Ephesus

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

⁸ But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

⁹ because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.

Tychicus, however, I have sent to Ephesus.

¹⁹ When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.

²⁰ When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.

²¹ But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.