Introduction/Background
The letter to the Ephesians gives us a good picture of what life in Ephesus was like:
Materialistic – Eph 1:7,18; 2:7; 3:8,16
Immoral – Eph 4:20-24; 5:3-5
Idolatrous – Eph 2:21; Acts 19:27
Acts 18:19 records Paul’s first visi…
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Timothy is Called to the Work of Preaching
After leaving Lystra and Iconia, Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch in Syria and “rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles” (Acts 14:27). The introduction of many Gentiles into the faith …
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“Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
Paul was a m…
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The Apostle Paul describes godliness as being profitable not just for the life to come but also for the present (1 Tim 4:8). Making a commitment to God therefore places an importance on the purpose and reason for living in the present, as well as for the future. If we are to find out what that promi…
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United through Humility and Service (v1-4)
Having received a generous gift at the hand of the Philippians, Paul knew that the ecclesia was overflowing with a spirit of comfort, love, fellowship and compassion. Yet there was one further characteristic he dearly wanted to see flourishing in the Phili…
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Bearing the Burden Alone at Thessalonica
The journey of Paul from Philippi to Thessalonica is simply stated: “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews” (Acts 17:1). Apart from the distance walked by the three preache…
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Generous, warm, hospitable. Happy, selfless and overflowing with service. If we would like to embrace these characteristics then Paul’s letter to Philippi has an important message for us. The epistle is written with great passion as Paul poured out his thanks to the ecclesia for a gift they had gi…
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Witnessing Paul’s preaching and suffering in Lystra
It was on the first missionary journey that Paul and Barnabas took the gospel into the area of Galatia. In the synagogue in Antioch in Pisidia, Paul delivered the address recorded in Acts 13, concluding with these words: “Be it kno…
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While Paul makes a number of strong statements about the work of sisters in his writings, there can be no question that he respected, loved and honoured them and prized their many contributions to ecclesial life, for their names occur all through the brief report of his life that Luke has given …
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