Page "Epistle to the Ephesians" Paragraph 17

" This was probably a circular letter to be read in more than one place .... Most likely, the author did not know the readers personally ( see 1: 15, 3: 2-4, and 6: 23-24 ).

According to Acts, Paul spent better than two years in Ephesus and was emotionally attached to the believers there.

If this letter were to Ephesus, one would expect it to have more of the warmth evidenced in Philippians ... We may safely assume the letter was a general letter to Gentile believers in southwestern Asia Minor and that it became identified with Ephesus as the most important city between Rome and Antioch.

" ( NIV application commentary ; Klyne Snodgrass ; p. 21 )