Places
Ephesus in Ephesians 1
EF-uh-sus
This place shows up in Ephesians 1:1: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Ephesians 1:1
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:”
What kids can learn
When you hear ephesus in Ephesians, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Ephesians 1:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Ephesians 1:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
anapostleofChristJesustheofGod,tothesaintswhoareatEphesus,andthefaithfulinChristJesus: