-P, Arm., etc., Gr. and Lat. Fathers. Χριστου ἰησου, BDP 17, etc. ; Vulg.am., Syr.-H, Boh., Copt., Goth., ete. ;
Origen, etc.; LTTrWHRV.
2 πασιν is inserted by $A, Vulg., Copt.
δεν Εφεσῳ omitted by BQ 67", Orig., is transferred to margin by TTr and ΕΝ.
TirLE.—Ancient documents give the title of this Epistle in various forms. In our oldest manuscripts, BRAK, etc., it is simply προς ἔφεσιους, and this is fol- lowed by LTTrWH. Later, it becomes προς Εφεσιους επιστολη, as in k; επι- στολη προς Ἐφεσιους, as in {; Παυλου επιστολη προς ἔφεσιους, as in P; του αγιου ἄποστολου Παυλου επιστολη προς Εφεσιους, as in L; προς Ἐφεσιους επιστολη του αγιου αποστολου [Παυλον, asin’. Nor are these the only forms. In DF we have αρχεται προς Εφεσιους; Cod. am. gives inctpit epistula ad Ephe- sios, and f has τοις εφεσιοις μυσταις ταντα διδασκαλος εσθλος. The form followed by the AV is that of the Elzevir text, Παυλου του αποστολου η προς εφεσιους επιστολη.
CHAPTER I.—Vv. 1, 2. Address and Salutation.—In the form of his Epistles, especially in the opening address and in the conclusion, Paul follows the methods of letter writing which were customary in the ancient world, in particular in Greece and Rome, in his own time. We now possess a considerable collection of an- cient letters, especially communications of a business kind and letters of familiar intercourse. Not a few of these belong to the periods immediately preceding and following the birth of Christ. They help us to a better understanding of some things in Paul’s Epistles. They also