Gnosticism

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…